Where Are The Wise Men?

I’ve struggled with my weight my entire adult life. You have to understand that to understand what follows:

Around the beginning of the year, I started making a list of “things I want to accomplish”. Not quite resolutions, but things that absolutely needed to be done. I put “Lose Weight” at the bottom of the list, not because it’s so important, but the other items were more immediate and short-term. I’ve also not come up with a weight-loss strategy that has worked for me more than a few months. I didn’t want to add a diet and exercise regime into a mix with a lot of other things that I want do . I already had enough to do without all the stress of watching my weight. If I just could maintain it through the next year, I would be happy.

Fast-forward to the end of May. I ran into someone that I don’t see very often and he said that he could tell I was losing weight. I kind of flaked it off, thinking that he just hasn’t seem me in a while. A few days later, someone else made the same comment. And then, a few days later, yet another person mentioned it. I stopped to think — surely there was a pattern here.

I didn’t feel any lighter, but I decided that I maybe needed to be more observant. When I got dressed for work the next day, I grabbed a pair of pants that used to be a tad snug so I hadn’t worn them in a while. Sure enough they were fitting better. Quite a bit better, in fact. That day, while waiting for the bus, someone else mentioned that they could tell that I was losing weight.

This is actually quite crazy, because I’m not doing one thing to lose weight. In fact, my diet is probably worse than a year ago. I used to be more careful about what I eat, but lately I haven’t even been paying attention.

So what’s happening? Do I have a tapeworm living inside me? I hope not. After Gina and I racked our brains, we came up with something: the garden and by association, the yard.

It seems that all the work in the garden and yard has been enough consistent exercise that it has helped me shed some pounds. My embracing the hobby of gardening (which was on my “Must Do” list for this year) seems to have put me on the weight loss path. Who would have guessed? And what will happen next year, when Gina and I expand are garden? Yes, that plan is already in the works.  Who knows?

But, then again,  I just saw Dave for the first time in months and he didn’t say anything about it, so maybe I’m just getting excited over nothing.

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