Choosing to Lose
If this were a movie, I would have magically turned my life around the moment I met my girlfriend. Beautiful, free spirited, and so amazingly complex, she realizes my romantic ideal in almost every way possible. I was so convinced that someone like her would have no interest in me that there's no way we'd be together today had she not made the first move. I like to think that I'm the frog she chose to kiss. Even after we became a couple, I continued my unhealthy habits. Then a few months into our relationship, after I completely exhausted myself walking with her through the city, she pointed out that if we were to continue on and start a family, I'd need to be in enough shape to properly care for our children. I'd tried to lose weight at various points in the past, and it had never really taken. But this was different. This wasn't about losing a few pounds for vanity or health, which if I had really been taking seriously, I wouldn't have l...