A False Start

A world renowned management consultant said, if he was given an axe to cut down a tree, he will use 90% of his time to sharpen the axe and use 10% in cutting down the tree!

Everything in life requires adequate and proper planning. What the consultant above tried to pass across is that we should make out good time to plan before we delve into any venture and this also applies to putting in place a good exercise or walking program.

When I returned to Ilorin, the burning desire to get into shape that was kindled in me while I was in Lagos was so hot that I immediately started some form of exercising. I live in a building that was built decades ago and you know those building were built without being economical in the use of space. I live in a four bedroom apartment and the sitting room alone measures six by four meters. The rooms are quite spacious too (the area covered by my flat can easily be used for a twin standard three bedroom flat). I started doing light jogging covering the sitting room and other rooms in the house, I combined this with other exercises I knew while I was growing up (I used to be a sports person in my teens, I was involved in athletics and martial art).

Because I didn’t draw the exercising program well, I missed most days, sometime due to tight schedules and sometimes I wasn’t just motivated. Within three months of this, I lost interest and I stopped completely. This was around June 2018. Early July I went on a visit to a friend who is a pharmacist and i saw the digital BP measuring device in his pharmacy, i prompted him to take my BP and lo and behold it was high, 143/90 (I always take measurement of my BP once iin about three months and it has always been normal 125 – 135/ 80/85). I was alarmed by this reading and then I knew I really had to do something about my weight since going by the Body Mass Index (BMI) I am overweight. At that time I was weighing 85 kg.

I sat down and made out a plan on how to drop 20 kg from my weight and i started off in the month of July 2018 and till date i have followed my plan strictly and i have been able to achieve the 20 kg weight reduction through early morning walk, use of herbs and trying to eat as healthy as possible. How was I able to draw the plan and follow it, keep a date with me next Monday as I go into the details of my plans and the herbs that I introduce to my everyday usage which has benefited me immensely.

Have a great week ahead and i wish you a Merry Christmas in advance.

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