I had about eight people stop me and ask me this week how I was losing my weight. It is always fun to watch them all react as I tell them that I went vegetarian, gave up sugar, and exercise so that I can hike up mountains in high altitude environments… I think what they wanted was to join whatever club or plan I was following.
I think I have mentioned in the past that my entire family has varying degrees of weight problems. When I say family I mean EVERYONE. My mom’s side, my dad’s side, almost all of the cousins, even all of the in-laws that married into the family are big people. Some of the kids have managed to escape the fat-fate (not many but some). The ones who escaped were the ones who had sports hobbies.
My sister lost about 60 pounds three years ago when she got into kung-fu. She has stuck with it and looks amazing. She is healthy and strong. She was really the first person I ever encountered who got healthy through a hobby rather than crash dieting. She is my inspiration!
She is not taking kung-fu at some crap school either. She is at a serious school and she can now take down men that are twice her size! It is super impressive.
I think people at school want a quick and easy fix. I think many of my family members on these crash diets plan want an easy fix. Its not realistic...I think the only fix is to sweat it out somehow and eat healthy.
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