What You Have To Give Up To Live A Healthy Lifestyle

I saw this posted on the RRCA certified coaches’ Facebook page and thought I’d share:

What did I give up to start living a healthy lifestyle and start running?

I had to give up feeling like crap all the time
I had to give up hating myself when I looked in the mirror
I had to give up feeling like I was going to have a heart attack after climbing stairs
I had to give up wondering if I was going to live to see 50
I had to give up self doubt
I had to give up high cholesterol and triglycerides
I had to give up weakness and fear.
I had to give up buying expensive, ugly clothes because they were the only ones in my size.

I had to give up hiding behind something when getting my picture taken.
I had to give up getting sick a lot.
I had to give up shortness of breath just tying my shoes.
I had to give up sleep apnea.
I had to give up scaring my wife because I quit breathing while I slept

I had to give up not having much of a future

and worst of all…..

I had to give up giving up.

yup, I lost a lot in this journey… poor me.

I look at what an unhealthy lifestyle did to me and how much i was robbed of my life, it looks like I lost the bad and adopted the best thing going.

Quit…and do what? Go back to “normal”? Normal is what got me to where I was.

That kind of living is totally abnormal to me now and there is no going back. I love my new life.

It may seem like a sacrifice now, but the payoff is huge. After a while, you will look back and laugh at what you thought was such a big thing that you had to give up and it really wasn’t a loss at all.

You have everything to gain and nothing to lose..

Go for a run, you wont miss a thing……

I promise…

-Robert Wadhams

Posted on September 17, 2015, in healthy lifestyle, personal trainer, running, running coach and tagged , , , . Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.

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