So today was a “weights” day at the gym. One of my routines for the day was deadlifts. Basically you’ve got the bar on the floor with weight and you just have pick it up and staighten your back. Repeat until your dead. You can actually do a lot of weight with a deadlift and I ended up doing 305 pounds and was able to lift it 6 times. As I stood panting looking at what I had just done it occured to me that 305 pounds is a TON of weight. I mean, it’s really heavy! At the same moment it also occured to me that I was 330 pounds when I began losing weight, 25 pounds heavier than what I had just lifted. Can there be any more sobering an act than having to lift your weight? I almost wish that everyone could be presented with their weight on a bar and asked to lift it. Where would the health of our society be if we had to that? How would you change your life if you knew you had to that?
