terryg wrote:It has certainly improved my appearance. I wear a lot fewer printed t-shirts (like the free ones I get at trade shows) and lot more loose fitting button up shirts. My 'style' has improved dramatically, of course, it the only direction it could go was up.
Well that's good, because you looked pretty bad at dinner that night.
Just kidding!
I would say that it has improved my health indirectly by making me more conscious of my total lack of physical conditioning, and it has helped motivate me to do something about it. When my wife and I attended the Forum Day at PSC last October, my nearly total lack of physical mobility under duress in a couple of the shooting clinics shocked me into awareness and forced me to accept that A) In the event of a self-defense crisis, I would be more likely to go to guns earlier because my conditioning leaves me fewer options; and B) that I have reduced odds of survival anyway. Item (A) is particularly troubling to me for moral reasons. Of course, on top of all this was the realization that you never see any
old fat people. I'm not afraid of death because I know where I'm headed, but I want to live as long a life as the good Lord will grant me, and I want to see my (as yet unborn) grandkids grow up.
About 6 weeks ago, I found a personal trainer who was willing to take me on as a project, in exchange for a bang-up website promoting her services, and I've have been in the gym every other day since. I haven't lost any appreciable weight yet, but my pants already fit quite a bit looser, I can feel a greater sense of physical well-being, and I already feel stronger. I'm not anywhere near where I want to be, but there is no doubt that that I am improving physically, and I am very encouraged.
That is at least in part due to my having a CHL.
“Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
― G. Michael Hopf, "Those Who Remain"
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