Calm down, fellas - this isn't a tell-all memoir of my lusty college days. No, this is a lament about the travails of losing weight.
Yes, you heard me right -the travails of losing weight.
I've lost about 40 pounds since last June, when I was admitted to the hospital with terribly high blood pressure. I have since embarked on a program of eating lots of fruits and vegetables, and exercising every day. I also joined a marathon training group (I don't think I'm going to actually do the marathon in March 2008, but I'm walking with the group and that's getting me up and out to the beach every Saturday morning). I've had a lot of support from various friends -- one fabulous gal even bought me a new pair of running shoes!
I consulted with a trainer at the YMCA where I am a member, and where I go to swim. She has me doing all sorts of "floor exercises". So, over the past five months, I have managed to lose a signigficant amount of weight. Not only that, but I have slimmed down -- I'm not a total skinny mini yet, you understand, but I'm a lot thinner than I was. And that's the problem, because....
I can't keep my pants on.
I shuffled into the office yesterday in a pair of dress trousers I used to wear to the office regularly. I hadn't put them on in a couple of months, and they were so baggy, I felt like I was wearing clown pants. The crotch was hanging halfway down to my knees. It was ridiculous. I had to use safety pins to hold them up at the waist so that I could walk up from the car without embarassing myself.
I walked into a colleague's cube and pulled my pant legs out to the side.
"My thighs are gone!" I wailed. "What's next? My butt?"
She didn't weep for me. Oh, well.
News flash: I just got back from a visit to the doctor, and my b/p is 117/77. Fab, just fab. So they cut out one of my meds. This is very, very encouraging.
Now, I just need to ask Santa for a new wardrobe. Either that or a big box of safety pins.....
Posted by wahzoh at November 8, 2007 11:23 AMByrd,
Congratulations - I'm impressed. It must be great to know you've improved your health so much. Your good health is also a good thing for those of us out in cyberspace who are glad for your presence out here.
Hats (not pants) off to you.
Kris
Dear Byrd --
Next time you're in my neighborhood -- we have a Nordstrom's and a Niemann's across the street, and seven really good thrift shops within a mile radius. I highly recommend the latter.
Barbara
Byrd: Just think of the benefit. Now you don't have to go to the pool to swim. You can swim in your pants.
Congratulations on your weight loss, and good health. I know it wasn't easy. I'm in desperate need of such an overhaul. My visit to the doctor last year resulted in a stern warning to lose weight. My doctor went so far as to get me a discount at a very high-end gym here. Well, I've gained 5 lbs lately, and when I do go to the gym, I avoid her like the plague. Recently, I made a new commitment to lose 50 lbs @5 per month over 10 months. The goal is to go to the gym at least 3 times per week for one hour. 30 minutes on the bike, and 30 minutes with the weights. Last night I repacked my gym bag, and this morning forgot it while I rushed off to work. Nice sabotage work there, if I do say so myself. I have some ginko biloba in the cabinet. Now, if I can just remember to take it out, and display it prominently, and then remember to look at the prominent placement area, and recall that I placed it there because I need to take it because I can't remember jack right now. I don't even know who jack is. Even if he was cute, I wouldn't care but for a minute, because after that I would forget he even exists. Help!
Ashley
Posted by: Ashley Wooster at November 9, 2007 09:09 AMBuy new pants!
I'm down 25 lbs since Dec 06 with Weight Watchers and Karate....
I decided to donate ALL of my too big clothing and start fresh-- makes the closet less daunting.
Mimi - Karate? Remind me not to piss you off.
Hey, Byrd, maybe you should take up Judo or Aikido since you are a moderator over there at SGU... :)
I lost about 30 pounds about 10 years ago - It took me about 2 years before I could bring myself to chuck all the old cloths. But I had a good friend who made a bargain with me... I could only bring home one item for every two I got rid of. Being my acquisitive and consumeristic self, what can I say?
How do you all find/make time to go to a gym? I am trying to figure out how to do that....
Awww.. I'm so proud of y'all.
Chin up, Ash. There's always Hope; it's located about 30 miles past Hell's Gate (no - REALLY - find a map of British Columbia!).
Kris
Byrd:
Congratulations on the weight loss and improved health. Good luck getting to your target and keeping it off.
Speaking for myself, I'd love to read a blog on those lusty college days.
Charles
Posted by: Charles at November 14, 2007 09:32 AM