sounds familiar Musing on the present. Reminiscing about the past. Posturing for the future.

affirmation

And this is just how the weeks go... one week I'll go all five days and the next I'll hit less than 50%.  It's still a habit and I don't think I could ever abandon it, but some days are more conducive than others.

This morning I was getting ready to go to work.  As I've been out of both my gym-going habit and my eating-better habit, I've put back on a shameful percentage of what I once lost and I was looking sadly at my overhanging gut in the after-pants-before-shirt phase of dressing.

I walked into the living room and gave my belly a halfhearted two-handed lift for emphasis as I said aloud to Sharaun, "Man, I'm fat."  Keaton jumped on that, replying strongly, "Dad, you are definitely not fat."  I loved the sincerity in her voice; such affirmation!  I told her, "Thanks babe, that's a nice thing to say."

"You just have a really mooshy belly," she finished.

Good to know.  Not fat - check; really mooshy belly - check.

Time to get back to the gym.

Also written on this day...

• CEO of the ROC - 2009
• odd thing to be self conscious about - 2008
• one-solid - 2005
• Raining again in sunny California - 2004
• pictures in the dirt - 2003