lost and found in retirement
Last week the media and the Internet were abuzz with news and chatter about the death of Steve Jobs, the man behind Apple. Steve Jobs was no doubt the Edison of the Internet Age and a brilliant man. I normally don’t read obituaries in the newspaper, but last week an obituary of a grade school schoolmate caught my eye. Steve Job’s and my schoolmate’s death…
As a reader of this blog, you may have noticed the tagline in the page header: One man’s journey where diet + exercise + health + wellness = happiness. This is the theme for my life that I have adopted after weight loss surgery. To me, happiness is something that comes along when I work on diet, exercise, health and wellness. I often tell people…
High on a hill was a lonely goatherd… Those words from the Sound of Music echo in our heads as we pass through the Alps on our way to Geneva. It’s Tom and Chuck coming to you from our totally fabricated trip across Switzerland. Over the next week you can follow us on what we hope is a believable Tour der Alps.
The reality is that we just look a little rounder when we are captured on film. I reason this off to how shadows and harsh light treat three dimensional objects on a two dimensional photo. It’s a crap shoot. Sometimes the light and angles are just right. Other times the light and perspective plays a dirty trick on us.
I vividly remember hearing about President Kennedy’s assassination as a child as a screaming mother runs toward my school bus. I remember huddling around our new color TV with my family watching Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. 9/11/2001 was branded in my mind with these as a day of infamy not only for Americans but for all people across the world. These were days…
The Harvard Business Review may not be your normal source for weight loss tips. I happen to subscribe to their daily management tips. There are times when these tidbits of knowledge cross from my business life into my personal life. Today’s tips on “3 Ways to Handle the Unexpected” really hit home for me. The tips were adapted from Peter Bregman’s Three Steps to Handling…
I have observed quite amazing transformations in people after their weight loss surgery. Some of the most intriguing stories are of patients who left their sedentary lives behind on the operating table and are now embracing very active lives. Often these new lives involve participating in physical endurance activities such as marathons, duathlons or triathlons.
A strong support network is key in living a healthy happy life after weight loss surgery. I think this is true for most people. It’s a rarity to want to go down a new path in life alone with no one at your side. What is different in each of us is how we define support and how we embrace it. As you move farther…