I really saw that playing out differently in my mind

A few days back I had this awesome idea to start doing "2 a days" to up my fitness game.  So far I have lost about 35 lbs or so.  I 'm getting stronger again so realistically I am taking up less room now a days.  I thought this is the level of dedication needed for the next 35 lbs.

I run in the morning, I hit the weights and the basketball court during lunch and I hit the hamster wheel at night.  In my mind this makes so much sense.  Here are JDial's thoughts before the first few days of his 2 a day workout schedule - Why haven't I been doing this all my life, I should have a 6 pack by the end of the summer........ yeah by the end of the summer.

As you would guess after the first week I was so sore I felt as though the good Lord didn't love me anymore.  I was told that I should only do a 2 a day workout schedule in 2 week spurts.  So with only one week left and feeling forsaken - I decided to keep moving forward.  

On Tuesday of my second week I was told (by an X-Army Ranger" "JD this is the first day..... ", yada yada yada.  I took those words as my fuel and ran so hard I began to see these little white spots and I pushed the weight like I had the body of a Spartan in the movie 300.  

When I walked out of the gym I was on "E"people, I was so tired.  I decided I needed a salad - a hearty salad.  So I drank my "post work out" juice and began to think of small cuts of chicken and ham.  In the mist of my salad dream I put my gym bag in the trunk and as the trunk shut I saw my keys by a can of red bull in the corner of the trunk.  I grabbed for the door and just missed it.  

With my head phones blasting my workout music I jumped toward the driver side door, hoping it was unlocked aaaaannnnndddd nope it had already re-locked its self.  Now is a good time to let you know I leave my wallet and my iphone in the car when I workout (so I won't loose them :) ).  Great idea huh?  Don't worry I got tons of good ideas, I didn't use them all on this one.  

It's at this point that I start to panic - why you might ask.  Well, I was supposed to be in a video conference meeting in 20 minutes back at the office.  Our office is about 3 miles away.  So I run inside and ask to use the courtesy phone.  When I pick up the phone I realize something, without my Iphone I don't know anything - literally anything.  I don't know my office number, I don't know Brandy's number, I don't know any of my brother's phone numbers, get the picture.  All the people who would drop what they were doing to help me might as well have been in Uruguay.

So the over weight Spartan didn't think about it, he just started to run.  After a run that morning and hard weight lifting session and more running (keep in mind the white spots are still there) I decided to run to make my meeting.  As my heart pounded and all muscles just lost feeling I thought to myself - hey if I pass out they can't be mad at me then.  I am sure there were lots of honks and people saying "look at that big spartan running, man he's slow".  

As I got to the office, I noticed something - the cars where gone.  ARE YOU SERIOUS!!?????  I was late but not that late.  I ran through some other offices in the back of our parking lot where some small trees and bushes were being put in.  I was so up set that I picked up one of the pots and threw it across the parking lot.  As it broke I heard banging on the windows and what do you know - it was our controller and two receptionist cracking up laughing at me.  To make it just a little sweeter, the kids in the private school across from our office where just getting out of school and saw the whole thing.  

At this point in the day, I didn't feel like a Spartan.  More like aaaaaaaaa, I don't know what the appropriate word would be but it was hard to laugh at myself.  I pulled my hat lower than usual and took the walk of shame inside.  

I still didn't know anyones number so I had to turn to Facebook and really throw my business out in the street.  I couldn't send a message cause who checks those regularly.  I posted what happen on Brandy's wall and asked her to bring my keys.  Of course she didn't respond, some others did and after being their comedic relief for the day they offered to text her.  As she came and bailed me out and all the children laughed.    

There are two things the kids said to me that I still remember.  First was Georgia "it sucks to be fat huh dad?  If you weren't fat your body wouldn't hurt so bad."  

The second was Mae "daddy are you going to cry?"  The answer to both is YES!!!!! 

I have since calmed down

I have paid for the bush I broke

I finally got back in my car

I saw the text pushing the video conference till the following Monday

I have put on 6 lbs doing my 2 a days

Honestly, I really saw all that playing out differently in my mind.

Jay Longwhisker