last month the gym i belong to began a promotion and gave away two weeks free trial memberships. it was like january second in the u.s. when all the ‘lose weight’ resolution lemmings flock to the gym. well, we’re to the end of the promotion and just like the end of january the migratory lemmings have come and gone.

all gone but one that is. one incredibly large woman started coming during the promotion and long after her tribe came and went she has kept coming. she comes every day, works her tail off, turns a frightening array of colors, leaves and comes back the next day to do it again.

truth is, i’m highly motivated by this woman. she’s obviously pushing herself hard and according to the book i just finished, the hate directed at a fat person is nothing compared to the hate directed at a fat person exercising.

i’d really like to tell her that i think its awesome she has made the cut when everyone else washed out but unfortunately my most sincere compliments always come off insulting (just ask the relatively small group of people who still put up with me). so i’ll just give her props here and hope someone else closer to her recognizes all the efforts she’s putting in.