Time to Make Some Changes – My Best Stab at a Resolution

I don’t make resolutions.  They just make me feel bad about myself when I can’t hold up my end of the bargain.  I do however, have to make a few changes to my life if I intend to escape the same fate that my dad met at 65 years old.

It’s time to get real.

I got a call from my doctor today.  It’s a call that many of you may have received too.  My cholesterol is too high.  It’s not the first time I’ve gotten that call.  I’ve struggled with my weight all my life and in turn my cholesterol for years.

My dad passed away in his sleep from a heart attack when he was just 65 years old and it scared me.  You may remember hearing about how I ran a few half marathons.  That was me trying to run away from the fact that heart disease now runs in my family.  And truthfully, this is something that I can possibly “run away from”.

So here’s what I’m going to do about it:

Watch what I eat - I have no intention of going on some strange fad diet.  I want to eat until I’m full and then stop.  My problem isn’t that I eat garbage all the time.  But when I get something that I really like, I don’t stop until I’m uncomfortable.  That is stopping now.

Exercise daily – You may know that I love Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and it’s incredible.  But just one day of that isn’t working for me.  I am going to up my attendance at class and I’m going to add a martial fusion class as well.

Document it – Look for videos here at WYRK.com.  I want to include you on this.  You’re going to see what I’m eating, how I’m exercising.  I’m opening my life up to you with the hope that maybe we can do this together.  If you’ve continued to read this far, there’s a good chance that you can relate to this.  Join me.  Heck, you can make your own videos and we will make this a thing.  Send me videos of some of the healthy stuff you like to eat or exercises that you like to do and I’ll share them too!  Send the YouTube link to brettalan@wyrk.com.

If you’d like to just follow along, that’s cool too.  All I ask of you is support.  Thanks.

-Brett