I Know the Answer
So two co-workers were walking by my cubby the other day arguing about the height of Arnold Schwarzenegger. I hear them before I see them.
“Ask Adina. If anyone in this office knows, it’s Adina.”
Now…do I randomly know how tall this icon of my favorite sport is? No.
Do I Google it super fast so I could provide them with the answer before they reach me? Why surely!
He’s right at 6’ according to the Internet….6’1.5” at his tallest? His tallest?! Hmm. The Mighty Oak lost a few acorns somewhere along the way. I’ll research that later.
I give them the answer they came searching for. I don’t even ask why they want to know. One guy ribs the other saying, “See. I told you she would know.”
And then they leave.
But I was wondering…why would they ask me? Until I took a step back and looked at my cubby.
Autographed pictures of Lee Haney, Ronnie Coleman, and Victor Martinez are the first things you see upon entering my work domain.
ISS Vitamin Paks and Whey Power in one corner.
My meal plan clipped to my memo board (just in case I suddenly forget the way I have eaten every single day for a year).
A framed picture my coworkers gave me of the magazines and newspapers I have been blessed to be in because of the weight loss.
My trusty cooler at my feet.
A bodybuilding.com box peers out of my trash can.
And there is a Muscle Magazine open to where I left off last time I picked it up, because of course I read it cover to cover. Can’t skip a page. Not even as ad. Not even as ad I’ve seen before.
Wonder….why…they….would. Oh, never mind. I know why! I surround myself with it. I immerse myself in it. I LOVE the sport and the lifestyle of bodybuilding.
And that only reminds me why I am part of a very small group. Many people lose weight. Few keep it off.
In the past, every time I lost weight, no matter how big or small the amount, I went back to my old ways. Now I know better, and I surround myself with the things that keep me in check. I can’t look at a picture of someone like Marcus Ruhl without being reminded how much harder he works at it than me. It reminds me that if I work even a forth of what someone like he does, I will not fall back to my old ways.
And the next time somebody asks me how tall Arnold is, I know the answer.
June 27, 2008 at 5:38 am
It could be that you are so body confident now. Maybe it could be that you are obviously strong and tight.
You are one of my heroes Adina and it would not take any extra stuff, photos etc., for me to come to you about the BB sport.