It’s six weeks since I started my diet and exercise regimen… I am now just over 200 pounds, or nearly 22 pounds down from where I started.
To her credit, my wife took our wedding vows literally, loving me for better and for worse. At the beginning of November 2011, I’d certainly never looked worse. I was as big as I’d ever been. So big that even I couldn’t ignore it anymore…
Our 10th wedding anniversary is coming in August 2012, and when I started seeing promising results with this weight loss program the thought occurred to me that a new me would be the perfect gift. She’ll expect (and recieve) the more traditional romantic items, but the person giving them will be both intimately familiar and excitingly different.
It’s not the sort of gift you can conceal all year though, so the surprise will come by way of steady change. It’ll be a gift that gives a little bit each day of the year. And… it’s a gift she’s already noticed, and appreciates!
Weight loss has lit a fire under my marriage like nothing else you might imagine a marriage expert suggesting — an exotic vacation; unexpected, thoughtful gifts; counselling.
The romance is back. For this woman at least, nothing is sexier to her than my mind of today in my body of yesteryear.
If all goes well, she’ll get a bonus gift for Valentine’s Day — not extra roses or more champagne — but me, lighter than I was the day we met.
Leave a Reply