This blog has not seen any
action in a long, long time. Some of these older posts are hard to read. I evidently
did not put a high value on proofreading. That said, I feel the need to utilize
it again for two reasons. One, it chronicles the most success I have ever had
at getting healthy, and two, I made a commitment back on December 20, 2019 to be
much healthier by December 20, 2020. I have failed miserably on my own to this
point and thought the accountability of the blog might help get my rear in
gear.
I have to be honest with
you. Sometimes I like being bigger than most people. I have been rewarded for
it at times. The first time I remember was when I had my regional television debut
on the Bozo Show, live from the KAIT 8 studios in Jonesboro, Arkansas. I was
selected to play the “Pop the Balloon” game. I was pitted against a scrawny
little kid. We had to run to get a balloon, bring it back and pop it. We needed
to do this three times to win. Sure, he beat me to the balloon, but when he got
it back to the bench, he kept bouncing off the balloon as he attempted to sit
on it to pop it. This was no problem for me. I popped those three balloons
before he popped one and walked away with an official Bozo Show backpack. The
big guy wins! In high school, it was beneficial on the football field, I was
hard to move and I could knock people over. As an adult, I can usually drink
more than anyone I go out with and never get hungover. Being large has its
advantages.
I have not been invited
to a balloon popping contest in awhile and now I would get charged with assault
for running at people to knock them over, and my liver doesn’t really care how
big I am, it is the same size as yours and needs a break. Living large has
really lost its advantages. It even has disadvantages, like, getting out of
breath walking upstairs, not looking good in skinny jeans, and fear that I may
die of a heart attack when I go to bed to name a few. That is why I am
committing to you (my accountability partner) that I am going to get much healthier
than I am currently by 12/20/2020. I believe I can lose an average of 10 pounds
a month between now and then. I will weigh each week and let you know how I do.
You can ask me when you see me or message me and ask how it is going. I am committing
to at least 30 minutes of exercise at least three times a week, it may go up,
but I am starting small. You can ask me about that as well.
You may be thinking, I really
don’t want to be your accountability partner here, I understand that, you could
just be here for my political insight and witty banter. That is cool, but I
have found, especially through this pandemic, that I do best in community. I
want to share my goal with you and know that some weeks will be good news and
we can celebrate together and some weeks may not be as good and I need to let
you know that as well. This is not a highlight reel; this is a journey and I am
inviting you to come along.
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