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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I long have had this problem with food. I adhere to what we all call a “see food diet.”<\/em> You know the punchline.<\/p>\n

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<\/em>. I cannot snitch a little here, a little there, any more than I could sneak a drag on a cigarette after I quit.<\/p>\n

So, that part of the new normal isn’t so new, right?<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

My task now is to adopt this new normal<\/em> as part of every-day living.<\/p>\n

I can do this.<\/p>\n

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