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[captain_slinky]

Those of you who knew me Back In The Day may remember that I had developed a pretty distinct "Look" for myself - knee-length Cargo shorty-pants, giant Hawaiian shirt, tube socks, tennis shoes.

EVERY. FLIPPIN'. DAY.

It was comfortable, it was how I wanted to look, it was a distinctive uniform that let people know I was there (I heard bigwigs at Comcast give directions based on my location - "Go about three cubes past The Banana-Shirt Guy").

But in the past few years or so, I've changed. Blame the phenomenal weight loss and the fact that I can buy clothes at main-stream discount chains like WalMart and Target.

My *new* uniform is a Geek Shirt, blue jeans, black leather belt with a big shiny silver buckle, tube socks, High-Top sneakers and a zip-up Hoodie.

Just like the Hawaiian shirts of yesteryear, I now wear these outfit EVERY FLIPPIN' DAY. And I kinda like it :)

Comments

[ellison.livejournal.com]

How much weight did you lose (if you don't mind my asking), and how did you do it? My husband and I are both working on getting re-motivated to lose weight. I want to lose about 35lbs, but my husband has over 100lbs to go.

Way to go with having a new "uniform"! :)

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I initially lost 50lbs on Atkins, but when I met my wife we both gained A LOT of weight back... over twice as much as I had lost! Then, two years ago we both got the Lap Band surgery. Unlike the Gastric Bypass, it's an in-patient procedure that has you back to a semi-normal life in a day or two and is completely reversible if anything goes wrong. The greatest thing about it is that I *can* eat whatever I want, I just end up eatung very little of it. You know those ridiculous "Serving Size" suggestions on the side of a package that tell you to eat just two Fig Newtons or 1/6th of a 99-cent Totino's Party Pizza? THE SUGGESTED SERVING SIZE IS NOW THE PERFECT AMOUNT TO MAKE ME FULL!

Started at 427lbs on March 18 2008, and I am now down to 316lbs and still losing an average of 2lbs a week. It's AWESOME!

[ellison.livejournal.com]

Wow, that's awesome! I'm really glad that is working for you so well!

[cunninggod.livejournal.com]

The thing I remember most about you 'back in the day' was the Kirby art Marvel jean jacket you always had on. That was how we began our friendship...ah, memories *sniff*

[the-4th-doctor.livejournal.com]

I'd wear Hawaiian shirts every day if I owned more than three.

[nani-ka.livejournal.com]

Hey, does that mean you can start a "Giant Obnoxious Belt Buckle" collection?

[captain-slinky.livejournal.com]

Ooooooooooh! I'll have to consider that! My brother wants to make Lucite belt buckles that have Mistletoe in them, for The Holidays, because my brother is PURE CLASS.