A little less than 10 years ago, I was struck with a Back Pain so severe that it had me immobilized. I could hardly make it to the doctors office. Every movement was painful, I needed help getting into and out of the car. The doctor looked me over, asked a few questions, felt a few things on my lower back, wrote me out a prescription, told me to take off of work for a few days and sent me on my merry way.
Although I was obviously overweight with my belly hanging over my belt, he never once mentioned anything about maybe losing a few pounds. Doctors are all about cures, but not about prevention. I took my pills like the good patient that I was. But I think around that time, I stated realizing that I wasn't as young as I used to be and what that really meant. I could see my future... a pill for this and a pill for that. Also I would sit in the cafeteria at work and watch my co-workers, some my age and some a little older, line up pills like they were the pre-meal appetizers. One for high cholesterol, one for high blood pressure, another for back pain, etc... I always wondered how many of those pills they could have gotten rid of with a proper diet and some exercise. I'm betting around 90% or more. I think that planted a seed in my mind that would eventually grow into a desire for something different. I was in my early 40's and not yet ready to make a commitment towards better health. But little by little I started to see the writing on the wall.
I did start walking and cycling around 5 years later, lost a lot of weight back then too. But as soon as I felt better I fell back into old habits and the weight was back in no time. I definitely don't want to fall into that trap this time around. That's one of the reasons for this blog. Accountability, so keep an eye on me and my stats.
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