Healthier You: The Secrets to a Better Body (1)

Health is the most important thing in our lives, but too often, we make it our last priority.

When was the last time you jogged, ate an apple, walked home from work or avoided a smoky bar? If it’s been a while since you’ve done any of these things, then it’s well past due for you to listen to what I have to say.

I’d wake up early four times a week and run before work.

I’d start eating healthier and I even made myself a series of appetizing, healthy menu options so I could stick to the diet.

I decided that I’d even stop drinking soda and only drink water while I was training.

Clearly, this plan didn’t work as well as I’d hoped. I stuck to it for about four days. After that, I got lazy and didn’t keep up. After I stopped it was near impossible for me to start up again. So barely a week had gone by and I was back to where I started.

It was two weeks later when I was sitting at lunch with a friend of mine.

He then asked me the one question that I had been dreading my entire life and that I had hoped no one would ever ask me.

He asked me, “If you are really so miserable, why don’t you do something about it? And don’t tell me you’ve tried, because I know you, if you really wanted to do something, you’d do it.”

I knew right then and there that my friend was right. I believe that in everyone’s life, there comes a certain point of no return. A moment where they know that whatever decision they make right then and there will have a devastating impact on the rest of their lives. For me, this was that moment.

I knew that if I told my friend that I had tried and that I couldn’t do it, I would never be able to. No matter how hard I wanted it in the future. But I also knew that if I told him I was going to try and that I was going to succeed, nothing could stop me.

I thought for just a split second before I told him how I was about to start training and getting myself in shape.

He smiled when I said that.

The next day I jumped back on the horse and went back to my exercise and diet plan. It was the same exact plan as before, but the only difference was that this time, I made sure I stuck to it.

I prioritized my life around my exercising and surprisingly, I stuck to it. I ran four times a week, even if it was just around the block. I didn’t care how much I ran, as long as I got into my gym clothes and left my house. The important aspect of my workout with defeating my laziness. Once I beat my laziness, the running was surprisingly easy. When running got too boring, I bought a bike and started biking. Slowly, my weight started to come off and my energy and happiness levels went way up.

Two months later I was able to run in the 3-mile race along with my entire family. No one believed that I would be able to do it and no one was happier to see me do it than myself.

It took me most of the next year, but I eventually succeeded in my goal of losing 100 pounds. The day that happened I celebrated by going on a run. It was the greatest moment I’ve ever felt in my entire life.