Sanctimony Superstar

If my last two posts seemed at all preachy, I apologize. As I’m starting to get back my backbone (Getting Back Your Backbone™), I’m also getting a little cheeky with myself. I do tend to do that.

One of the life lessons I gleaned from my big weight loss success was to not to allow myself to stand on any sanctimony. I was the star attraction at a wedding I went to shortly after I’d lost all the weight several years ago, wherein I ran into a lot of people who hadn’t seen me since I was quite heavy. Every single one—without fail—fawned praise all over me and demanded (stomp foot!) to know how I did it. Flattered by all the attention (attention I hadn’t seen since I was previously a ’stahhh’) I got up on my soapbox and told everyone how I’d figured out that cutting out carbs was the Path to American Health (I still believe it, but don’t practice what I preach). Even though in some cases I was being cornered and interrogated by people I hardly knew, I happily obliged to go into great scientific detail about the process of lipolysis—in the interests of educating the unwashed masses, you understand. People listened with rapt attention and amazement, but now, I think my reputation would have been better served by smiling humbly and saying I did it through good old-fashioned diet and exercise. Being a big personality does have its downside.

All those people, if they saw me now that I’m fat again, would happily climb on the ‘Told Ya So’ bandwagon and lynch me from the eaves of the nearest Krispy Kreme.

Life is a learning experience, and I’m always excited to share what I’ve learned with people—what works and what doesn’t. There is a quote (I think it’s from Robert Downey Jr.) that goes something along the lines of, “If you do not remember to be humble, humility will be thrust upon you,” and I think that is very true.