WISE WORDS FROM THE SHALLOW ONE

Regular readers would know that my husband has been sick lately with a pretty strong bout of gastro. It started on Friday with what looked like the onset of a bad head cold or flu. He looked and sounded like death and spent the day at home. The next day the diarrhoea started and stayed with him til late Monday or Tuesday. As you would expect his food intake changed significantly and whatever he ate went straight through him anyway.

So fast forward to Tuesday and out of interest he steps on the scales (after breakfast) and lo and behold is 4kgs lighter. Allowing for breakfast and another trip to the toilet (how can he possibly manage that after so much pooing anyway) he figures that he's actually about 5 kilos lighter than he was less than a week ago.

Now here's where it gets interesting. Yesterday we go shopping so he can buy some new clothes that he's had his eye on. Wallet full of birthday money, its time to spend. He picks up a nice pair of moleskin jeans and comments that normally he's 38 but he might be a 36 now. He takes both pairs and tries the 36s first. He comes out of the change room and I'm like "OMG you look fantastic in those." They are tight and he has nice solid legs (not skinny chicken legs like most guys) and they're a nice fit on the arse. I am SERIOUSLY impressed.

The discussion that follows shows how we are on such different wave lengths. I'm advocating that with a bit of care around his food and taking advantage of his smaller apetite now, he could mainatain this new lean look that is VERY attractive (errr did I mention that already). He on the other hand is resigned to regaining that 5 kilos within a couple of weeks because thats just what will happen. We to and fro on the issue discreetly in the shop as he continues to assess what he'll purchase.

So there you have it - I'm totally shallow and still believe that looking good (and in his case - being leaner) is important and worth working at. On the other hand he's about "I'll eat and drink what I want , exercise to balance it out and accept the weight I am. I have no motivation to be these 4 or 5 kilos lighter." What is it called "Mars and Venus" or something?

On our way home he was lugging his very large shopping bag full of his purchases and commented that his shopping today, rivalled mine (well not quite but he was on his way). And he was feeling guilty about it. To which I replied "Rubbish. When you look good, you feel good and when you feel good, you achieve more. Case closed." So there you have it, the wise (and shallow) one has spoken and now that this earth shattering perspective has been shared I must get back to the job I'm paid to do.

Cheers all

M