[bwteim]

The Hazards of being online too long

Click here at your own risk....Keep drinks away from keyboard. You have been warned....

[Bronzewound]

One…

…that I know of.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Actually I have lost a few pounds over the time I have freeped here, but I just figured up that if I had gained in proportion to what you have gained here, I would be 85 pounds heavier. Considering my original weight , I would now weigh 300 pounds.

I'm not suggesting that you give up FreeRepublic, but it might be good for your health to run around your neighborhood or even walk for two minutes for every one minute you spend freeping. Either that or jump into posts with barf alerts, every chance you get. That won't make you a genuine anerexercis, (what ever) but it will substantially curb your appetite.

[So Cal Rocket]

You might be interested in some of the threads started by Freeper Carlo3b:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/974172/posts

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/995126/posts

[smadurski]

Dont ya know all us freepers are fat "comic book guy" types who sit behind our computers and spew hate towards wonderful compassionate loving liberals all day? oops I visited DU one too many times. Time to head for the decontamination chamber. :)

[GeronL]

Leave me alone. Stop talking about me! Its none of your business.

I can stop any time I want. Usually about 4AM.. =o)

[Jaysun]

Oh please no. Woe is me.

[GeronL]

I am not "fat" I have a super-overabundance of health

[Jaysun]

I think that all activities can be linked to obesity in America, given that it's an American "epidemic". Take me for example, my wife has been nagging me for three months to clean out the garage. From the start of her nag to now I've gained 7 pounds. She doesn't believe me when I tell her that she's the cause. She'll believe me when her bitching causes Richard Simmons to come into our bedroom and bawl over me because I'm too damned fat to get out of bed.

I think that the sad truth is that we're just all getting fatter and fatter no matter what we do. Embrace it. Enjoy it.

[ladyinred]

I am not overweight although I sometimes gain a pound or two. When I do, I am more careful until I lose it. Exercise? Not me! As my brother in law new freeper Ah Beng says, " I hire someone to do that for me!"

[mikrofon]

This valuable PC accessory may be a contributing factor...

[miner89]

I've found a useful way to offset the trend to gain weight while on FR is occasionally spend just one day reading articles posted from the NYT and the Washington Post along with editorials by Sheila J. Lee and Bill Press. The resulting nausea is usually good for a couple of pounds weight loss. If all else fails view threads with pics of Hillary, but use this one with caution!

[sweetliberty]

"if one is not careful in watching one's hours, one can turn into an internet version of a TV couch potato."

You, Too, May Be A Mouse Potato

Actually, a few months after discovering the internet I made the unpleasant discovery that I had put on 40 pounds. I am happy to report that I have taken most of it back off, but it's a constant battle, especially for a petite female.

[sharktrager]

All of us. Like all good conservatives we eat our young.

[opbuzz]

I'm six feet, 195 pounds.

23 pounds over average, but there are not too many who would call me fat.

[LiteKeeper]

I don't know about you guys, but I have lost 75 pounds since the end of July. And my wife has lost 120 - gone from a size 22 to a size 4 since last May.

My diet plan

[martin_fierro]

[Jeff Chandler]

Do what I do. Every 15 minutes stop, pick up and press your monitor 20 times. (The 19 incher is a bear!)

[Caipirabob]

Now you've done it. In a couple of days Hillary Clinton will introduce legislation restricting access to FreeRepublic unless it is accompanied by a warning pop-up window stating the danger of FReeper weight-gain. A class action lawsuit on behalf of Freepers (although none will actually participate) will be filed by the DNC, ADL, PETA, PLO, NAMBLA, MMM, CAIR, and other assorted "people oriented" organizations to save the people from the wreck-less endangerment of willingly visiting FreeRepublic. The left will find promote on every talk show "innocent victims" who were former "FReeper Fatties" who unknowingly engaged in stationary internet FReeping until their health declined to dangerous levels. Oprah will present show after show of tearful fatties who were savagely compelled to visit FR day after day, hour after hour. JobRob will be presented as the unmitigated evil who promoted the site, all the while knowing the dangers he was inflicting upon an unsuspecting populous.

Well, I wouldn't put it beyond the left...

It's for the children, donchaknow...

For the record, I've got a net loss of 20 lbs over 4 years of FReeping.

Still plan on another 10-20. I'll get there, but I'll have FUN on the way.

[MotleyGirl70]

17 pounds! That's a lot to gain from just sitting behind a computer debating topics on FR. How much of that is due to poor eating habits?

My advice is simple: Step away from the computer and get back in the gym. A few miles on the treadmill doesn't take that long.

FR will still be here when you get back.