The "Oregonian", Portland's daily, runs an occasional column in the Living/Styles section titled "My Workout", which features compulsive Portlanders touting their obsessive diet and exercise regiments. Several years ago the column featured a "V" shaped, broad shoulders and tapered waist, 50 year old man navigating a foaming river, solo, in a canoe. In the column, this man flaunted that he worked out at least 2 hours a day, never touched red meat or alcohol, ate only organic produce, and religiously took a daily Omega-3 fish oil supplement. His dietary indulgences were a weekly small non-fat latte, and on "special occasions", half a bar of dark chocolate.
I was about 46 years old at the time, I remember showing the picture of "V" man to my wife, and telling her that I want to have a body like that when I am 50. I am now 54 and my upper body does not remotely resemble that coveted letter. On my best days, in forgiving lighting, standing in front of my favorite mirror, and at just the right angle, I could almost convince myself that I could be a "U" man.
Planning ahead to when I turn 60, I think I am going to aim more towards the front of the alphabet.......
Yuen: I really like your blog! The writing is great and the length of your posts is just perfect. Looking forward to more! ~ Ling
ReplyDeleteVery clever. And I like the pictures in your posts. The picture above looks to me (forgive me) more like a "d". Or, in the land of branding and cattle one might call it the "Lazy L".
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PS: I was at your house that New Year's Eve and you were a good host and cheery. But I was gone at about 12:03 . . .