Killing Myself

Don't worry. I am planning no such thing! I have been a strong proponent of staying fit most of my adult life. I've taught Kung Fu for a decade and a half, been through two summers of US Army physical training, and was a gymnast in collage. About a week and half ago, I weighed in at 260 pounds during an insurance physical. I noticed that I felt pain when trying to tie my own shoes. I became winded just playing with my four-year-old daughter.

I don't understand how any of my Kung Fu students can take what I have to say about health to heart when I am so out of shape.

I've been reading the book by Kevin Trudeau, Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You to Know About. If you can get past his obvious and admitted sales pitch, he offers a perspective on healthy living without drugs or surgery that I have understood and raved about from the time I started teaching Kung Fu. Reading his "tirade" about how we are killing ourselves brought my attention to the way I was eating, avoiding exercise, and living with pain that's unnatural for a man of 39 years (my previous post was on my birthday).

Today is the 5th day of my new routine. I'm avoiding calling what I'm doing a "diet" because I want to make this lifestyle a habit and not a phase I am going through or a fad I latched onto.

I get up and drink water.
I exercise (a Tibetan Chi Gung I learned from an old Chinese guy).
I eat a good and filling breakfast.
I snack only on nuts, fruits, and an occasional bottle of fruit juice.
I drink water throughout the day. ( I am beginning to crave it.)
The largest part of my lunch and supper is salad, but some meat and starch are not forbidden.
I drink water before going to bed.

Notice, I have given up all carbonated beverages (even my Diet Pepsi and Diet Dr. Peppers)!After only 5 days, I can't say that I've lost weight, but I've felt better today, all day, because of the choices I made.