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fatmke

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

The Fit Milwaukee meetup was tonight. Those of us who signed up for their weight loss challenge were to show up and get officially weighed. I was supposed to wear “workout clothes.” I don’t have any that fit anymore, so I stopped at Wal-Mart this morning and got some sweats. After work in my car I pulled the tags off and wriggled into them before driving over there.

I recognized a couple of cool people there from twitter–Amy, for one. But the place seemed filled with hot young strangers sharing marathon training tips. It was pretty terrifying. Even for someone who just a few short years ago was quite a fitness geek. (Remember that?)

Also, I think I was the only person there from Waukesha which meant that working out with the other weight loss challengers would be, um, challenging.

But I mingled. I had a beer. I waited in line to get weighed. I survived.

Tomorrow morning I begin doing things differently. Eat less, exercise more.

Fit Milwaukee

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

I just signed up for Fit Milwaukee.

It reminds me of a time several years ago when I was ending my first marriage. I needed something to do, a reason to get out of the house. Something positive and social. That’s when I joined up with two other local liberals to start the Milwaukee chapter of Drinking Liberally.

I reached out. It paid off.