reagan mcpuff's blog: after the "after-after"

it was a glorious time... 2005... hunter was young(er) and innocent(er)...errrr.. as we all were. and i weighted in at 225. did a crash diet, got to 185, emailed a lil ditty to pioneer press, and rhoda fukushima published it as a 'turning point' story. then, i stopped running (sore knee), forgot about any stinkin' calorie reduction, and just let it ride... so, here i am, at last xmas, back up to 235. so, another confluence of events happened:

1) company did a voluntary health checkup, blood draw, survey, and gave $100. i did it. my cholesterol back up to 238 (should be under 200). weight 232. i think based on the answers i gave in the survey (vegetable servings per day = 0. fruit = 1. beer = lots. exercise = not so much), that i envision the computer that compiled all of that data started blinking, honking, a siren popped to the top of the monitor like a winning slot machine, alerting the medical company to dispatch a life coach to that guy, STAT!

2) my life coach, "Todd!" an enthusiastic young webmd life coach, who talks using a lot of !!!s and "dudes". as in, "do you want to talk about stress relief, dude?!" nah. "ok, life goals?!" nah. "lifestyles?!" nah. "weight!?". yes. "cholesterol?!" yes. originally, a young, enthusiastic life coach, "audra", left me a voice mail, all perky! and enthusiastic! but when i called back, i drew the todd! card. by the time i talked to him, i was at 207. he thought i was joking, but i'm getting ahead of myself here.

3) bikini season right around the corner. if i am ever going to fit into that borat banana hammock again, i need to cut some weight.

4) looking at the year end mcpuff year in review metrics was a depressing event. 70 powerpoint slides of net worth / investments going down. weight going up (but mouse killing holding steady... don't know if that's good news or bad news). bad if you invested in mouse futures, i guess. so, i need / want to focus on another non-$ set of metrics... weight is it.

5) friends were over around xmas time... 2 of them (let's just call them "sue s" and "paul k" to protect their identities and keep them fully anonymous) told me the pioneer press should do an 'after-after' story about my turning point. as in, i had the "before" and "after" pictures and story, but now we need an update on the "after-after". so, i'm gonna jump right to the "after the after-after" sequel. it's like trilogies... the 2nd installment is always lame, always just bridging the first good act w/ what's needed build up the the final good act. so, i quickly dispatched w/ that lame "after after" and we're already at the final act... rise, lord vader! (no, wait, that was lame, too). the after the after-after.

6) i've crashed before. i don't mind taking a few months to lose the weight, and then have it creep back up over the next few years. and then repeat. i have no illusions i'll stay sub-200 (as i am again) for too long. altho i made $20 from dennis back in '05 by staying sub-200 for the entire year.

7) so, dropped 35 lbs so far, from 235 to 200. think i'll try to 'touch' 185 and then maintain sub-200 through at least 2009. the real driver is the cholesterol number... the weight just goes down for the ride. blood pressure = great. triglycerides = great. BMI is 27.1. "Weight is at 56th percentile compared to others of same Height and Age" at 200... that'll work.

8) i put as one of my annual goals for 2009 to get under 200. that has now happened. maybe in 2010 my goal will be to *stay* under 200... but let's focus on this year for now.

so, here's some fun data... the original story from 4 years ago...