Is blogging bad for my waistline?

Over the last few months I have noticed a very slow but steady expansion in my waistline, and I have tried to figure out what has changed in my life that could account for it. I've decided to blame it on blogging.

This sounds silly or frivolous, and I am really only about 10% serious. But that 10% does have a couple of plausible reasons behind it. Typically the only time during the workday that I have the time or leisure to get any exercise it at lunch; if I spend my lunch hour updating this blog -- or reading others -- that's time spent not exercising. (And it's not like I was a really committed, gung-ho exerciser to begin with.) The other time of day that I spend in the blogosphere is late at night, after the rest of the family has gone to bed; and typically if I stay up late on the computer I have some kind of snack at my elbow.

So there you have it: blogging is responsible for my expanding waistline. Of course, like most things that are bad for you, it's also too much fun for me to want to give it up. I sure hope nobody has come up with a 12-step program for blogging ....