My search for the “new normal” life I intend to live remains an active endeavor. I haven’t found it just yet, but I am putting some pieces together that I hope will create the normal life I am seeking.
One piece fit nicely. I joined a gym. Actually, I have returned to a gym where my wife and I once belonged before we quit.
Why did I quit? I wasn’t achieving the results I wanted. It was my fault. I had no one else to blame. And I didn’t level any blame; I accepted it. So did Kathy Anne
My new normal is going to include making a commitment where I failed previously. The workout club in Princeton, Texas, has a wide array of equipment. My intention will be to use as much of as possible.
I long have had this problem with food. I adhere to what we all call a “see food diet.” You know the punchline.
The new normal also involves me forgoing some of my culinary guilty pleasures. I have done that. As it was more than 43 years ago when I quit smoking, it is imperative that I give up these food items cold turkey. I cannot snitch a little here, a little there, any more than I could sneak a drag on a cigarette after I quit.
So, that part of the new normal isn’t so new, right?
The rest of it remains new to me. I am an old man, so I am acutely aware that it will take some work to shed the weight I have gained.
My task now is to adopt this new normal as part of every-day living.
I can do this.