As most of my friends and regular readers know I have been exercising and eating healthier since October of 2002. I'm very happy with the results so far even if my weightloss has stalled a bit these past few weeks. There are a number of reasons why I'm doing this, the most important being my health. Sure I want to look better too but its not like I was Quasimodo to begin with. While I trust and love my friends dearly sometimes it takes a relative stranger to lay it in the line and tell it like it is or some other corny cliche.
Today in the office I ran into a client I haven't seen in over two years. I never had too many face to face meetings with her back then but we spent many hours on the phone discussing our project which was converting her data from a legacy system to our product. I said hello to her and she politely returned my greeting and kept walking for two steps before doing a double take. "I know you don't I" she said. I decided to re-introduce myself and she stopped me mid way through and exclaimed "Chris, my goodness you've lost so much weight I didn't recognize you!" I briefly explained my situation and after some more small talk we parted ways. Damn that made me feel good.
All it takes is just the smallest compliment or words of encouragement to keep me motivated. I certainly take pride in what I've achieved so far but I also realize that this new and improved lifestyle I've chosen has to be for 'life' and while I really appreciate the compliments I need to find the will to stick with this inside me.
Posted by chrisw at May 28, 2003 07:26 PM