You may (or may not) believe that this picture is me. Yes, it’s me and it the difference one year can make, yes right again, one year. One Year The me on the left was from June 2017 when my wife and I took a cruise for our 25th wedding anniversary. At the time I…
Month: January 2019
21.1 kilometers. What is the significance of 21.1 kilometers? Well, for anyone who is not aware, this is the distance for a half marathon and equates to 13.1 miles. Recently, I completed my first half marathon training run as I prepare for my first half marathon event at the Disney Marathon Weekend and I feel…
The other day I was talking to someone that I know from the community and his situation made me very sad. Not because of health conditions or the struggles he was having physically, but because of the things his medication was doing to him. The Vicious Cycle When I first started talking to this individual…
Over the course of my lifetime, I have always had this saying, “I didn’t gain all this weight in a day, week, month… so I am not going to lose it in a day, week, month! “ How true this statement is, especially when I started listening to the book, The Power of Habit: Why We…
I was listening to this book “The Happiness Advantage” by Shawn Achor when he made the point that most people believe that once they reach a point, they will be happy. However, the reality is that when people reached that point, they look for another point to reach, thus never getting to happiness. Happiness comes…
Everyday our attention is divided into several activities, tasks and directions. Managing all of the distractions has become a full time job for most people. When I started listening to The One Thing: The Surprising Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller, I realized that Gary proposes a simple question that as a Diabetic can…
I just finished reading this great book titled “Good Leaders Ask Great Questions” by John C. Maxwell and the more I read, the more I thought about the “Great Questions” a Diabetic should be asking themselves. Am I a Diabetic? This is the first great question that popped into my head. It’s the question that…
November 6th marks the one year anniversary of when I was admitted to the hospital and I was first diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes. Man, what a year! As I reflect on the last year I really appreciate all the things that I have been able to accomplish and know that anyone with the right…
If you haven’t read the book, Sell or Be Sold, by Grant Cordone, then you need to take a short break from reading this article and go buy it. You may or may not be a salesperson or selling may not be your occupation but everyone is either being sold, or selling something every minute…
If you have been a reader of my blog, then you know that I have been very serious about my reversal. When I first started the reversal process, I focused strictly on what I ate. After several months, I realized that I wasn’t going to reach my ultimate goals by changing my eating habits alone. …