The First Weigh In

Ok, there's a few things to discuss here.

First off, I wasn't going to put my original weight up here, but I think for the purpose of this blog, it's a must.

The photo on the left here isn't what you think it is. It looks like a general scale. Every doctor's office has one. Most gyms have one. Hell, Rosanne Barr's house has two of them, one for each foot.

This is where it's much different. This scale is judgement day to me. I've decided to weigh myself only on Saturdays, and that's when I'll report in to you folks. When I started this blog earlier this week, I stepped on the scale. This is the embarassing part, but if I've laid the rest of it out to you so far, I can do this.

Most doctor's scales go up to 350 pounds. It's a standard scale. Some doctor's offices have the super-sized ones for us big folks. About 9 months or so ago, my back was really, really hurting. To the point where tying my shoes became an Olympic event. So, I went to the doc to get some drugs, right? "Step on the scale, please".

379.

That's no typo. 21 pounds from a small Volkswagon.

Go back to the regular scale at the gym. Remember how I said it goes to 350? Well, if my math serves me correctly, 379 is bigger than 350. Long story made short, my original goal was to be 'weigh-able'. Longer story made even shorter, in the past 9 months, I was able to get down to 341, and that's where my most recent issue started.

I was happy with myself. I reached my original goal. And in Tuck-land, that means you get lazy, find excuses, and coast. As predictable as this story goes, I went back up above the 350 point. So, this week when I started this blog, as I said, I weighed in. When I said "Fourth and 100", I was considering my 100 to start at 350, and end at 250. So, in order to even start, I needed to get back down. The scale would still balance out, but past the marker, so I assumed it to be about 352, 353, 354.. honestly, I'm not sure.

So, technically, this blog should be called "Fourth and 104 or So". But, that's just not sexy. No 'ring' to is.

Fortunately, today's Saturday. Weigh-in day.

The blog is now renamed, "Fourth and 99". I made up however many pounds that was, and am back on the scale. 349, and counting.