I am not a young man anymore, regardless of what my mind tells me. My body and my Cardiologist say something different.
As a kid it was always a little tough for me to stay in one place, inactivity was not something that suited me.
Then one day a few years' ago it happened; that simple purchase that turned my whole life around.
I bought myself a La-Z-Boy and true to its name I became one with the chair.
It's not alot of fun now as sloth is one of the seven deadly sins and I know the job jar has been overflowing since 2010. There is work to be done and I am getting some guilt and nasty comments from Jakeette, my wife of many years.
I also need to start exercising again and my Cardiologist says to begin walking.
Well walking outside may prove a little difficult at the moment, the summer weather in Pennsyltucky has been brutally hot, probably that El Nino or El Nina cycle or whatever they call it. So I got a walking video program for my computer and I'll start slowly.
Imagine, I have to buy a program to tell me how to walk! It's pretty basic. Lesson one is "How to get your fat butt off the La-Z-Boy and just move".
Amazing how much these computers know about us.
All I ever hear, especially on television and radio is "sitting is the new smoking".
That's why I turn off the TV and radio and just read.
I was a smoker at one time. I quit many years ago.
I tried so often and it never worked. Every time I quit I would eat more. Then I would start smoking again then lose weight.
I'd repeat this again and again, until I said I could do this no longer.
I was not only a yoyo dieter, I was also a yoyo smoker.
My doctor at the time, a real skinny guy, said I should focus on the smoking and don't worry about the weight as I can take that off.
He's no longer my doctor.
I did make a choice between smoking or weight. I chose to quit tobacco.
After hundreds of attempts (well maybe not hundreds) I went to bed and had a little talk with God.
I told Him I was too tired of trying and that I asked for his help and take my habit from me.
True story, when I awoke I never again had a desire to smoke; and I was a two pack a day smoker.
That was about 30 years ago.
I was very thankful but have yet to say a prayer before bed asking the good Lord to stop my desire for a pepperoni pizza, or a trip to the Dairy Queen.
I would like to get healthy, walk more, so my prayer is to get up and move...but please Lord, don't break my La-Z-Boy in the process.
