Yesterday I was discussing the current political scenario with some business partners. These guys are both astute and very funny, and we had plenty of fun talking about the so-called “stimulus” bill. Just about nothing they said can be repeated here, but maybe you’ll hear them on the radio some day – unless the “Fairness Doctrine” stops them.
Anyway, today’s question is: Are you overweight? “Too Fat To Fish?” as Artie Lange put it.
There’s no need to go over the medical specifics, because it’s just common sense. People know when they’re hefting around too much flab. I know it, and my friends all seem to know it too from talking to them.
The evidence is there.
Taking more than a mere moment to button up pants.
Your shirt is getting tight in the collar.
You start altering your golf swing.
You start going back to the buffet a third time.
It takes just three flights of stairs to take the wind out of you.
The signs are there. Like arms jiggling when you come to a stop.
We all need to start getting leaner, and we know it. We just have to do a little planning.
First on the plan is to get on pharmaceutical grade fish oil and stay on it. Which is easy, a couple capsules a couple times per day.
While you will benefit internally from the start, you’ll start to see the results and feel better after the first 60 days, with full benefits in your blood lipid levels after 12-15 weeks, based on the scientific studies done. It takes time, so you need to get started NOW.
Then you need to start altering the way you eat, a little bit at a time. For instance, if you consume soda, or diet soda, on a daily basis, start cutting back and switching to water. One friend of mine was a Coca Cola addict, drinking up to six bottles or cans a day. When he made this simple change, switching from cola to water, he lost 14 pounds in eight weeks. He took my pharmaceutical grade fish oil, subbed water for cola, and 14 pounds disappeared.
He replaced his lunch burgers with salads twice a week, and lost 6 more pounds.
Then he reduced his ice cream intake to just four ounces a day. More weight came off.
For exercise, he walked up some hills. Then when he got used to that, he started jogging up them. His workouts didn’t last much longer than 15 minutes.
Today he is 35 pounds lighter, and looks ten years younger.
He didn’t have to make any crazy lifestyle changes or eliminate whole food groups from his diet. Soda’s not a food group and he doesn’t even miss it, for that matter.
One thing he can tell you is, he took a trip and forgot to bring his fish oil, and that he could feel. He went four days without a dose, and vowed to have some fedexed to him immediately if that ever happened again.
I’ve had many people repeat this same scenario to me. Once you start on the road to optimal health, your body will let you know loud and clear when you make a detour. Which is a sign you were on the right track in the first place.
