The Myth vs. the Truth

One of the hardest parts about losing weight is convincing yourself you have to do it. We all remember our parents staring at us when we were young with the eyes of a war veteran who saw too much as we downed twinkie after fruit snack after 4th slice of pizza. They would say "one day it's all going to catch up with you". We of course, would scoff at this as we found new ways to add chocolate to everything on our plate. "Sure Dad. Don't hate" (for the record, I would never tell my dad not to hate. 1. That wasn't a slang term when we were young 2. I don't look cool when I say "don't hate" *) The easiest way to do this, once it finally does catch up with you, is use weight as the tool. I'm 170 pounds and figured 170 pounds isn't that overweight. I had just come back from the Peace Corps and earned the right after losing over 30 pounds to gorge myself on whatever fantastical treats came my way via the express lane of developed American supermarkets and bodegas. "Yeungling beer? Sure! I haven't had that in two years!" or "Is that cheesecake?? Everyone move to the side please. Former starving volunteer here, i deserve this..." and the list of quotes goes on. Once i got to 170 i felt as if I was t my normal weight. My mom even said(as the pounds began to creep up) "oh, you're filling in" A month or two later it was either my mom or dad saying that exact same phrase in a less than thankful tone. But I was 170 and that wasn't that bad. 170 is normal. I have friends who lok fine and they are 200, blahblahblah. Well, being 170 and being in shape are two VERY DIFFERENT THINGS. if you don't believe please look at the comparison I have made here: This is me at 170 and this is current UFC Welterweight Champion(as of this afternoon) georges St-Pierre. If you can't see the difference, then clearly you are an enabler:


(both of these people weigh 170 pounds.guess which one is me)

So now it's not about losing weight. It's about getting in shape. It's about toning muscle. and most of all, its about finding a phone that doesn't look like all my photos were taken in the darkest corner of an interior decorators basement playtime dungeon. When you look at your weight, you are looking at an illusion. When you look in the mirror, you can only see the truth. Now who wants a beer?

-Anthony

*My new favorite song lyric is "They gonna hate....but that's how you know you're doing great!"-Swizzy. What up.