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Mindfulness of Diet and Exercise
A healthy diet and exercise program include applied mindfulness.
For most of my life, I have struggled with my weight and fitness. I was a chubby kid, not much of an athlete, and that was my life for a long time.
When I got into medieval fencing, I found a sport I had some skill in. There was a period in my mid-30s where I was fencing as much as four or five times a week.
After a super-unpleasant experience following a run across an airport to catch a flight in my mid-20s — I joined a gym. I gained some decent muscle mass — but remained heavyset nonetheless.
However, I developed an excellent resting heart rate, far more flexibility than a man my size or age typically has, and have considerable musculature beneath the flab to this day.
My diet, however, has remained challenging.
There are foods that I have always loved that are terrible for me. Eggrolls, cheeseburgers, pizza, French fries, ice cream, and other high-calorie questionable nutritional value foods. Further, I’ve tended to eat more than I needed — to and past the point of being full.
I loved a good Chinese buffet before the pandemic.
