Nice post Ravius.

But I’m sorry, only a good steak (or similar) counts as “man things with dead animals and fire”, chicken breasts are for girls :D

Same goes for most other things. So we have the good stuff, but we also have cheap, horrible options, which unfortunately has been the norm for too long.

I’d like to add that more exercise improves your reactions in game, though exercising directly before gaming I find to do the exact opposite.

I do drink while playing. Very occasionally I might have a Diet Coke, which is about the only carbonated drink I… erm… drink. Mostly I drink coffee or tea during the day and red wine in the evening. I really enjoy playing while drinking wine.

I would be wary of starting anything in an MMO that I couldn’t stop doing without a qualm at a moment’s notice. I do occasionally commit myself to things that are likely to last a couple of hours or so, but only at convenient times. If it ever came to a choice between logging out and going on playing when I felt in any way physically uncomfortable, be it hungry, tired or ill, I’d almost always log out. I’d only persist, and then only for a short while, if it was for some event that was not repeatable, a “Live Event” or similar.

Apart from that, couldn’t say I’m eating especially healthy, but I’m not feeling any noticeable patterns of eating, staying up late or being tired.

And that taco recipe sounds as much weird as it sounds interesting. No tortillas near… damn you.

Soda (or, where I was born, pop) is my nemesis. I lost about 40 pounds when I swapped to diet soda. I know people say there are some potential health issues with diet soda, too, but I feel so much better now that I did before. My “compromise”, besides drinking diet, is that I use no-calorie flavor packets. Crystal Light has a lot of nice flavors. They, too, contain aspartame. But, I’m drinking the water that I probably should be.

I’m still trying to clean up my act. It’s kind of eye-opening to start paying attention to how many calories you consume. I spend a lot of my time in front of a computer, not surprisingly, so I certainly don’t need a 3000 calorie per day diet. Cutting out a lot of the excess candy has helped, too. Now to eat less fast food….

As I said, though, I feel a lot better now than I did a few years ago. Much more energy overall. Good luck on your personal goals, Ravious.