I was listening to the Jason Ellis show on Sirius and he said something profound about marriage, particularly from the male perspective. He said, in a crude way, that there is one indicator as to the strength of a marriage. If you were alone in a parking lot and a women offered to hop in your backseat, would you do it? If your marriage is strong, no way. The guilt would kill you and it would be unfair to your wife. If your marriage isn’t strong, you think about it. You won’t get caught.
The same rings true for my weight loss. If there was a Hostess cupcake sitting on a table and no around, do I make sweet love to it? At this point in Operation 180, my relationship isn’t as strong as it was at the beginning. It has been three months and instead of the relationship is getting stronger, the opposite is true. I have lost 40 lbs but I committed to losing 80 lbs. The weight came off quick and easy at the beginning but it has slowed to a trickle. I am busting my ass in the gym but its not producing the results I want. Now the temptations are getting stronger and stronger. I find myself wandering around in that parking lot hoping for something to happen.
It is time now for me to renew my vows. I’m heading to a beach in Hawaii. “Adam, do you take Operation 180 as your lawfully wedded goal.”
“I do.”
There is room for me to tighten up my diet even further. I can continue to push myself at the gym. I told a friend from work that I was afraid that I might not make it to 180 lbs. Instead of saying, “Look at what you’ve accomplished. You’ve lost almost 40 lbs.”, he said, “You’ve just gotta do it.”
I’ve just gotta do it.
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