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Getting Your Body Ready for Summer

© Reginald Vickers

When my wife asked me what I was writing on this week, I told her exercise and fitness. An hour later when she was able to regain her composure and pick herself off the floor from laughing so hard, I let her know that I was not a stranger to exercise and that I knew fitness, once.

It wasn't that long ago that I frequented the health clubs, did aerobics, and ate only the healthy junk. When we first met, not only did I go to aerobics everyday, I ran to and from the class (about 4 miles). I worked out and I was lean and mean. Ok, maybe I was slim and angry. All right, I was fit and grumpy. Well, 2,345 Burger King whoppers later, here I am, chunky and still grumpy.

Being pleasantly plump has not bothered me. Sure I have to get help to tie my shoes but I think a little extra weight adds character. I have always been ok with myself and never thought anything about it, until last week.

On Friday, I did my daily Burger King courtesy call. I can proudly say that I know everyone there by name. But this time there was a new girl at the cash register. When I gave her my order, she said, "you're not going to eat all that by yourself are you?" Since I had connections, I asked her if she liked her job and she said "no." That shot down my attack.

The next day I went out to a nice restaurant uptown for lunch. I gave the waitress my order and said I would like a "coke". She said, "you mean a diet coke, don't you?" I figured that I can talk a little fast sometimes and she just didn't understand me. I smiled and said, "I'll have water".

Sunday, while walking my dog (see I do exercise), I noticed how when she started getting a little hot she would fall back and run beside me. What was strange was how she adjusted her position every time we went around a curve or changed direction. It was then that I discovered the truth. She was walking in my shadow to stay cool! I had become a physical umbrella. I can take insults just as well as the next person but not from my dog.

So it was then I decided to do something about my health. My first exercise was going to the Internet and turning on my computer. I took a break and had some cookies and milk. I returned to the computer and went surfing for everything I needed to become "Fit as a fiddle", "Fine as frog's hair", and "Stout as Guinness".

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