Learn How to Lose Weight Series: Getting Young

Did you learn how to lose weight yet?

I'm just days away from my next birthday and I'm noticing that there are a lot of people I know complaining about getting old. Yuck!

These Baby Boomers and even Gen X types are lamenting over their limited & finite state of being. Almost all of them believe that this process is a natural state of things. They say, "This is what happens when you get old."

I can't imagine filling that way...ever. Regardless of age, I've always felt that I would continue to get stronger, fitter, more flexible and healthier. I have always wanted to do everything I could to avoid aging in the traditional sense. Aging without exercise and healthy eating sounds like suicide to me.

I've been asking friends and family what they think aging is doing to them. The list was long but I thought I'd share with you the things I've heard most often.

1. Tired a lot




2. Slowing down




3. Stiff & tight all over




4. More illness more often




5. Frail & vulnerable to injury




6. Muscle & joint pain (knees, back, shoulders, neck)




7. Saddness & depressed




8. More fear




9. Forgetfulness




10. More anger & less open minded to try new things

I don't think any of us can be fond of this top 10 list. Quite often I heard about these problems coming from people in their 30s! Life can be pretty tough for all of us sometimes. But as we get older, it gets even harder, especially if we don't discover the importance of exercise & healthy eating. Does a healthy lifestyle cure us of the things on this list? Maybe not, but it sure will give us a fighting chance.

Every time you read a success story you hear about how someone's life changed. These changes relate to the items on the list above. Most of you started because you didn't like the way you looked. After completing it you cared more about how it made you feel, physically and mentally. Aging without a healthy lifestyle will guarantee some level of physical and/or mental malfunction.

Look at the list above and ask yourself if you're suffering from anything on it. Look at some of the seniors around you and see if they're suffering from anything on the list. They are you just down the road. You control your future and your destiny by making simple choices now. Give yourself a fighting chance and avoid the suffering that goes with unhealthy aging.

Let me hear that you're Getting Young.