kingandy | Belly's gonna get ya

arwel is noticeably slimmer now that he's going to the gym, all regularly, like a social pariah. (See that back-handed compliment there? That's what gets me through the day.) This has made me (more) self-conscious about the slight belly that appears to have developed on the front of me. It's not exactly surprising, given that I work in a sedentary profession, drive to work, and like my butter. But it's annoying. I can suck in the gut when I think about it but a lot of the time I don't, which led to a comment from

samharber on Saturday that a coat I tried on would have looked good "before I put on a few pounds." Looking down I noticed that the belly was, in fact, protruding noticeably. Bad belly. Making me feel short and fat. Grr.

Annoyingly, my Body Mass Index is 23 or 24 - the perfect weight for my height. If only it wasn't all concentrated around the midriff.

So I'm going to try and lose a little weight. Health sites tell me that just doing a bunch of sit-ups will not help (it'll firm the muscles underneath without actually destroying the gut), which is a relief, since I am lazy. They also say simply eating less is a bad plan as it would slow the metabolism, making you lethargic and stopping you from processing food properly at all, thus turning you into a skinny person who still has a belly. The best advice seems to be to cut down on specifically fatty foods like mayonnaise and butter (probably peanut butter also - hello ham sandwiches), eat more vegetables, and do more exercise (possibly a run, or even a walk, around the estate at lunchtime). I will try this, since it actually involves very little effort. Well, the food thing anyway - it's as easy to buy lettuce as it is to buy a packet of pringles, if you're in the supermarket anyway. I will have to make an effort to stop buying McBurgers, though, and the exercise will be a big hurdle.

If only I worked somewhere that I could use public transport for, I'd be getting walking exercise... must find new job.