There is a woman in New York City who thinks she saw me on
television.
A little over a year ago, I was in NYC for work and I had
some time to explore in the city. As I
was walking through Times Square, I noticed a large display of stairs and ramps
well equipped withpeople in matching blue tshirts trying to recruit pedestrians
into joining their “ Be Healthy and Eat your Carrots…Just say no to cheetoes-
Walkathon”. I tried to walk away.
And then I saw that they were giving away tshirts and
granola bars.
Anyday of the week, I will gladly sell my soul for a tshirt.
I will throw in my sister’s soul if you also give me a granola bar. Everyone
loves giveaways.
Anyways, I got sucked in. I was having a grand time walking up and down the
walkathon steps, occasionally fist pumping the air in the spirit of health and
general awesomeness.
As I was about to leave and continue my journey to find
lunch, I saw a booth with 4 men standing behind it. There was a line forming
next to them, and I figured that I should check it out before going on my merry
way. Apon closer inspection, I realize that the men were past champions of
NBC’s The Biggest Loser show. You could get their autograph and have your
picture taken with them!
I have never actually watched the show, but it seemed like a shame not to meet them
while I was there. I had walked the staircase for a solid 8 minutes, I had
clearly earned an autograph.
When it was my turn, I went behind the booth with the men,
so that the NBC elfs could take my picture and I could collect my autographs.
Just as I was about to leave, a middle aged woman stands in front of the booth
and starts taking our pictures! At first, I tried to get out of the picture,
but I was trapped. The woman then approached the booth, and asked the man next to me for an
autograph.
Then she looked directly at me and said: “ WOW! You look
Great!”
At first I was flattered. No woman can ever hear how amazing
they look too many times. I may have even flipped my hair.
And then I realized that she thought I looked amazing
because she thought that at one time I used to weigh over 400 pounds….
Before I knew it, the
woman had pushed her autograph sheet infront of me and handed me a pen.
“ Just sign it”- the biggest loser next to me whispered in
my ear.
“ Nice to meet you, Nancy! –Erin” I scribbled onto her
sheet.
If I remember correctly, I left that walkathon and went
directly to the closest bakery and had a huge cupcake for lunch.
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