Today, at the pool, it was announced that I had placed second in the Biggest Loser thing that I joined a few months ago.  I didn’t post about it much here, it was somewhat of a let down and not really what I would have hoped it to be and it certainly wasn’t anything like the Biggest Loser.  It was more like paying $50 and then being told to go lose weight for 12 weeks.  We did get together each Friday for a workout session but that was about it.

Anyhow.

Today at the pool when it was announced that I had placed second, all the women in the class, I’m the only dude who goes, congratulated me and wanted to talk about my weight loss, which I was fine with.  One woman in particular seemed very interested in how I was doing.  Apparently she had lost a bunch of weight at one point in her life and was more curious than the others.  In years past, I would have avoided any mention of my weight and would have crawled into a hole and avoided any mention of my weight problem.  Today was much different.  I told them how I was doing.  I told them about my daily walks up at the lake.  I told them about all of my triumphs and I even told them about my struggles.  It felt really good to not have to hide and to be able to talk about all of this stuff without the fear of being judged.

After the pool I decided that my belly was empty and that it needed filling so I headed over to Safeway to grab a deli sandwich and some other things to snack on; Odwalla Bars, Bananas, etc…  While there, I ran into my friend Suzanne who I used to work with many years ago.  She reads this blog and knows that I’ve struggled a bit lately and mentioned how great I was looking, etc…  it still felt good to run into someone who I hadn’t seen in a while and have them comment on the work that I’ve done, I just wish that I could recognize it for myself.  I need find perspective.

This weekend I’m heading out-of-town to do some photography at Mare Island with a semi-local group of photographers, and then I’m off to Maker Faire on Sunday.  It will be nice to get out-of-town for a couple of days, I just hope that I don’t go overboard with my food choices.