As Chunky As I Wanna Be

All right. I thought I was getting somewhere with all this talk about healthy living and healthy eating. Sweet Roast and I spent a day on the river last week and promised each other we’d do it more often this summer. She was energized by the sunshine and it showed. Then she showed me photos she had taken that afternoon and I saw the grim reality of the Love Chunk. I was a lot, um – shall we say, er…chunkier than I thought I was. Sure, I’ve seen myself in a mirror, but bathroom mirrors are deceiving in many ways. After seeing myself in far too many pixels in digital photos that (thankfully) can be deleted, I’ve come to understand the real reason why I’m doing this blog in the first place. To get back in shape. Hopefully that shape would be something other than a blob. In other words, I want my 2.5-megabyte photo to drop some kilobytes. A whole lot of kilobytes. So I will continue on my journey to becoming more hunky and less chunky and remind you it’s not all bad to see yourself in shorts on a beach with a larger than normal shadow. If anything, it should give you the added incentive to get a little more active. The incentive to eat a little healthier and feel better along with feeling better about yourself. I guess I needed to see those photos. I was due for one of those reality checks and it didn’t derail my train. If anything, it will give me the fuel I need to keep focused and get my train back on track.