My goal is to maintain both physical and spiritual fitness

2010-03-11T21:04:10-05:00

I had thought that I was doing pretty good. However, I had actually lapsed into some bad habits. Just before they left for a trip to Europe, my brother and sister in law set me straight. I am pretty lucky.

Of course I knew I had butter in the refrigerator. It had been free with a store coupon! When the farmers market closed for the winter, my consumption of vegetables and fruits dropped like a rock. I rationalized my changes in eating habits by the fact my weight remained stable. And I was buying low fat peanut butter.

I failed to realize that I had increased my daily workouts. Over the last eight weeks I have been averaging about fifteen hours a week of physical activity. Most of that is cycling about fifteen miles a day on the winter streets. The negative effects of my high fat diet had been somewhat controlled by the cycling. Equal rises or falls in calories and energy results in stable weight. I was busting my butt almost two hours a day to compensate for my fudge brownies!

So I have a couple of weeks to take inventory of my physical and spiritual habits. I realize that when you are wrong it is important to promptly admit it. To live a long life that is vibrant at a physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual level, one must learn a great deal about the food you can, cannot, and should eat and make the adjustments required to your daily diet. I have been working on changes in all areas of my life for the past 20 years and I have made great progress but have much more to do. What counts is that I’m deeply committed to a healthy and spiritual way of life and that I’m making progress. I remember in my early 40s when I wanted to give up drugs and alcohol, it took me two years to become comfortable with the change. They say it takes a minimum of one year to change a habit and often two to three years for new habits to become fully entrenched.

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My goal is to maintain both physical and spiritual fitness