Why do these things happen

[DadNotQuitting]

This is funny. There seems to be a very common element to our situations that I see time and time again on this forum. Weight loss!

789 - way to go on the 45 pounds! Since my bomb was dropped on Christmas Eve (merry x-mas to me, eh) I am down 52 pounds as of yesterday. From 226 (32% body fat) to 174 (17%). I'm a bit below my target weight, and am now readjusting my training to add more weights and "bulk up" to about 185. Anybody need any 40" waist pants? My 32"ers are now getting loose!

I have seen three or four people on here in the last week talking about weight loss.

One of the reasons my wife lost respect, then lost love for me is that I didn't respect myself enough to take care of myself, inspite of a lot of "hints". My wife, in a manner of speaking, is pretty hot and has always take awesome care of herself, so I think her seeing me like that was disappointing. I agree with her, a spouse has something of a duty to not only be emotionally in good health, but physically as well. For us, she said it had a lot to do with my family heart history (dad dead at 53, mom at 59 - both HEAVY smokers and overweight, I've never smoked) and that she wanted me around for her and the kids.

Good news, I'm saving about $1,000 on my life insurance for a new policy I'm getting because I'm no longer considered overweight! Diet and exercise, works every time.

BTW, of course my wife has noticed the change, she has not one single time said anything about it in a positive manner. She grabbed the remaining fat on my tummy (almost gone, here comes the six-pack abs) and said "that's not going to go away without surgery". Yeah, thanks for that.

DNQ