The WHY, the HOW!

In everything we do in life, there must be a reason called the WHY. The WHY can also mean the vision or the reason. When the WHY is strong enough, it gives birth to the HOW. The HOW is the vehicle, the process that will take us from where we are to achieve the WHY, i.e the vision or the desired goals.

After I failed in my first attempt to start a sustainable program to reduce my weight and embraced healthy lifestyle. I had to go back to the drawing board to plan and put in place a sustainable program. My desire was fuelled by the why. What were the why that got me going?

1.    Intense desire to get into good shape in order to have a desired figure

2.    I have pains in my knee area which makes me uncomfortable especially when I am taking stairs

3.    My blood pressure had rising to a level I am not comfortable with

4.    The desire to live an healthier life

With the above four WHYs, I went on to design a program that will be less stressful and that will be something i can sustain overtime, this led me to researching about walking for healthy living, use of herbs and change in diet (these are my the HOW).

I studied my schedule and came to a conclusion that the best time to take my walk is in the morning time. I started with short distance of about 2.5 kilometres daily (Monday to Saturday). I was doing this in about 40 minutes and I did this for 3 months. After that I increased the distance to 5 kilometres daily and I was doing this in about 60 minutes. So between 6 and 7 am daily, I cover 5 kilometres, I always get home in time to have my breakfast and still be at my desk in the office by 8.30am.

I introduced a lot of fruits in season and vegetable to my diet, I try to reduce my intake of carbohydrates and starchy food and embrace more of proteins, grains and nuts. Also i began to use a lot of herbs almost on a daily basis – Ginger, Turmeric, Garlic, Cinnamon etc became part of what I use every day.

The result of the above led to my shedding of 20 kg of weight in about 18 months of strict adherence to my plans. My the WHY was strong enough to help me stick to my the HOW and gradually i was able to retain my goal. Right now, i look real trim (the physique I had desired), my blood pressure has returned to normal, I am energetic and i don tire out easily and above all my early morning walk has become like a tonic I take every day and it has always kept me energized and ready for the day’s tasks.

You too can achieve what i have achieved only if you can think out your the WHY. Next Monday as I will be taking you through on how to start your own walking program that will be result oriented and sustainable.

Have a wonderful week and see you next year!

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