This past Friday, the two teams in the weight loss competition got together for a challenge worthy of the Biggest Loser Show itself. We were assembled and told we were to be taken to room MP1.
"Multi Pizza Room," wondered Pamela. If only... We were taken to a room near the front of YMCA with multiple traffic cones assembled in a line.
"Run to the second cone, touch the ground, then run back to the first cone, touch the ground, then onto the second cone and so on...." instructed Carlos. "Once you are finished with the suicides, do ten squats."
The winner of the competition was to be the team that (1) remained standing when the time ran out and (2) completed the most cycles.
It was an exercise seemingly designed to be difficult for the overweight. Balance does not come easy when you are carrying a extra hundred pounds! Every time I ran and touched the floor, the momentum of my body almost made the rest of me hit the floor as well. And the squats made my legs feel like jelly.
But, not wanting to let down my team, I persevered and gave it my all. And when the bell rang ending the event, I was on my feet for at least a minute or two...
"27 suicides for the Transformers. 24 suicides for the Super Frogs." announced Carlos.
My team had lost. But as we walked out of the MP1 room, I glanced at the wall mirror. If I squinted just right, I could see a skinnier me.
Just a matter of time...
About Me
- Estolano in San Diego
- chula vista, California
- Random thoughts, some of them funny, from a San Diego divorce and criminal defense attorney, as he fights for his clients in Court, fights the battle of bulge and goes through life.
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