Two Bags of Salt
When ever I am carrying salt down into the basement to add our water softener, I always think about how I used to weigh that much without carrying anything. I’ve mentioned in previous post that I used to be much heavier. So heavy in fact that I actually weighed more then than I do now with two 40 pound bags of salt. Just walking down the stairs is a strain. I can’t believe that I used to be that heavy all the time. Nowadays, I work out every day and those days are a distant memory. But it all comes rushing back to me whenever I have to refill the water softener.
Comments
Comment from Midwestern City Boy
Time January 28, 2006 at 7:02 pm
Rob: From the fall of 1998 to the summer of 2002 I was a poster boy for Glutton Man products. I got out of the habit of getting any exercise but was eating more than I ever did. California Girl was very supportive. She came out and ran with me (although it was more walking than running in those days). I doubt that I would have kept doing it if she hadn’t. Now, working out is part of my daily routine and I wonder how I ever let myself get like that.
Comment from the dude
Time January 28, 2006 at 9:08 pm
I remember being much lighter! When I started college, I was 115 pounds, and by the end, I was 180. Thankfully, very little of that was fat. I had been working out like a psycho, and it paid off in the end.
Comment from Midwestern City Boy
Time January 28, 2006 at 9:28 pm
The Dude: Unfortunately for me, all of it was fat. I’ll never forget the day I stepped on a balance scale and had to put the large weight on 250. I still have the XL leather jacket I got in 2001 but I doubt I’ll ever wear it again.
Comment from Chickie
Time January 28, 2006 at 10:49 pm
Is the salt softener for your laundry water? Or house water?
Comment from Midwestern City Boy
Time January 29, 2006 at 12:49 am
Chickie: The salt softener is four our house water. The water around her mostly comes from municipal wells and is fairly hard. I also end up softening the water we use to water the lawn but salt is cheap ($4.00/40-lbs) so I don’t worry about it.
Comment from Rob
Time January 28, 2006 at 6:51 pm
So is that how you zapped your old bed in the past? Thanks to your good wife for whipping your butt back into shape underneath the sheets, eh? (evil grin)