I feel good now a days. I am eating healthy and going to the gym on a regular basis. I also stopped the intake of large amounts of alcohol beverages. In turn, I am now considered the “go-to” designated driver.
This is a huge change in my life. I guess I was tired of always feeling shitty and not getting shit done. Now everything is on the up and up. I am just ready to do more stuff.
Eating is not an easy thing to change. But I just asked my bro Freds to tell me how he does it and he said i have to eat protein and cut carbs. He then gave me a magazine article filled with 30 rules backed with studies. The rules include things like eating eggs for breakfast and eating sugarless oatmeal as a mid morning snack. So i started on the things that i could do and i started going the gym and I got sick. I went to the doctor and he told me i need to eat more balanced meals with fruits and a lot of veggies and not too much fish. There were some nights that i would only eat meat for protein. That is a no no. The Atkins is not a good diet.
So now i follow my common sense and read and research to eat good. in the morning i eat compex carbs like oatmeal, or whole grain bread and eggs with strawberries or karrots. i always eat another meal at 10 and lunch. I eat whatever has lean meat and no simple carbs (patoto is the worst). Then another fast meal at 3 and one before i hit the gym that is usually like a snack for energy. Dinner and maybe a late night snack.
To work I always take granola, string cheese, oatmeal, various fruits, non fat yogurt and anything else for my meals at 10 and 3pm. I never go hungry anymore EVER! If I feel the slightest pinch of hunger I eat!
The weekends are FREE!!! I mean I don’t care. I enjoy the food so much more. I earn it for a week of being good.
So the thing about the gym was that I never went. After I got home from work, i kicked off my shoes and relaxed, then when it was time to go, I always had an excuse. I decided to go right after work. 3 days a week because that is realistic. That is exactly what I do now and its been over a month that i haven’t made an excuse.
About the gym thing, I told a good friend (e) about what i was doing and he was so interested, that he decides to join me and now i got a partner. This is very cool. I didn’t even care about it, I was so determined to go on my own. But this is a support system that came out of nowhere.
My wife then decided to join me in the way I eat and that makes everything fall into place. That was the most exciting thing.
This is not a quick fix. this is not a diet. This is it. This is how we will live for the rest of our days.
I am happier that ever about this and I will only continue to reap the benefits! Beach… here I come!
