So I’m looking at the calendar and I’ve got 92 days until my 48th birthday. (GEEZE!) Gosh, that seems old! Well, beats the alternative! My goal was to be in the best shape I could be in when I hit 50. Okay. We’ve got 2 years. I think that’s realistic. As long as my overall goals are realistic! Obviously, some of my original goals have changed a bit. But, I’m thinking at this point I need to get down another 20 lbs. That puts me at 140. Which I think is a reasonable weight for a 50-year-old! I also have this idea that I want to build up my pecs. Now, this would be kind of a new goal. But after my mishap with the weight thing the other day, and current minor injury to the shoulder, I have to do a bit more research on the upper body weight training as it pertains to my current situation.  The double mastectomy monkey wrench got thrown in there. But I think with some modifications, and probably a little different route, I can still obtain what I’m going for.

I’m going to concentrate on the cardio, weight training, nutrition and stress management.  But most of all the diet. Boy, do I seem to struggle with this aspect of getting healthy.  Again, same problem, so many different people telling you different things. It’s no wonder the American population is so overweight! The industry confuses everyone so they don’t know what to do. They seem to keep changing the rules on what’s good and what’s bad. SO….I suppose this is where 2016 is going to play into my favor. I obviously spent a lot of time last year talking to doctors and nutritionists on what is the best thing to eat and what is not. The first thing is to throw away all the weight loss books and forget about all the pills and everything else they say will help. No more listening to “the industry.” Now on the same note, I have to say that I found out that doctors don’t really know anything about nutrition. I mean they know medicine and they are not nutritionists. Which is exactly why there is a whole separate career as a dietician going on! I’ve talked to enough of them over the last year or so and realized they are all saying the same thing. What it all comes down to is Moderation. Do you need to cut out anything from your diet? No, you don’t. Are there things you shouldn’t eat? Well, of course, there are. Like the Cheetos flavored waffles are probably not a good idea. The hard part is I really really like all the bad things!

Now let’s see if I can remember everything I learned!!!!

Let the games begin!