I feel like a Grumpamoose...
This morning I woke up feeling like a turd. I don't know if it was what I was dreaming about, or if it had to do with something else altogether.
At work we often have to go on these "Road Shows" a road show is where you go to another campus and help users in person as opposed to over the phone. I work for mobility, so we will take all of our various phones and show customers how to use the features, or help them to upgrade their current phone to a new one. I love the road shows, but I don't like having to tuck my shirt in. If you have been reading my site then you know that I weigh 360 pounds. I have been working on losing weight, but man, as I get older I find that it is much harder now than it was when I was in my early 20's.
When I was 23 I went on a super diet of colossal proportions. I had some serious goals that I wanted to meet and I lost 113 pounds in a little less than 10 months. I weighed just 218 pounds at one point. Over the past 5 years I have slowly put all that weight back on and then some. It started when I went back to school to get my MCSE. I was busy all the time and I stopped working out as much. I lived with my sister in Little Elm, I didn't have the money for the gym, I didn't watch what I was eating. Long story short, I went through a series of very stressful, very busy times where I didn't say "No" to myself in the area of eating.
I've been working out again- consistently- for about 6 weeks now. Maksim, my Russian friend has been working out with me and we have been making great progress, it has been great to work out with someone as I have mentioned before.
So, back to the Road Show story...
Last night I got out some khaki pants and a belt and I tucked my shirt in and was surprised at how big my stomach looked! What? It can't be possible. It was a real wake up call. I have to lose this stomach!!
13 Comments:
This is not flattery, this is me being truthful:
Eddie, I have never thought of you as fat. I think when you say you weigh 360 pounds, it sounds so big - but when you take into consideration your height and muscularyness, you don't look like 360 pounds.
About the tucking-in-the-shirt drama, why don't you just wear a sweater? At least you won't have to tuck it in. :)
heehee!
My mom lost 60 lbs doing Weight Watchers. Shes so much smaller that we could share clothes now, except for the fact that Im 6 inches taller than her. She got so into it that now she works for them. She lost the weight in about a year and has kept it off for almost 3 years now. They have made a lot of changes recently that makes it easier to follow the program. Although I am not offically a member myself, some of the things my mom changed about her eating habits have rubbed off on me. I lost about 25 pounds. So now Im pretty much back to what I weighed in high school. I was on the rowing team my freshman year and gained a lot of muscle (and some non-muscle) weight. When I stopped rowing, the muscle went away, the non-muscle stayed. When I go back to Atlanta I like to go to my mom's meetings. My mom is a big believer in that making little changes can make a big difference, and she thinks the weight I lost is proof of that (I dont have a lot of restraint when it comes to eating things that are bad for me. I dont overeat, but what I do eat usually isnt very good for me). One of my moms favorite members lost over 100 lbs.
Thanks Jes! you always know how to make people feel good about themselves!
Not to sound like a bandwagon jumper but I agree wholeheartly with Jessica. Eddie you are the perfect size guy. These are the things I think of when I picture you sizewise:
Strong (boy howdy)
Protective (every girl wants a man that intimidates other by his shear size)
Able (eddie what can you not lift, carry, etc? - personal memory: eddie helped me move a dryer into my house. A guy from next door asked if we needed help. Eddie politely replied No thanks as he easily picked up the dryer with one arm and balanced it on his shoulder. The neighbor took a few steps back at that sight. Eddie then joked about running up and down the street with the dryer to solidify the point.)
Comforting (all girls want a big teddy bear of a man)
Able to leap buildings in a single bound (ok well I went one too far)
haha. when i first read kt's comment, i thought she said she was picturing you SIDEWAYS, not sizewise.
totally agree with kt. don't mind being a bandwagon-jumper. :)
Everyone seems to have the advantage of having actually seen you before but me. But lifting a dryer with one arm? holy crap, thats a strong boy. And I totally agree that a girl likes to feel like her man can keep her safe. I dated a guy once that was a little shorter than me and weighed about as much as me, if we had ever been out and some altercation were to occur, I would have felt like I needed to protect him! Sounds like youre never going to have to worry about a girl feeling like that with you around :)
question for kt (or ed-d):
considering how tall eddie is
considering how tall and wide a dryer is
how in the world did eddie make it through the door with the dryer on his shoulder?!?
How tall is Eddie?
Eddie is 6 foot 5 inches.
It was quite tricky getting the dryer through the doorway, I actually got a running start and just smashed my way through- no really, I bear hugged it, and that is the truth... dryers really aren't heavy, they are just bulky.
dryers really aren't that heavy? My point has been proven. Eddie I can help lift a dryer easily but to carry it on my own and run around the garage. I would have to ingest a mound of steroids and look like a russian woman weight lifter to accomplish that task. I still giggle at the neighbors face and the absurdery of a man running down my street with a dryer. Giggle, giggle, now full on laughter.
yup, 6'5" is pretty tall. You must have a hard time finding pants. I have a hard time finding pants and Im only about 6 feet. Its the bane of my existance, although much easier now than it was when I was 12 and as tall as I am and only weighing like 110.
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