I would be absolutely delighted to be your friend/metaphor! I'm Piemancer there, too. I know being internet-friends is kind of a funny thing that our culture doesn't have a name for, but I think of you as that. :) Fitocracy is in the stage where it asks you for an invite code to join, but they're to be had if you have the google-fu (and I know you have it).
I'm also fitness-not-sized focused. It's a little rough for me, because my partner is size focused, and every so often, I have to defend somebody from his stereotypes. He never knew me when I was fat, so I think he forgets that attacking someone obese still feels like a personal attack on me. He'd never want to hurt me, and he's open to education, so I know there's still hope for him. He's ahead of me on other stereotypes. Slow and steady, for both of us.
Wait, what was my point? Oh, yes. On Fitocracy, I'm a member of both a group called something like "Health at Any Size" and one called "Fathletes" (all peeps I know from the Fathletes group on Livejournal). I could make a whole post on how grateful I am to be a member of Fathletes... Did I mention the double of vodka tonic I just had? Please excuse my extra words. Anyhow, I agree with you (and am flattered by the fact you enjoy my dive reports) that there's a lot of life to see out there, and a lot of landscape to enjoy. I like to read on the treadmill, but I love to get out there and see the world on my bicycle. There's nothing like deeply living in an environment to make you appreciate it, wether it's a pretty country road or a downtown street where your life is at risk with every left turn.
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I'm also fitness-not-sized focused. It's a little rough for me, because my partner is size focused, and every so often, I have to defend somebody from his stereotypes. He never knew me when I was fat, so I think he forgets that attacking someone obese still feels like a personal attack on me. He'd never want to hurt me, and he's open to education, so I know there's still hope for him. He's ahead of me on other stereotypes. Slow and steady, for both of us.
Wait, what was my point? Oh, yes. On Fitocracy, I'm a member of both a group called something like "Health at Any Size" and one called "Fathletes" (all peeps I know from the Fathletes group on Livejournal). I could make a whole post on how grateful I am to be a member of Fathletes... Did I mention the double of vodka tonic I just had? Please excuse my extra words. Anyhow, I agree with you (and am flattered by the fact you enjoy my dive reports) that there's a lot of life to see out there, and a lot of landscape to enjoy. I like to read on the treadmill, but I love to get out there and see the world on my bicycle. There's nothing like deeply living in an environment to make you appreciate it, wether it's a pretty country road or a downtown street where your life is at risk with every left turn.