FATNESS TO FITNESS FAST
NO REST FOR THE WICKED. YOU WANT TO LOOK WICKED, QUIT RESTING!
This was out of my notebook from 1986. Some of the references are dated (Calvins!), but the bulk of the information still applies. With fitness, some things never change. Hard work and consistency will always apply to every endeavor, in the gym or in your worklife. Getting fat is easy, getting fit takes work.
- The simplest formula; burn more calories than you take in.
- Increase exercise, heartrate and activity levels.
- Be conscious of what you eat.
- Supplement your diet
- Avoid the white foodstuffs – sugar, salt, flour
- Avoid caffeine
- Reduce or cut out cigarettes
- Eliminate worthless exercises
- Learn relaxation
- Keep a positive attitude
- Evaluate your progress and adjust according to your goals.
The same questions are being asked at this time of year, when people are planning Florida vacations or getaways, and the snow is melting with the beach creeping into mind.
“Funny how fast it comes on and how slow it goes away.”
How do I get rid of my “hibernation belly?”
What can I do for my billowing buns?
What can I do to button my spring suit?
My Calvin’s couldn’t fit a picture of Brooke between them and me!
How can I win against “the Squeeze?’
Work Baby! There’s no rest for the wicked, so if you want to look wicked, you’d better stop resting. Spring is on its way and if you want to come in like a lion, now is the time to begin. A physical change can only be realized through mental and physical lifestyle adjustments. Patience, dedication, goal setting and optimism are key points.
You must realize that it will take at least one month to get from point A to point B. Set your goal as to how you want to look. Devote yourself to changing and eliminating bad habits for this month and resolve that you will take the time to work towards your goal.
Feel the daily changes happening to your body and your mind and monitor them, using the initial soreness and stiffness as a positive stimulus to carry on. Before you know it, the trial month will be over and you’ll be feeling better than you have in a long time. People will compliment you on your demeanor and appearance, adding confidence to self-esteem because as you are working out you are accomplishing something, every day. Each little victory plants seeds of encouragement which reflect to all areas of your life. A sound mind IS a sound body.
By summer time, fitness will be a part of your vocabulary as well as your lifestyle. New avenues will open up because you’ll want to try familiar, different, and new things that you haven’t done for ages – play basketball, volleyball, play with the kids, go on picnics, walks, yoga, bike rides; you’ll want to see and be seen because it really is a new you.
So don’t resign to sitting back and letting the fat collect until your Cole of California has to be dipped in Mazola in order to get it on. Don’t let the one-size-fits-all drawstring shorts be your size.Think fit, not fat!
Exercise can make every Clark Kent a Superman, or Superwoman. Even a walking regimen followed for 22 days will change anyone’s life drastically. 
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