How's everybody doing with their health? One of the major challenges of life is keeping death at a respectable distance. You can expect to live longer with a healthier lifestyle but the biggest payoff is your quality of life. The day before Jack Lalanne died at 97, he was working out in his home gym. In my first 5k, I barely passed a 65 year old lady that ran a 25:3x. I'm a believer that you really are as old as you feel. If you aren't happy with what you see in the mirror, feel like crap all the time, or are simply destroying your health with bad foods, do yourself a favor and CHANGE. It will take some discipline to change your eating habits and walk around the block. You may just find that once you go down this road, you'll never turn back. That's what happened to me. My pallet changed, my body changed, and it has effected every other aspect of my life. CHANGE starts with education. Health class in high school was to long ago. Read a book or three.......
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Me, I've been making a tweak here and there to my diet. Mainly, trying new fruits and vegetables. I'm still eating 7-8 times everyday and packing a cooler for work. I've found my sweet spot in the 162.5-165 range. My metabolism is similar to an inferno but I eat super healthy. Nutrition is everything. I'm as consistent as the sunshine with my work outs. In fact, I don't recall missing one all year unless I was under the weather. Not even sure I missed one due to that. Still at 4 work outs a week and only .5 hour. Normally 2 runs and 2 high intensity weight workouts. I have been mixing in a little MMA/Boot Camp type stuff as my gym has new equipment. I also tried Yoga last week. Why didn't I do that when I was single?
I actually enjoyed it. The combination of stretching, resistance, and relaxation was pretty cool. I'll go back as mental relaxation is not one of my strong suits. I tend to push to hard.... With only two hours of exercise per week:
Nutrition, Nutrition, Nutrition You are what you eat.
Towards the end of business today, I went to Starbucks and left my phone in the car. I went there to reflect on the first 6 months of the year from a business perspective. An hour later I have 2.5 pages of notes.
Page 1: Why are things going so well?
Page 2: What must happen to take things to the next level?
Page 3: Weaknesses
These notes serve many purposes. Often we forget what got us there in the first place and quit doing those things. Second, I can now build on what is working with the new ideas I've collected. 3rd, You must study the results to see if your philosophy is working.
We can always improve no matter what. It's really the key to success.