Healthy Life Style
Even though we all dread the thought, we all must think about our bodies at some point in our lifetime. You know for many years we either pushed it aside or felt uncomfortable thinking about it. It isn't always an easy thing. Not only that, but sometimes things go wrong. When we live in a fast paced world the last thing we want is to have something go wrong with our health. The car is one thing, but our bodies are another. I don't know at what age that I began to realize that my body was important.
I would say that it was probably later on in life like most people do. I have never been the active type of person. Sure, I loved to go walking and stuff like that, but I would never go to the gym.

Maybe it is because of age or maybe it is because of all the people around me are fat?
Maybe it was a combination of those things that made me start to think of my diet and my health. When we were young we could eat fast food meals all day and not feel it. When we start to get older, we begin to feel it more. I would like to think that my progression towards a healthy lifestyle was to make myself more healthy. On the other hand, I think it was because I was tired of feeling like crap. I am sure that you know exactly what I am talking about.

When your diet goes down hill, your body goes along with it. Your sleeping patterns go to hell, your hair does not look good, and your skin looks and feels like leather. I always wondered why some people's skin looked like a pair of old boots. Now I know why.

What do you do?
You are starting to feel over the hill but yet you do not know how to change things. CHANGE is the hardest thing to do in LIFE. Know its not impossible. If you are a married man or have been in a long term relationship this will be easy for you. Chances are your lady would like to shed a few pounds and firm up that once heart shaped tight ass that she once had.

You will be more successful if both of you do it. I'm not saying that you should expect perfection in this venture. Though if both of you are doing it, there will not be those tubs of ice cream lying around in temptation.

Where do you start?
First I would suggest that you go to your doctor for a physical. Have some blood work done and see how you are. If you haven't done anything like this before, it is a good place to start. He will check your cholesterol and all that stuff. Also if you have a health condition, you will want to talk about your diet and exercise plans with him before you do anything. You want to do this so that you don't screw yourself up. If you have diabetes and you start a new diet, if not done right you can cause a lot of problems.

So, after you have things squared away with the doctor. I would suggest that you figure out what kind of diet you want to go on. I would suggest that you focus on a diet that is high in fruit and veggies. Cut back on the meat and the carbs stick with as many fresh items as you can. This will help you loose weight. I would also suggest that you look into some type of exercise program. I would start out with walking or jogging and work your way from there. You and your partner can do this together. Get a dog, they love to go on walks. This will give you motivation when it comes to walking.

After you get used to walking, I would hit the gym. If you can afford a personal trainer, I would go that route. If you can't, then I would start off by doing some swimming and riding the exercise bikes. You can also start out with the treadmill as well. I would continue to do your walks. Not only is this good exercise, but this is quality time with your partner. You will come to enjoy the talks that you have during the walks. If you are over 40, I'm not sure how much I would push doing weight lifting. It might be something that you might want to look into. On the other hand, it will take your body some time to get used to lifting weights. For the first few weeks, you will feel like someone beat you up.
Personally, I hate lifting weights. I think it is a bit boring. I think it is boring to stand or sit and just lift things for hours on end.

The main thing to understand is, change your diet, get more exercise, and listen to your doctor.
If he gives you the green light to go ahead, then go ahead. If he gives any warnings, make sure that you listen to them.