Today was brutal from a self-esteem perspective. As part of the contest, I had to do a body analysis and my before photos. I was more embarrassed than I expected and it wasn’t completely the pictures. It was the results of the body scan. The In-Body scan tells you exactly how fat you are including total fat weight, percentage body fat, limb fat, etc. You do the scan before the photos too. They also explain the results to you, indicating where you are and where you should be. Let’s just say the word obese, showed up a few times on my report. I know there are some reading this, wondering what my numbers were, I truly do not want to share them. However, I am going to because I was one of those people that is just arrogant enough to think I am “doing ok,” when in reality, I am not. They are bad. There is more that just what you weigh that needs to be considered. I recommend anyone that reads this don’t assume you are “doing ok,” go and find out your numbers. It’s no wonder, I am so unhealthy. 

On to the pictures, they were done in basketball shorts, so nothing crazy. Again, hyper-sensitive about being captured at what I would consider a low point, but I did it. But, all I considered was being fat. I am grateful for my wife who suggested I breakout some clippers. It used to be that a hairy chest was manly, I thought. Apparently, that isn’t necessarily the case and she indicated that if people ever see these photos, they may not be able to handle my level of manliness. Let me tell you, chest hair hides a lot of fat. It at least provides complementary shadows. I went from looking like Gimli in Lord of the Rings, to straight up Baymax from Big Hero 6. That is where my mind was when going to do my weigh in. But, at least the hard part is behind me.