physical health

Mystery Stone

Adam Warner

• 3 min read
Mystery Stone

At some point between 2020-10-09 and 2021-04-12, I put on a stone.

I don't know when I put that stone on, because I stopped weighing myself in October 2020. Mostly because I couldn't be bothered to get the scales out from their hiding place.

🐳

Fitbit says I am obese. Although, the scales have always said I was obese, and I used to be just over 15 stone when I first got the scales. I certainly don't feel obese. Whatever obese is supposed to feel like

I don't really feel like I'm any larger than I used to be, although my size L shirts are a bit tighter than they used to be, so that is quite telling!

Anyway, I'm not all that bothered. I suppose I should probably go out and buy some bigger clothes. Or do what I'm best at and overanalyse it:

Potential Causes

Sedentary lifestyle

Probably this, to be honest. I don't really move about all that much. My job and my hobbies all happen at my desk.

I'm actually quite tall for my height

Beer

Yeah, probably also this. Drinking from home a lot more these days.

Quit Smoking

They do say that weight goes up when you quit smoking - but I'm not really sure my appetite went up after I quit (just over 6 months ago at the time of writing)

Food

Duh. Here are some recent food photos I have taken on my phone

I eat things like this too often. But it was fucking delicious
Jamie makes really nice bread. It also goes nicely dipped in a pot noodle.
I think Kathrin had maybe 4 of these.
I think we buy vegetables exclusively to chuck into the compost
I got these for my birthday (end of May). There is one bar left.

Fixes

Move more

This one is pretty obvious really... burn more calories than I consume. My Fitbit tells me that playing an hour of Beat Saber counts as an aerobic workout.

Highway to the Fat-burn Zone!

This is a pretty fun way to get moving, to be honest. I've tried running/jogging before and it always ends up with me wondering why the fuck anyone would put themselves through it.

Might buy a bike at some point - I used to like cycling before I moved to London.

Probably should go out for more walks. I expect that will be good for the ol' noggin as well as my belly.

Quit Beer

No. I already gave up one vice - I like beer a lot more than I liked smoking. And I fucking loved smoking. (Feel much better for not smoking, mind)

Drink Less Beer

Probably sensible. I don't need to have a beer (or sometimes two or three) with dinner every night. And, actually I can often go weeks without drinking at all - so I'll probably just drink less beer. Or switch to gin + slims 🥱

Conclusion

It's pretty fucking obvious where that extra stone came from.