Thursday, April 21, 2011

Weight loss update

OK... Flash back in time to January, 2011.  We are moving my youngest daughter into her dorm after the winter break.  Outside the elevator of her floor is a scale.  If you are over the age of 40, you know the kind.  The one from gym glass with counter weights, to measure your exact weight.  So, I climb on the scale, and the damn thing says, 241 pounds.  Now, granted, I am wearing a winter coat and boots.  But, what the hell? Two hundred and forty-one pounds?  There is no way I could weigh that much!

Still, I was in denial.  Then there was the TV interview on Channel Six.  As I watched myself  on TV, I kept wondering who the hell  is the fat guy?  Had I really consumed so much booze and food that I now looked like Roseanne's husband?

So, I began a quest.  I wanted to  get back to the weight I had when I met my wonderful wife.  I weighed 185 pounds and could fit comfortably in 32" waist jeans.  I could run three miles in about 25 minutes and play some street football afterwards.  So, street football is way behind me. However; this morning I ran 3.29 miles in 40 minutes.

Today, I weighed in at 205. My target weight is no longer an impossible dream.  I still have a long way to go, but I feel the next 20 pounds will not be as hard as the first twenty.  The quest continues...

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