Perfection’s Crucible

 I can honestly say that with most things in my life I have always been successful.  Whether school, my budding IT career or just life in general I have always been able to "get it done."  The one glaring exception to this rule has always been my weight.  I’ve always been the "big guy" or as the women that I’ve chased have called me a "teddybear"(which is code for you big and I can’t say anything else nice about you other than you remind me of a pudgy stuffed animal).   So after some rather unsettling events last year, I went on a quest for physical greatness!

Now, working out has never been something I ever did.  I thought like most people that "proper" diet and living an "active" life would be enough to keep the lardiness away, but I realized that after 25 years that was not getting it done(the 5X’s on my shirt size helped me come to that conclusions too)…  So I joined my local LA Fitness and began working out.  Being a big, tall man most of the machinery was uncomfortable so I simply did what I felt comfortable getting into.  For the most part the diet shifted from the nutritious fast food and greasy soul food I ate but still nothing I would call significantly drastic.  And after three months of sporadic workouts and wearing the "new" off the the whole gym membership, I vowed to "get serious" as if by some magic that was going to happen in my blissful bench-happy ignorance.

Now I have to say that during this whole initial period, I had a friend[miked512] that was always interjecting his advice(most of the time unwanted…).  He was talking about insulin levels and sugar and fat and carbs and it all sound “good” but it was so contrary to what I was accustom to hearing in conversations of “fitness speak” that I ignored it.  Also my weight has ALWAYS been a very private battle and point of shame(yeah I said it) for me and to have someone so actively involving themselves in my battle with this demon of mine was a bit rattling.

So finally after a conversation where my friend essential dared me to work out with him, I began to listen(sometimes) to his advice and recommendations.  Its been about six months to date and the results have been surprisingly good.  We work out on the weekends and during the weeks I am charged with continuing the madness on my own.  We talk about plans we have for me and the new body we are building for me and aside from having someone to indulge in physical dementia with, I make sure he’s compensated with tasty food(as I like to cook).  So that is the short version of my first steps to greatness…*Light Weight!*

“We are all body builders, some of us build our bodies by working hard in the gym, others of us build our bodies with donuts and soda…” - Me

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