Given how few comments guys usually get, I think most will be happy just to have been noticed :-)

Certainly for myself, I'm a somewhat fat older guy who puts pics up to document them for myself as much as anything, but if there are even noticeable views it is a pleasant surprise, comments are a once a blue moon treat.

But then again--people can be strange, so no guarantee how someone else would react.

To be safe I'd try to return to prd gaining habits for a few weeks and see how you are feeling.... If your current lifestyle is causing the fatigue, that is a real cause for concern.

Yep, right there with you.... And I'm sure a lot of others are too.

I think bodies are a very individual thing, so nobody else can say for sure how things will be for hour wife.

I have seen quite a number of women over the years comment that at 270-280 type weight they had still felt they could do anything if more slowly and with more fatigue.... but that by 330 or so they really found that pain, fatigue, or injury was limiting what they could do. That is purely anecdotal, and I'm sure other women have found "the line" at other weights. Still, it makes me think that the odds are reasonable that losing some weight might make a big difference for your wife.

All the same, to do as well as possible at her current weight I'd suggest very cushioned shoes, regular calf and thigh stretches (you can help with some of them), calf and thigh massage (you must help with those!), and as much as possible avoid standing for long on hard surfaces.

All of that is about cushioning shocks so that her joints don't get jolts as well as have to carry her weight.

One thing for cushioning, suggested to me when dealing with recurring planar fasciatis is wearing "Crocs" at home. Not the most elegant, but good support and cushioning.

As for stretching....google is you friend. Spend some time searching and you should get ideas.

Good luck to her -- pain is no fun at all :-( (as a fellow FA I know it will be hard to see her get smaller, if she does, but having her feel better should totally be worth it. A fatbody in motion >> a fatterbody stuck on the couch)

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I know it's stupid but I'm really trying to get into magic... I just have issues comprehending it lol[/quote]

I've read that the magic: duel of the planeswalkers computer games can be a decent way to get familiar with Magic, and they are only about ten bucks, so you could give that a try?


Else, if you have someone to play with, try to find a "duel decks"/pack. They come with two decks that are designed to play well against each other, and have a lot of instructions, too. It is what I used when teaching my son
Good luck!

A lot of table top RPGs are way complicated, but there simple ones too. Please, google "Night-time animals save the world". It is a short (few page) download, that is an RPG aimed at being played between parents and kids, ideally while taking a walk. It is simple, charming, and needs all of three coins per player in order to play the game. And it has all the essential role play elements in place. (It is what I used to introduce my son to RPGs, when he was about second grade)

It will give you a different perspective on RPGs, and maybe help you see that you don't have a comprehension problem, other people may have a clarity problem!

Although having said all that, not everyone, not even all geeks, will enjoy RPGs -- but at least you'll have a better ability to tell if you might like them or not :-)

Older geek here...I get to share some of with my teenager now, which is kind of cool.

I do tabletop RPGs, sf and fantasy books, Magic (the card game) and WoW. I enjoy a lot of geeky TV, but I'm not hard core about any of it.

In younger days I was into marvel comics, and went to some sf and gaming conventions. My best convention had as author guests Roger Zelazney, Patricia Mckillip, Steven Brust, and L Sprague de Camp. Wife isn't into fandom though, so I forego the time and expense of conventions these days.

Thin, reddish, lines. It can be just one, or .orr often a few roughly parallel or offset a bit. The lines will be perpendicular to where your skin is being most stretched.

I'd suggest until your current clothes feel tight. Buy a couple of larger pieces, and see how you like how you feel and look.

When I was in grade one we measured everyone's height and weight, and put it all on a big change t which hung in the corridor for a month....this would uav been mid 70s. So I'll thought it out ideas like this are not a new thing.

(This was when I realized I was bigger than my peers. My best friend and I were both ~60lbs, everyone else around 40. Since we were the fastest runners, best red rover players, and I had a bullet proof male ego, I concluded everyone else was too small and we were just right. For a more sensitive kid it could have been far worse.)