He didn't even offer to buy me dinner first!!!

I've never been what you would call the athletic type; and although I've always enjoyed getting a little exercise, I was never that guy that worked out religiously or got up every morning just to go running. When I was growing up I was always that tall skinny kid. When I say skinny, I was bone skinny. So skinny, in fact, that when I bent over I looked like a big ass L. When I graduated from high school I was 6'1 and I weighed a buck oh five soaking wet. I was so skinny that there were times when I tried to give blood but I was under the weight requirement, so I was turned away. I was well into my twenties when I finally broke 150 and I had to swallow raw eggs and drink boatloads of beer in order to gain that weight.

Fast forward twenty years later and a few things have changed. Although I've always been a regular at the dentist's office, during the last twenty years I've rarely gone to see a doctor. It's sad really, because I've had medical insurance throughout my life. Over the last few years, I'd picked up an extra pound or two. I'm in my 40s now and I'm at an age where it's important that I have a yearly physical exam.
Although I'd never been that guy that works out with wild abandon, I'd always tried to stay in shape. Over the last few years I've been successful too; after all, pear is a shape. No seriously, I figured as long as I could avoid getting man titties, I was fine. Laugh if you will, but there is nothing sexy about moobs. So last year when I went to my annual physical and my doctor looked at my chart with my urinalysis and blood work on it and just shook his head, I didn't know what to think. He said I was overweight and that my bad cholesterol was too high and my good cholesterol was too low. Last year I weighed 215 pounds and that's the most that I've ever weighed. He said that my blood sugar levels were high enough to justify putting me on medication immediately. Diabetes killed my father and his mother, my grandmother. I told my doctor that day that I would lose weight and strive to live a healthier life.

Today I went to my yearly physical; which was why I wrote today's blog post. Today's physical was far different from last year's. Today my blood sugar and cholesterol levels were well within the normal ranges. My doctor told me that my chart from last year and this year's charts look like they're from two completely different patients. I've lost 40 pounds since my last exam and I feel much better than I did last year. I may never have the body of an athlete, but I've made a commitment to myself to be healthier and continue to take better care of myself. I was walking an average of 20 miles a week after my physical last year. This year there have been days that I've walked 20 miles; and this year I've been walking at least 50 miles a week. The only downside to today's exam was what happened towards the very end. When I saw my doctor reach for the disposable glove and the lube.......words just can't express how disgusted I felt. He violated me plain and simple. Not only that, but he didn't even offer to buy me dinner first!!!

As God is my witness, if I live to be 100 I will never have moobs!!! As much as I enjoy the taste of ice cream and red meat and fried chicken, I refuse to end up with man titties!!!