This is a discussion on how seemingly uncontrollable factors can affect our lives and well-being and what you can do to get back in control. We can’t control our health or can we? The one thing that we can’t control is our health. It is true that we can improve our health by changing our habits through exercise and improved eating habits. It is also true that we can live irresponsibly and in the process harm your health. It is…
Life Changes. We have decided to move to the coast. Away from our children and grand-children. We got rid of everything and took just the things with us that we could fit in our Jeep and trailer and it included our two Rhodesian Ridgebacks. When you make a change like that, it brings you back to the essential things in life. What do I really need and what is just clutter. Some things just didn’t fit, no matter what I…
Your request has been granted. A BMI loading. When I applied for my last life assurance policy, I received a BMI loading om my premiums. After reducing my weight, I applied for a re-assessment based on my reduced weight and improved health. At the time that I took out the policy I had no choice but to go for the loaded premiums and at least get life cover, but my insurance representative advised me that I can apply for a…
It was not even a dream now it is reality. How it started. Just more than a year ago, on the 28 February 2017, I embarked on a journey without knowing where it would take me. At the time, although I didn’t know it, I was actually on a journey that started some 9 months earlier when I desperately asked the Lord to heal me from my debilitating disease, chronic rheumatic gout. I remember that night when I got into…
The reason I started this blog. When I started this blog, it was with the intention to help others who suffer from the same challenges that I faced just a year ago. Having taken on the fat problem and some health issues, and winning was an achievement that I wanted to share with as many people as possible. The positive response and feedback that I got from my first tentative steps urged me to continue and put as much effort…
So you want to lose weight? I speak to a lot of people who want to lose weight. When it comes to doing something about it their story changes and the excuses start coming. The question is how badly do you want to lose weight and why do you want to lose weight? I can’t answer these questions for you because your reasons are very personal and vary greatly. Some people want to look pretty, while others are in pain…
It’s my birthday. My weight-loss birthday was 2 days ago on the 28th February. I was out on a ride with 5 friends when one of them asked me if it wasn’t about a year ago that I started out on the journey. It went by without a lot of fanfare or noise. But today I went on a breakfast ride with my neighbor, good friend and cycling buddy, who is incidentally the same person 🤪. We decided to do…
The seed of faith. When I decided to start losing weight during February 2017, I had no idea where I would be today. I made a decision to start a weight-loss program with no guarantees and with no promises. Just a desire to relieve my body of incessant and continuous pain. Armed with a bicycle and a plan to change the way I start and end a day, I embarked on this journey. The first fruits. After around six weeks…
The rules for achieving success. It doesn’t matter what you aim to achieve, there are some simple rules that you must follow. For the purpose of this article, I will use weight-loss and cycling as examples. Choose your goal, plan it and document it. I want to lose 10 kilos, or I want to ride 50 kilometers regularly on a bicycle at an average speed of 21 kilometers/hour. Choose the tools that you need to achieve that goal. To lose…
The sweet smell of success. When we do anything in life, the one thing that drives us to continue and improve is the sweet smell of success. This morning I had feedback from a person that decided that he is motivated enough to start the weight loss journey, and he is starting to show amazing results. Measuring success. The way that we get our motivation boosted is to set some measurements in place where we can see the progress and…