Time To Start Living!

If you’re looking for a way to get your life under control, lose a few pounds and reclaim the health you once enjoyed, I have no magic bullet to get you there. But in my own journey to lose 53 pounds (and counting) I have learned that you have a better chance of succeeding if you have a team rooting for your success and struggling alongside you with their own goals in sight.

And that’s where What If I Lived can help – you and me. I know that by helping others achieve their goals, I will stay focused on achieving my goals. And it works both ways!

Please join my wife, Minda and I on Sunday July 31 at 2:00 pm at Lake Harriet to find out more!

WHAT WE WILL DO:

*Share ideas for exercise, eating, and other aspects of healthy living.
*Encourage each other in our pursuit of healthy lifestyles – and balanced living.
*Plan healthy outings – an active day at the park with fresh air and healthy picnic beats an afternoon in front of the television ALMOST any day.
*Encourage each other to make changes in our lives.
*Encourage each other to set goals to achieve – and celebrate achieving those goals.
*Encourage each other to believe in ourselves.
*Affirm and re-affirm that we are NOT our past, our bad habits or our negative beliefs. We are all worthy of respect, friendship and happiness. And a long life!
WHAT WE WON'T DO:

*Plan a diet for you and enforce it,
*Belittle each other for failures,
*Force philosophy or dogma on each other,
*Expect you to follow a specific exercise or diet plan,
*Give up on you -- even if you do!

WHAT WE PLAN TO DO:

*Meet at Lake Harriet Rose Garden entrance on Sunday July 31st at 2:00 pm and:

*Take a pleasant stroll around the lake to:

*Discuss ideas for future meetings,
*Schedule a weekly exercise outing for those interested,
*Plan future outings,
*Discuss goal-setting and goal-achieving ideas and methods, and
*Discuss and encourage everyone to train for and participate in the Monster Dash 5K Run on October 29^th. This is a fun, costume-optional Halloween-themed walk-run that all of us CAN complete. Doesn't matter if you run, walk, or hobble.
More importantly, setting the Monster Dash as a goal and spending the three months gearing up for it, can be an integral part of starting your journey toward believing in yourself and LIVING! It worked for me. And yes, three months is enough time to get ready to complete a 3.15 mile race.
WHAT WE SUGGEST:
Before diving into any health improvement plan, you should visit your doctor for a health check-up. And while you are there, ask the doctor for a game plan to get you free - forever - of the need for pharmaceutical visits. Specifically, what do you need to do in order to dump the prescriptions for blood pressure, cholesterol, anti-depressants, diabetes, etc. And if he tells you it's not an option, FIND A NEW DOCTOR!!

Please email me at bellsong1 at gmail dot com and then join my wife, Minda, and I on Sunday July 31 at 2:00 pm