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This REALLY Bothers Me

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Happy New Year, Warriors!

I usually avoid going to shopping malls at all costs. Or, if I have to go to a particular store I’m usually in and out as fast as possible. However, this past Saturday night found me walking around a local mall with my Dad waiting for my Mom and youngest daughter to get out of a movie.

While we walked around and discussed our mutual disdain for shopping – hey, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree! – I people watched.

As usual when I people watch the general population, I got upset. Seeing people from all ages and walks of life so totally out of shape makes me sad. It used to make me angry – I got over that. (progress, right?) Now it makes me sad.

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There is absolutely no reason that people who are otherwise intelligent, successful, knowledgeable, loving, and driven in ALL other aspects of their lives should be so completely neglectful of arguable the most important aspect of all, their health & fitness.

Now as we begin this new year of 2016 with a clean slate, isn’t it time to take care of the one thing that should matter the most? YOU!

How can you take care of others when you allow your own body to break down? How can you be the most effective parent, student, worker, teacher, whatever when you lack the energy and strength???

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You Have No Idea What Being Fat is Costing You

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Special thanks to guest author, Alan Livelsberger for this insightful post!

I have a secret to share with you; I used to carry a few extra pounds with me.  Almost fifty, actually.  But that’s not the secret.  Anyone looking at me could have told you that.  You’ll have to keep reading to learn my secret. 

Several months ago, I decided to do something about the extra weight.  It wasn’t easy and I am certainly not perfect with regard to adherence to my weight loss plan, but I’m halfway to my goal weight.  One of the reasons I am so far along is the Warrior Fitness blog and my access to Jon.  The blog keeps me motivated and Jon is great for keeping me honest about working out.  He’s part of my support system that is so crucial to success and I urge you to make him part of yours.

This brings me to my secret, “Looking thin is cool, but being thin is awesome.” It is a hard feeling to describe, almost like waking up from a drug induced stupor.  The best way that I’ve found to describe it is that it’s like when you’re not getting enough sleep.  Any parent knows what that is like with a new born in the house.  Months of getting up one, two, or three times a night.  You’re grumpy, you can’t focus and then . . . you get two great nights of sleep in a row.  All of a sudden you notice how you are supposed to function and what you have been missing. 

Well that is what losing 20 pounds of fat is like.  You have more energy.  I used to struggle to finish my Muay Thai class.  Now, not only can I finish the class, I can jump rope or lift weights afterward.  You can think more clearly.  I feel I am retaining more of what I read and also making those connections among seemingly unconnected data pieces.  I’ve also noticed that I have more confidence and less aches and pains. 

One of the most surprising benefits is that you feel like a winner.  You are literally piling up victories.  Every time you forgo an unapproved food or get a workout in, you are instilling a culture of winning within yourself.  Not a bad thing to have in life, for sure.

Those are some great benefits to dropping a few pounds, and I urge you to examine how you feel each and every day.  If you think there is something more to life, there is – go find it.

About the Author

Ever since being inspired by Kung Fu Theatre, Alan has been a martial arts enthusiast.  Over the course of 20 years, he has dabbled in Judo, BJJ, and Russian Martial Art.  He is currently an Instructor Candidate in ROSS and a Muay Thai practitioner.