Health is wealth and is relatively invisible, until it is not

jeff noel Masters runner in Coralville, Iowa
Ran 30 minutes at dawn before a long day in the classroom

 

At the dinner table, two CEO’s were checking their resting heart using an iPhone app. One clocked 83, the other 53.

Both CEO’s know exercise not only improves health metrics, but as a side benefit, exercise simply makes you feel better, increases energy, reduces stress, improves sleep patterns, and on and on.

One exercises. One does not.

Did you know that thirty beats per minute difference equals an extra 43, 200 beats per day?

This also equates to 15.8 million extra beats each year.

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Here we go again

Mid Life Celebration logo drawn in one minute with pen and crayons
Mid Life Celebration logo drawn in one minute with pen and crayons in 2008

 

Here we go again. Writing this morning from Iowa on the eve of the iPhone 5s going on sale and knowing that this post will lie dormant until December 30 created a reflective moment.

The predictability of society’s reluctant approach to change.

New Year’s resolutions?

There’s a book that recently hit the market that addresses the root cause and offers a simple, hard core, honest look at the secret to resolutions.

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What’s holding us back from doing this one simple thing (twice) every morning?

glossophobia
This is a fear even greater than the fear of death

 

What’s holding us back from doing this one simple thing (twice) every morning? I weigh myself twice every morning. The second time is to confirm the first number. If they match, I’m done. If they do not, I weigh a third time.

Why? Because it teaches us (me) what each pound feels like. Over time the practice, repetition, and the focus teaches nuance and self-awareness.

I can feel a two-pound difference in either direction. Insane? No.

If you have ever experienced this level of daily awareness, you know it’s absolutely not insane.

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Note: Currently 10 pounds over fighting weight. Have been for a year.