Don’t Be a Baby

April 28, 2019 –

For those of you who are not infant’s … exercise is probably needed.  I have a new special person in my life and his job today has an outstanding job description; Eat, Poop, and Sleep.  Yes, our best years with that job are probably behind us… All three categories are still applicable for us but include the a multitude of added  responsibilities, pressures, pleasures, and pains to work with.  

If you happen to be a baby and weigh perhaps 6 pounds and you gain 100% of your current body weight you are a star!  And now you might be 2 months old!  That weight gain was simple, since after a long nap you would wake up, have a nice high calorie protein drink, poop, and go back to sleep … then, repeat!  If by chance you are trying this process on your own body as an adult … that is bad. The weight gain will not be as rapid but it will happen.  

Once fat little babies start exercising (example is crawling, rolling, and eventually walking) that weight starts to vanish slowly while most of the simple baby-fat melts away.  As adults we need to think the same way but perhaps on a grander scale. Eat, Poop, Sleep is NOT a way to live as an adult.  Without the exercise you are closer to dying than you are to living.  Life is about extension of the spine, development of the musculature, and movement of the limbs.  Yes, exercise.  

You are no longer supposed to look like you are in fetal position, extend your spine and enjoy posture!  You are no longer a puffy blob of goo surrounding some soft bendy bones; use your big muscles to move!  You are not a mannequin; get your body moving actively, frequently, and with purpose!  Unless you wish to look like a fat little baby… get your rear in gear and get a grip on your health.  It’s so simple, even a baby can do it.

Eat.  First let me remind you about the Law of Thermodynamics; Calories in = Calories out. What calories you consume must get used, or the calories you consume will be stored as fat for later use.  If you want a lot more padding on your bottom, belly, or arms … then overeating is indeed for you.  Maybe you plan to visit the Frozen Tundra for an extended period of time (like an Eskimo), well then overeating could indeed be for you.  If you get my analogies … then is overeating for you?  Again, calories in = calories out.  If you are not burning more or at least equal to the calories you consume … ok you understand.

What is the goal?  Who did the St. Patricks day challenge?  And who found that swimsuit loose and baggy?  Not me.  ‘No Shave November’ typically has me in long sleeves, light jackets, or sweatshirts, because you all know how cold it gets in Texas in the winter.  Lol ?  When April comes around, with the spring, warmer weather I have to lose all the big baggy ‘hide my belly’ clothes.  Time to get into the swimsuit.  So WHAT is the goal;

W is weights,

H is Heart, 

A is Appetite control, and 

T is Time every day!  

The breakdown of the WHAT;

WEIGHTS – 6 days a week I will lift weights.  I will change the workouts so that my body can recover and I still use each major muscle to fatigue at least 2 times each week.

HEART is a muscle that I want to be healthy, and have lower blood pressure and pulse.  They say we only have about a million heart beats in a lifetime … heart healthy beats less.

APPETITE control is a big one for me as my plate is too large and I refill it too often.  Plus that crazy 8pm feeding frenzy!  The Holidays caused it, and now that’s done!

TIME every day to do something for 30 minutes or more.  Walk dogs, climb stairs, vacuum and clean, work in the yard, it does not matter as long as you are moving for 30 straight minutes!

What may not be forever, but at least until July (so I can invite everybody to my house for the FITmas in July party!)   Of course you can expect more information to follow regarding that event.  But for now, WHAT is my plan…what is yours?

In good health,

Bob

“If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have found the safest way to health.” – Hippocrates