Why do I post more on working out than .NET?

DGG and I were talking over IM the other night.  She was wondering why I post so much about working out rather than .NET.  I love .NET.  I find it is a great environment to develop ASP.NET and other applications.  I really do like what it has built in.  The reason I post so much about working out is that I am so excited about how I look and feel.  About 8 years ago, I got hurt in both of my feet and developed a medical condition called plantar fasciatis.  That has to be one of the most painful things in the world.  It literally felt like a knife was being shoved up into my foot.  I had no motivation to do anything.  I was almost afraid to move for fear that I woul hurt my feet worse.  As a result, I ballooned up to 250 pounds.  My right foot healed, but I had to have surgery on my left foot.  I went back to exercising, but the weight did not go away.  During the summer of 2001, I started working out really hard in an effort to lose as much weight as possible.  I dieted, worked out, and the weight came off.  I still workout everyday, or nearly every day (at least six times a week).  My current weight is somewhere between 200 and 205 pounds.  I think that as the swelling from the surgery I had in February, 2003 continues to subside (the doctor said it will take three to six months for it to completely go away), I think I will be in the 195 to 200 range this summer.  Once I can ramp my workouts back up to the pre-February 2003 surgery, I know that I will once again be in better shape than I was when I was in high school or college. 

You just don't know the feeling of looking at yourself in the mirror and seeing an outline of your abs when you have spent the last so many years wondering if you had anything but a big gut around your middle.

Wally

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