scaled!

Ok, as unlikely as it may sound, it appears as though there has been some “scale issues” in my life the last few months.

Most groceries stores in the Tampa area have large scales for customers to weigh themselves as they enter or leave the store. I, as any scale addict would do, weigh myself EVERY time I go to the grocery store.

The local CVS on the corner used to have a medical scale that I would weigh myself on along with the grocery store scale. They were always about 2lbs off, but that was all.

Well, CVS parted ways with their medical scale and I stuck to the always reliable grocery store scale. The grocery scale has told me that I put on about 15bs in the last few months, which wasn’t a total surprise as I could feel the weight gain.

ANYYYYYWAYS…
CVS brought back their medical scale this week, after missing for a few months,  it told me I am currently 17lbs heavier than the grocery scale. …WHAT!! The medical scale CLEARLY needs to be calibrated.

My curiosity has been killing me as to JUST HOW FAR OFF ARE THESE SCALES? ONE HAS TO BE WRONG!

With that being said, I made a little drive to another grocery store and another medical scale, giving me a total of 4 scales to compare!

Needless to say, the one I have been relying on for the last 4 months is WRONG! Somehow, it decided NOT to add the appropriate amount of weight I was gaining.  The other three scales were exactly the same!

So here it is….I thought I was 287-290 and all of the other three scales have me weighing in at 305!

THREE HUNDRED AND FIVE POUNDS!

I know that I have been feeling my old self lately; depressed, bloated, heavy, pale, unmotivated,… but I attributed all of this to my countless hours of sitting in a cubicle with my only movement being to go to the bathroom or the vending machines.

I was wrong, it was also because I have been slowly getting FATTER and FATTER without any idea or warning from my “dependable” scale!

Now that I’m being laid off this week, I will share the last 4 1/2 months of stats.

• Countless hours (approximately 630) of mind numbing hopelessness staring at a computer while sitting in an isolation booth (known as a cubicle)
• 27lbs of weight gain
• I was up to running 4 miles without stopping the week before returning to The Cubicle and now I can’t even run a mile without stopping!!
• I was playing tennis a 3-5x’s a week before The Cubicle and now I haven’t played in over a month
• Not one haircut
• haven’t shaved in 2 1/2 weeks and YES, there is a beard forming…. IN FLORIDA…IN JULY!!
• did I mention 27lbs of weight gain?
• I was given a Frequent Buffet Card at the local CiCi’s pizza buffet. It was a delight when given, but in hindsight I realize it wasn’t such a good thing.

Yup… it paid the bills, but it wasn’t helping my health.  When you work at  place that pays the bills and the people are nice (MOST OF THEM), it’s easy to get complacent.

Me getting laid off is definitely a blessing in disguise. I’m too old to be this unhealthy…. For that matter, nobody should EVER be this unhealthy, no matter WHAT the age!!

3 more days of work and I’m officially starting my diet NOW!!

In 3 weeks (just in time for my birthday) I hope to be a little lighter…and who knows… maybe I’ll get a haircut and shave along the way too.

305lbs

talk to you next week!