A friend of mine just turned 60 and he was talking about how old he was getting and how he could no longer do the things he used to. I just could not wrap my head around his comment. What you have to understand is that he is around 400 pounds and he's only 5'8".
I have following healthy living tips for over 35 years. I'm all but a vegetarian (I do eat seafood on rare occasion), and I eat healthier than anyone I know. And at 59, I still love mountain biking.
When I was in my early 40's and a hardcore mountain biker, I had one of those life changing moments happen to me. I had just climbed a 2 ½ mile climb and about 2 minutes behind me came this old guy. He wasn't even winded! He had no teeth and a French accent. I finally had to ask him how old he was. He told me he was 63.
Right at that moment I knew that at age 63 I could be enjoying this sport and still kicking butt on 90% of the riders.
What's important to me is the quality of my health when I am 63. I don't want to be 63 and suffering from obesity, or arthritis, or emphysema, high blood pressure, or whatever. My buddy is settling for a great deal less than what he has to. He's either ignorant, lazy, or, I'm sorry, just too brainless to do anything about it.
Sure, I have talked to him about the easy ways to lose weight, Sure, I have tried to help him understand all of the easy ways to lose weight, but he just dosn't want to change
I would rather be healthy, active and enjoying my life, than be a fat couch potato, unhealthy, getting winded just walking to the frig, and being less than what I could be.
Do not get me wrong, I love my buddy of 34 years, and I love ice cream and chocolate, homemade chocolate chip oatmeal cookies, oh, and pizza too, but I realize the difference of eating these foods as treats, and not as my daily staples.
What is it with Americans today? Let me leave you with this Healthy Living Tip: There are easy ways to lose weight, but you need to want to lose it.
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