i’m on the road about 18 nights a month, so most acknowledgments happen in hotel breakfast lines or after a long client dinner. Last week a colleague tilted her head and said, “You’re shrinking!” I panicked and said, “Thanks, it’s the luggage.” She laughed, I laughed, and then I spent the next hour rehearsing a normal answer.
The truth is I’ve lost 26 pounds since February. Nothing dramatic, but my usual road rhythm changed: protein at breakfast, a packed lunch if the schedule allows, and no more treating every lobby bakery item like a personal send-off. I’m proud of it, but the compliment still makes me weird.
What do you all say when someone clocks it? I need a short, friendly script that doesn’t turn into a TED talk or a medical Q&A.
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