busting at the seems

have you ever been in front of someone whose button up shirt was so tight and the buttons so stressed that at any moment it could turn into a projectile headed strait for you? you try to keep yourself out of the line of fire knowing this could be bad. we joked a lot about this with my old crew at work about a certain "Head Honcho".

every year starting the last week of November till January 1 i give myself free game to whatever i want to eat. its all out there in such abundance for the Holidays why fight it? well this year i went a little too far. i noticed this when in Buffalo visiting my sisters family. i was constantly feeling full but i was on vacation so of course i had to eat at all the good places and ive never been one to save leftovers. after getting home i then had to face work. everybody and their dog brings treats to the fire station during this time. and we eat like kings going the extra mile to make the meals a big deal. After working 5 straight days Dec 23-27 (120 hours) i returned home. i knew i was putting on the lbs but i had a plan. the holidays would be over soon and then training for my first race in April would begin. i jumped on the scale out of curiosity and was SHOCKED!!!!!

In July of this year i was 27lbs lighter. im thinking to myself wtf? how did you let yourself do this?

as i type this im once again at work and my station pants are "busting at the seems". if it wasnt for the tactical belt i have on rated to 4500lb of force (can be used as a rescue harness) we might have a problem.

So thats me kind of venting on myself. good thing is i have no doubt i can be back to where i was in July by race time. bad thing is all the work i just put on myself by not being able to have a little more self control.

wah wah wah i know...

i feel like little Chanchito