Nekkid

Actually there could be several titles for this post. Some of which are.

"Wanna have motivation to lose weight? Get seen Naked by some Dude."

"The Weirdest Pep Talk I'll Ever Get"

"Oh HELLO! DIDN'T see you there Peeping Tom! Nice to meet you I'm Shellie."

"Guys I just saw that LADY naked" High Fives all around

So yeah I was seen naked this past summer by someone other than my husband. That someone being some dude I don't know. And yes I mean full on BUTT NAKED. By some DUDE! During DAY LIGHT!
(and ya'll know Day Light is the worse light to get seen naked)

Here's the story.

We moved to Atlanta in June 2007 into an apartment complex. Our apartment was on the 3rd floor surronded by trees. Now if you've never been to the south you got to know that when you have trees around you its like a natural curtain... A green leafy natural curtain... You can't see anything beyond those leaves. So it got me quite comfortable in leaving our blinds open 24/7.

One day we got a notice on our door saying that the apartments exterior were going to be repainted. For the next two weeks we were advised to keep things off our balcony and keep our blinds closed for privacy. I followed those rules for 2 weeks. Then Week 3 I noticed that the painters had moved all their supplies to the next building. But during week 3 I still left the blinds closed during the day. Just in case.

Now fast forward to the end of week 3... I was dying without light in our house. You know how apartments get... they are already small and gloomy. and in the south sometimes houses can get very musty with all the humidity. Oh and did I mention that Indians lived in our apartment before we did? No?
and did I mention their cooking smells permeated the walls, *our clothing, *our HAIR? Sheesh everytime I swear I walked into our place it smelled like one big saffron curry bomb went off. and I mean that in a bad way.

Now add the humidity to that smell and its like asking yourself

"Is this how I want to die? Being overcome with moldy curry, pass out, go into coma, dr's proclaim me a vegtable, so they pull the plug?"

I didn't think so! SO ANYWAY back to the nudity
(as Lisa and Shannon would say Yeowza!)

On this particular summer day Shellie decides to open her blinds all the way up! to let the sunshine that is filtering through the natural green leafy curtain to warm her house and soul. She cleans all morning as busy as a bee and then puts her child down for her nap. Seeing that she now has 2 hrs to herself and finally time to shower....

So I take a shower and after I get out I go to my dresser to get dressed. No big deal...

Out of the corner of my eye I see a flash of movement. I look over. There is a dude's face right there. I literally could reach my arm out (not even really reach) More like LIFT my arm! and tap his face. We didn't make eye contact because when I turned my head he looked away. He was on a ladder (3rd floor remember) and holding a paint brush.

I don't EVEN remember what happened next. I think I BLACKED out... oh I do remember trying to cover my huge A$$ (you can swear if you do things like that) with my hands as I ran to the bathroom.

I finally came too, probably after a couple of hours, a couple of days... who knows. I got my cell phone which had been charging in the bathroom and called Chad.
Here's where weird pep talk comes in.
"HONEEEEY! I just got seen naked by some duuuuuuude!"
"WHAT!"
so then I tell what happened.



"He's going to go tell all his coworker buddies that he just saw some fat lady naked"
"No he won't he'll say he saw some lady naked"

"No he won't he'll be like I just saw some fat chick and it was disgusting"

"No he probably got really turned on"

"Really?"

"Yeah honey its okay I'm sure all his buddies are giving him high fives right now"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah honey... its okay... he probably thought you were hot"

"Okay"

"Do you feel better?"

"Yeah I guess so"


So then I looked at myself in the mirror, turned around, pretended like I was running while covering my butt with my hands... ewww sick.that did not look pleasant Come on you know you've all done it... what you haven't turned around and seen what your butt looks like when you are walking or running? Just me? whatever I don't believe you.

Thats when it clicked for me. I have to lose some weight. This jelly I've got going on has GOT TO GO! So the next day I enrolled at L.A. weight loss. Paid a hefty penny. Lost 9 lbs in a month, then I gained some back, then I lost some, and gained... but now guess what? I've lost 20lbs since June 2007!

Thanks dude.




*I made that part up