Sunday, August 31, 2014

Fitness: An area where one has perfect control

When it comes to many areas, one could argue that luck plays a role. Maybe one needs luck to find a soul mate, or a dream job or an opportunity to live in a dream place.  But there's one area, where everyone has perfect control.. Fitness.

It's easy enough to set goals and eat the right diet and do the right amount of exercise to get to those goals. My weight has gone up and down more than the stock market, but I think each time I lost weight and was in good shape, I gained it back within weeks or months, since I forgot the Golden Rule that you have to keep doing what you were doing in the first place to get you to where you wanted to be.

Preparing for the marathon in Kuala Lumpur, which is just 42 days away, has been a blessing for me. The kilos haven't gone off as quickly as I would have liked them to have, but the clothes are looser and mirrors don't lie. I feel great