... weight off my shoulders

... and onto the next workout! yesh, it's true... i've joined a gym again. i realized the other day when everyone in my family was sick for the holidays that i wasn't. somehow, my weak lil' immunity system battled off 6+ different versions of the common cold/flu/malaria/whatever that my family all had. weird given that i'm 33 years old and feel like i'm 53.

made me think that mr puddins and i need to get back into a routine. bad enuf that i sit in an office most of the day, then i go home and what... do the same? kinda pathetic actually. i used to bike, hike, run and more. now thinking of those things makes me winded.

funny too that the gal who "sold" me the membership tried to oversell the sh*t outta me too. here's a little Q&A recap of my evening of fun, when all i wanted to do was hand her money and go home:

Q "do you have any family members who will want to join? cousins? parents? hampsters?"
A "no, wifee doesn't want to. why would i want to sweat in front of family members, and you know you don't allow pets..."

Q "what specific parts of your body do you want to work out? do you need help?"
A "well, i'm at least 15 lbs overweight, most of which i suspect may be my ass. as for help, if you'd lke to lift the weights for me, i'd love to watch..."

it went on and on for about 20 minutes. i refused to be sold the supreme, supersized package from hell where everyone and perhaps deities could come work out with me. and..... not like you all care, but i'm 220 or so right now, plan on being at least 200 soon. what freaks me out is that my damned clothing is loose on me, friends have said i look better recently then in months... i think/thought i was looking okay until the holidays drove me off the edge. irritating really. one comment from a parent saying they can't get their arms around me caused me to crash and burn. hell, i'm 6'3" and people say i look great overall... the horror! anyway, all of this crud now may involve not eating, begging for chocolate and more pathetic things. stay tuned.

mr puddins has already lost 2+- lbs since we started gauging his food intake. lil' fat bastard has a leg up on me. MEOW!