Why am I doing this? The simple answer to that question is that I hate being as heavy as I am. There is more to this though, and I'm going to briefly list each of the reasons I'm changing.
First, as I've gotten older, much to my dismay it seems that every December 31st, I weight at least a couple pounds more than I did on January 1st. I know that if I don't change my lifestyle, one day my weight will be flirting with 350 instead of 300, and that number will keep increasing as the years go by. I don't want to just keep packing on the pounds into my old age when I will have less ability to deal with them.
Second, it just isn't healthy. I'm getting old enough that I need to start considering my health more, and obesity related diseases are on the rise in America. I do not want to cause more trouble for myself than is already coming my way in the future.
Third, I just don't feel good. I'm going to go more in this later, but aside from purely health related concerns, I just feel "blah" most of the time. This feeling awful isn't a switch that is just turned on one day, but it gradually builds until one day you realize that you feel pretty bad most of the time.
Finally, I'm a father, and I want to experience more with my wife and kids. It isn't fair to me or them when I don't feel like doing much with them because I'm tired, or just not feeling well. Also, I don't want them to have to deal with the same issues I have had to deal with during my life, so I want to be an example to them of making the right choices, and doing the right things.
There's more than just this too of course, but this is a good beginning, a good reason to make a change.
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