Veterans.

As I searched for groups, clubs, gyms, anything, it began to hit me. I am a US Army Veteran and the VA hospitals offer services for all kinds of sicknesses, disorders etc and I remembered they have a weight control program. So I got online and started to research the program (www.Move.va.gov). As I read more about the program I could see how any kind of support would contribute to a persons attempts to be healthier and thought to myself again. I know better, and the VA hospital is an hour away, I can do this on my own, without the assistance of Doctors, devices, and drugs. I do not yet require inpatient or out patient treatment to stop being so lazy. 

 Don't get me wrong, The program is an amazing display of the services that our country offers our Veterans, I can only pray that more of us take full advantage of these programs, we've earned them. My point is, in order to get into the VA hospital I would have to drive an hour and that alone would take the wind out my sails, by the time I got there, got organized with the proper people and started I would likely have been so discouraged by the ordeal it would never have worked.... yes I suppose I am a little stubborn at times, and prefer more of an instant gratification of my efforts. I started looking for a program more accessible and convenient closer to home. lucky for me I didn't find one, now all I can think is "guess I have to start one".

I am not trying to make money, I am trying to get Healthy, lose weight, hurt less and feel better about myself. I do not have Degrees in medicine, diet, or positive thinking. I am simply just a person with a goal. When I got out of the Army I found every excuse I could muster to take the short cut, to avoid causing myself to work a little. Humans are an amazing bunch, we can make things so efficient, so easy, and user friendly, make the speed of human interaction so fast that all I have to do is pick up the phone and call, or turn on my messengers and chat. Yes we have gotten so LAZY! that not only will we drive to the Convenience store around the corner, we will swing through the fast food restaurant and get our dinner, the whole time sitting on our back sides.
Everything we eat these days has sugar in them. why? so it tastes better? just how good does diabetes taste? Heart Disease from being over weight for too long leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Excuses are easy to find. its amazing how much time I didn't have to improve my health, yet found plenty of time to play online games, plenty of time to get all the tobacco, soda's, junk food, and comforts I desired. yet could not find an excuse to walk a mile more or less every day in the name of healthy living.
Simply stated, I no longer have minimum standards to reach like when I was in the service. I don't have to run timed runs, reach muscle failure, or risk further injury, in fact all I have to do, is take care of myself, feel good about myself, and not be a burden on anyone else in the process. the process which I am still going through, and will forever more, is about being healthy, happy and energetic, is about living a life that I would be proud to tell my Grand kids about, to accomplish more than my lazy self could find the time to do.
Life is an Adventure, Live it.