How are you today?

[Jay]

Quiet day in the gym. Only two people around - A young guy and I. He was busy doing weightlifting and I was busy doing cardio on a stationary bike. I mimed to every song that blared from my Ipod Touch whilst cycling. Did an hour.

There's a guy in my gym who is working hard to lose his weight. He was around 148 kg (326 lbs). He lost his weight but gained back. If I'm not mistaken he's now weighing around 100 kg (222 lbs). My trainer told him about my story.

We didn't speak to each other on the first day. But we did smile to each other.

On the second day, he approached me. We introduced ourselves.

"I know your name. Mr T told me everything about you" He said.

Mr T is my personal trainer and also the gym owner.

I smiled.

"Respect. You have my respect." He blurted out.

I didn't see that one coming. "Congrats for losing weight as well. You're doing very well yourself." I responded with another smile.

He then asked me about excess skin surgeries - the cost, the surgeon etc. He has excess skin too. I did my best to explain to him from A to Z.

Speaking of weight, I'm currently 66 kg (145.2 lbs). I'm still planning to shred few more kg but I just need one more kg to create a new personal history. I started out with 165 kg (363 lbs). 100 kg ... I probably will burst into tears.

I never thought that I could be the person that I am today. So many bittersweet tearful memories throughout the years.