Final Day of Softness
Well, tomorrow is the day I start doing man-work again. I’ve been reading the book Modern Carpentry, and I’m about 275 pages into it. Normally, reading a textbook of that size would take me a few weeks, but there are a lot of pictures so it’s coming along quickly. Only like 500 pages to go….
I bought a bunch of new blue jeans to wear for work earlier this week. Decided to wear a pair out on Friday and quickly realized why I quit wearing blue jeans after I left working outside so long ago. Denim is not soft. I don’t care what anyone says, denim is a scratchy material and I don’t like it. Give me cotton khakis any day...soft cotton.
Those jeans are also a little too tight. I bought the relaxed fit Levi’s, but they still feel like nut huggers to me. Maybe I should have looked for blue jeans with pleats? I actually bought a pair that fits me right now, so that is surely part of the problem. I’m operating on the assumption that working will make me lose some weight so in a couple of months the pants will be nice and loose, the way I like them.
For now, I’ll assume they just need to be broken in. Hopefully dirt, sweat, and movement will beat them into shape. We shall see.
And Now the Weigh-In
So, I just weighed myself, wearing only a pair of boxers, and the reading was 179. I’m really kind of surprised because I thought I was fatter than that, but one good meal could easily push that back up to 185.
I’ll keep posting a morning reading and an after-work reading daily to track my blue-collar diet progress. I’ll make sure to always get the reading in just a pair of boxer shorts for consistency, and I’m hoping the daily readings will smooth out some of the fluctuation we see from meals and bowel movements. Anyone that knows me well knows that I can drop like 8 pounds with a good dump…I dominate the toilet.
I bought a bunch of new blue jeans to wear for work earlier this week. Decided to wear a pair out on Friday and quickly realized why I quit wearing blue jeans after I left working outside so long ago. Denim is not soft. I don’t care what anyone says, denim is a scratchy material and I don’t like it. Give me cotton khakis any day...soft cotton.
Those jeans are also a little too tight. I bought the relaxed fit Levi’s, but they still feel like nut huggers to me. Maybe I should have looked for blue jeans with pleats? I actually bought a pair that fits me right now, so that is surely part of the problem. I’m operating on the assumption that working will make me lose some weight so in a couple of months the pants will be nice and loose, the way I like them.
For now, I’ll assume they just need to be broken in. Hopefully dirt, sweat, and movement will beat them into shape. We shall see.
And Now the Weigh-In
So, I just weighed myself, wearing only a pair of boxers, and the reading was 179. I’m really kind of surprised because I thought I was fatter than that, but one good meal could easily push that back up to 185.
I’ll keep posting a morning reading and an after-work reading daily to track my blue-collar diet progress. I’ll make sure to always get the reading in just a pair of boxer shorts for consistency, and I’m hoping the daily readings will smooth out some of the fluctuation we see from meals and bowel movements. Anyone that knows me well knows that I can drop like 8 pounds with a good dump…I dominate the toilet.
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