I'm a 41 year-old police detective.

Over the past 10 years, I've let myself get overweight. Tired. Lazy. Unattractive. Boring.

It was easy--I had an excuse. I went back to school in 2002 and worked my way through a Master's degree from the University of Florida, Summa Cum Laude. Mostly, I carried a full-time course load in addition to my full-time job. And homicide callouts. And court overtime. And instructing at the police academy. You get it. I'm a Type A personality.

While I was busy perusing book after book and researching paper after paper, my ass got bigger and bigger. My pants size grew larger and larger. Meh...I'll fix that later. Well, guess what?

Later.....is NOW.

And, it's a hell of a lot easier putting the weight on than taking it off. Anyone who had gained and lost more than 20 pounds will tell you the same.

This is my journey to lose 35 pounds and compete in the closest thing to the Olympic Games offered in amateur sports. The 2011 World Police and Fire Games in New York City.

I have 5 months to lose the weight and train my body to compete against elite athletes from around the globe. I've seen the records and they're no joke. I'll have to swim faster than I did when I was 14 or 15 and broke county records in Maryland back in the 80's.

No luck necessary. I'm getting my fat ass into the pool.

Monday, March 16, 2009


Dear God, 

I tried really hard to stay away from Thin Mints this season.  I made it all the way until the last day of sales when I saw two Girl Scouts outside of the local supermarket.  They looked so sad.  They had leftover cookies that they couldn't sell and it was time to go home for dinner.  

I thought about all of the work I've done in the gym and debated the pros and cons of minty goodness that awaited inside that damn green box.  Sorry--darn green box.  I calculated the following: 

(treadmill exertion) (calories burned) /cookies consumed = lots of extra effort

And then I did another calculation: 

(1 box of thin mints) (mental stability offered by chocolate) / guilt = it's worth the risk

So, I broke down and bought a box.  I have now realized that one box of Thin Mints equals two servings.  And, going to the gym after consuming 30 cookies is a really, really, bad idea.  Thanks for not making me toss 4 dollars worth of my cookies.  

Amen. 



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Rachel said...

Oh Girl Scout cookies.

I am a personal trainer so I get the food vs. treadmill contemplation and often have it... needless to say I bought a box of the smores cookies. They are so tasty! When did Girl Scouts get so crafty with marketing??? Standing outside grocery stores, knowing people only go food shopping when hungry! Hahah.

They are good cookies though.

March 17, 2009 at 3:57 AM

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