Why Lowball

dirt diggler

This is long -- but it's gotta point to it. Bear with me.

I wrestled in high school. For those of you not familiar with the sport, each competitor is placed in a weight class. Making a long story short, pretty much everyone was always trying to lose weight in order to compete in the weight class below. It was not uncommon for someone to wrestle in a class that was 15 - 20 lbs below their true weight. The main reason for this was to be able to wrestle smaller people. But nobody was ever smaller --- cuz everyone dropped weight. So you get two guys in the 160 lb class --- but both of em probably normally weigh in the 170s.

I was no different; for three years, I hung around the 112/119 weight class. My true weight was around 130, 135, if I remember right.

The methods used to lose that kind of weight are irrelevant to the story --- but they're painful and unhealthy. In fact, "cutting weight", or "making weight" became more of a sport than the actual wrestling was.

There were times I'd make weight for a match --- and then go back to the locker room and gorge on all kinds of food that I had spent a week dreaming about. Was I focused on wrestling?? Nope.

I won maybe 30/90 matches between my freshman and junior year. Was I a bad wrestler?? Nope, not at all. I was very good --- and worked hard. However, I was always too tired to go at it when the time came --- mostly due to cutting weight.

So, my senior year, I got smart. I weighed 141 lbs. I coulda probably managed to easily go down to the 140 class. Instead --- I went UP. Yep, wrestled 145.

I went home after practices and ate anything I wanted, never worried about making weight --- just focusing on the matches. While everyone else was starving and sweating themselves out --- I was fat, full and happy!!

I lost one match that year --- to the eventual State Runner-Up

anybody see what im sayin

maj

That now your fat and weigh 310?

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Mr. D

agreed. i eat what i want when i want.

dirt diggler

lol, yeah something like that

mdshunk

Dirty, that post speaks to me. I nominate you for post of the day. Here's your fuzzy hat.

No, seriously, I get where you're coming from, and I agree whole heartedly. Thank you for making your point with a nice story. That's a highly effective form of communication.

Debookkeeper

Be true to yourself - and don't get caught up in trying to compete with everyone else, you will be a better person/worker if YOU are happy and not stressed all the time (fat or not) .

Peladu

I read it like this: When you were skinny, you were a virgin. Then you got
fat, and stayed a virgin because of being fat, but were a happy fat virgin.

So that could mean: If you wrestle around a floor with other sweaty men, you will remain a virgin.

R&S Exteriors

Be true to yourself and don't undercut yourself to get jobs because you deserve better and you'll only stress yourself out more when your working your A*s off and not making any money. GOTCHYA

Debookkeeper

I was also thinking there may have been an undertone of an eating disorder... bulimia perhaps?

gctools

Once you drop so far that you start to take on some losses you'll spend the rest of the time just trying to stay on the team..

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karma_carpentry

Great post, and just the attitude that I need to cultivate right now.

Gordo

Pickin' and a choosin'.

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Teetorbilt

Unfortunately, you get older. Cholesterol and other factors take over.

Best bet is to eat healthy for life. My level was around 150 for many years, then I started doing well. Many Porterhouse steaks and Bahamian boar ribs later, I was to 235.

End of fun for me.

Next test is in 2 weeks.

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Melissa

I don't get it. Are you just trying to show off that you were a wrestler in high school?

No really good story I like how R&S summed it up best.

dirt diggler

No -- the story has nothing to do with high school and wrestling and weight loss

HUMMERHUMMER

WTF

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NightScenes

I love the story. I was an electrician in my area for 15 years. More and more electricians moved into the area and every guy that came in would lower his price a little more to "get established". Before I knew it, I was having a hard time getting jobs and paying the bills because I would not cut my price. Instead, I changed my focus and developed a whole other area of expertise. I still won't compromise my price and I don't have to work my a$$ off to make a couple of bucks.

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