I have now lost 20.0 pounds since starting Weight Watchers. I went to weigh in last night and I had lost 2.4 pounds. The leader wrote down my total: 19.8 pounds. "Oh, come one! Am I really 0.2 pounds short of 20?" She said I was. Twenty pounds is a sort of milestone. Then the head leader said to me, "Go pee. Then come back and take off your glasses and weigh again." Don't have to tell me twice.
The bathroom is in the front of the meeting room. So I hustled past the crowds of women chatting and went in. I actually had to pray because it's not easy to just pee on command. I'm not proud. It's important to me, and I believe Heavenly Father wants me to succeed. So I peed. Pretty good, too, I might add.
Then I ran back through the now giggling crowds of women, took off my glasses, and stood on the scale.
2.6 pounds on the dot. 20.0 pounds on the dot.
The glasses probably rounded to 0.1 pounds.
I am the man.
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Morristown, TN
Knoxville, TN (Loni's apartment at the time)
Chicago, IL
Chicago, IL
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Williston, ND
Billings, MT
West Yellowstone, MT
Ashton, ID
Jackson Hole, WY
Cokeville, WY
Ogden, UT
Draper, UT (Stevie's house)
Wendover, UT
Elko, NV
Winnemucca, NV
Spanish Springs, NV (Jamee's house)
I'm going to call this trip completed and do a different one. This next one I've always wanted to do in a car or motorcycle and it looks like it will never happen in this life. But with the magic of Google Maps and Gold's Gym and the old bike downstairs, I can.
So I'm going to start on the tip of Cape Flattery, Washington and ride as close to the coast as I can down to San Diego and then as close to the border as I can to Brownsville, and then along the ocean around Florida, and up the Atlantic and then from Eastport, ME close to Canada all the way back to Cape Flattery. I want to see how far it is. I think it's about 11,000 miles.
I'll let you know how my trip goes. Thanks for reading.
6 comments:
Majorly proud of you! But be careful of those giggling women. When you start to lose more than they are, cuz you are a man, and you will (stupid men), they WILL turn on you. Ask Danny...
But in all seriousness, thank you for your example. Cannot really stress enough how much example means for me.
YEA DAD!!! I am so proud of you! Keep it up!
Jamee
xoxo
Go Brian go. Pee that is. Good job.
I remember seeing a movie years and years ago where a teenage wrestler weighed slightly too much for his weight qualifications so he lost the smidgeon by passing gas. Whatever works, right?
Next time just weigh in wearing nothing but your smile. I bet those giggling women will cease their giggling then! Mouths agape, yes, but giggling...I think not!
I look forward to the reports as you travel around the country.
This is fantastic! I am so proud of you and happy! It's not easy being on a diet! But it sure feels good when you see success. I can relate, thankfully! Yipee for you:)
Thanks, everyone. Except Trudy. You know I will never do that. Smile, that is.
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