A wild ride of a reminder that health and fitness is incredibly complex at a deeply personal level. Lots of people (ahem) try to simplify it.
I am "in shape." People ask me how I do it, how I stay with it. I don't really know, and I don't really want to dig that deeply. It works, for some reason(s), so I leave it alone and keep going.
…i just can’t get over how much weight (yes pun intended again) it holds in my being…health is underrated yet overvalued all at once…appreciate you reading and this reaction…i want it to be simpler for me yet i feel compelled to run a marathon every day…
...1000% agree...but how messed up that our mind if filled with so many other minds...even the clearest amongst us have been filled with some learning...it is incredible but can be defeating also...oh human indeed!...appreciate the read, like and comment...
What a great article for anyone suffering from body image issues. Our society has done a great job of making us feel like we aren't fit enough, even for someone like you who runs miles a day.
…appreciate it Lee…so wild that so much of the creative imagery and ideation of the world exists to pretend we are less than… that to be “more” is too much or not enough…i got to check my head and make sure i’m me…
Been meaning to say something in response to this piece but got all avoidant 'cause the way you handle the topic got me all worried and crunchy. I get the effects of gravity. Yeah, definitely. (Dude, amazing coincidence—gravity works on my body, too!). What I also see is the virtual-reality-toxic-funhouse-mirror aka contemporary culture. Reflects you back to you with heavily paid for advertising distortions. Ugh. Up until pretty recently, this has been what the female bodied got reflected back to them. Now, all the genders get the same money-milking treatment. I don't want you (or anyone, because it's personal and equally impersonal) to suffer merely because the Panopticon wasn't satisfied merely siphoning off your privacy, so it started looking for ways to eat your soul.
...reallly thoughtful comment Ed...any work we do to beat upon their wicked drums feels like the singing the right song...it is weird to feel lost in grift sometimes so i guess i just write about it so i can see it all out loud...but always a good reminder is that no matter how much noise, i can only make so much...so so i go grrrrrrrr...
Okay, first of all... Somehow I always fall behind on reading your stuff, despite the unbridled joy your writing brings me. I think it's because it requires engagement, not mindless scrolling, and mindless scrolling is just so much easier. So thank you for encouraging the mindful stuff, even if my brain resists that like the plague (even though it's the opposite of the plague).
Second of all... This "I don’t like the idea that my health and self worth is tied to gravity." is freaking' brilliant. I mean, there are a lot of things here that are, but duuuuude!
Third of all... Look at this floofy chonker handling a mirror like a freakin' pro!
Fourth of all... Upon the mention of the marshmallows, I remembered the small bag of overpriced organic ones in my bag from an impulse stop at a Whole Foods yesterday. I now have them sitting on my desk by my computer, half-eaten, and will likely be going through some version of what you went through in this essay very shortly.
Fifth of all... Note to self... At-minimum-weekly engagements with CansaFis' words are a necessity. Kinda like church.
…always a great time to hang out with you here!…love the video…long time fan of fat bear week and while i know they would love to kill and eat me i still think bears are some of the best dogs in the world…echo on the good vibes of a marshmallow bag…i oddly only eat them while camping, what’s wrong with me (starts to write another article)…i might have to change my blog tagline…like church as a werner herzog impression…appreciate you and you taking the time to read and write me!…
…it is so weird…i like to think i am more evolved or devolved than i am…but i firmly sit in the majority class of monkey hu-man stuck in a fog of “i should look and feel better”…if i were stocking my emotions in a book store i would place me in fiction no problem…
either way, you’ll always be a heavyweight innovator
A wild ride of a reminder that health and fitness is incredibly complex at a deeply personal level. Lots of people (ahem) try to simplify it.
I am "in shape." People ask me how I do it, how I stay with it. I don't really know, and I don't really want to dig that deeply. It works, for some reason(s), so I leave it alone and keep going.
…i just can’t get over how much weight (yes pun intended again) it holds in my being…health is underrated yet overvalued all at once…appreciate you reading and this reaction…i want it to be simpler for me yet i feel compelled to run a marathon every day…
I get it.
And man, I miss your humor and insights.
...i'm here anytime brother...just quack...
See this is why I love Isn’tness Theory (the thing I invented last week). Sure, bodies are real and important, but our minds are the measure of us
...1000% agree...but how messed up that our mind if filled with so many other minds...even the clearest amongst us have been filled with some learning...it is incredible but can be defeating also...oh human indeed!...appreciate the read, like and comment...
'Oh human'
What a great article for anyone suffering from body image issues. Our society has done a great job of making us feel like we aren't fit enough, even for someone like you who runs miles a day.
…appreciate it Lee…so wild that so much of the creative imagery and ideation of the world exists to pretend we are less than… that to be “more” is too much or not enough…i got to check my head and make sure i’m me…
Been meaning to say something in response to this piece but got all avoidant 'cause the way you handle the topic got me all worried and crunchy. I get the effects of gravity. Yeah, definitely. (Dude, amazing coincidence—gravity works on my body, too!). What I also see is the virtual-reality-toxic-funhouse-mirror aka contemporary culture. Reflects you back to you with heavily paid for advertising distortions. Ugh. Up until pretty recently, this has been what the female bodied got reflected back to them. Now, all the genders get the same money-milking treatment. I don't want you (or anyone, because it's personal and equally impersonal) to suffer merely because the Panopticon wasn't satisfied merely siphoning off your privacy, so it started looking for ways to eat your soul.
...reallly thoughtful comment Ed...any work we do to beat upon their wicked drums feels like the singing the right song...it is weird to feel lost in grift sometimes so i guess i just write about it so i can see it all out loud...but always a good reminder is that no matter how much noise, i can only make so much...so so i go grrrrrrrr...
Okay, first of all... Somehow I always fall behind on reading your stuff, despite the unbridled joy your writing brings me. I think it's because it requires engagement, not mindless scrolling, and mindless scrolling is just so much easier. So thank you for encouraging the mindful stuff, even if my brain resists that like the plague (even though it's the opposite of the plague).
Second of all... This "I don’t like the idea that my health and self worth is tied to gravity." is freaking' brilliant. I mean, there are a lot of things here that are, but duuuuude!
Third of all... Look at this floofy chonker handling a mirror like a freakin' pro!
https://youtube.com/shorts/UwbtyBEYiTQ?si=3r-9m1jIhRMfCM8U
Fourth of all... Upon the mention of the marshmallows, I remembered the small bag of overpriced organic ones in my bag from an impulse stop at a Whole Foods yesterday. I now have them sitting on my desk by my computer, half-eaten, and will likely be going through some version of what you went through in this essay very shortly.
Fifth of all... Note to self... At-minimum-weekly engagements with CansaFis' words are a necessity. Kinda like church.
…always a great time to hang out with you here!…love the video…long time fan of fat bear week and while i know they would love to kill and eat me i still think bears are some of the best dogs in the world…echo on the good vibes of a marshmallow bag…i oddly only eat them while camping, what’s wrong with me (starts to write another article)…i might have to change my blog tagline…like church as a werner herzog impression…appreciate you and you taking the time to read and write me!…
Ignore the BMI—it’s nonsense. Muscles are heavier than fat so it’s distorted for strong men like us.
…preach!…if you feel good it is possible you just might be good too!!…i am a viking dammit!…
I’m a Viking too . . . we get to make our own rules
Really enjoyed listening. I relate to the ups and downs. It pisses me off how much the number in the morning sets the tone for the rest of my day.
…it is so weird…i like to think i am more evolved or devolved than i am…but i firmly sit in the majority class of monkey hu-man stuck in a fog of “i should look and feel better”…if i were stocking my emotions in a book store i would place me in fiction no problem…
Wow; this was a ride. Thank you for sharing this, and for creating humour in a tough topic!
...of course! and thank you for reading and commenting...always weird what does or doesn't resonate...lost four subs with this one lol...
You’re f’in kidding? Good riddance, that’s mad.
…are you challenging me to a walk off?…