Cost of health..and a grand Slam Breakfast!

We talk about getting healthy and eating better and exercising. But do we really look at the financial benefits! I mean think about the major illness’s in the country and the many reasons why people are sick or dieing young. The major diseases or illness’s are obesity related items. Besides the fact that more than 50% of the children in the U.S. are considered obese and will be listed as Morbidly Obese before they graduate High School (if they live that long), this coming generation will be the first generation who will outlive their parents because of obesity related deaths! If that isn’t reason enough to make a change look at the fact that by getting healthy we can save about 10,000.00 a year per family in doctor visits, tests E.R. visits, CPAP Machines etc. That estimate is probably pretty low as well. I realized the other day that an estimated 18 Million people in the United States are diagnosed with Sleep Apnia. This number has dramatically increased along side with the increase of Obesity rates in this country. Think about that. You might as well start handing out CPAPS to kids when they graduate High School, it would save time!

Growing up I remember spending some summers with my grandparents. They were old school farmers and I remember my grandmother getting up every morning at 5 a.m. and making bacon, eggs, sausage biscuits and all that greasy unhealthy stuff for my grandfather. He then went out and worked the fields and worked hard. Probably burning off more then the calories he took in that morning. You see at some point because of the amazing ingenuity we have developed we have become stationary creatures! We find ways to make machines do or job or to simplify it so we actually do less work! The problem is when still consume the same if not more calories because now we have nothing to fill that extra time with but eating! It’s a vicious cycle and is painfully obvious to the point that we just ignore it! If I don’t look at it I can’t worry about it! My last post and the one before that was about running and that man was BORN to run. We were designed and created to be creatures of forward mobility..yet we fight it all the way! STOP FIGHTING IT. GET OFF YOUR BUTTS AND GET MOVIN!

Baby man was born to run!

So as i was hooked on the book Born To Run, i got a clear refocus on how i was running and with what!. You see the book, though i wont spoil it, is based around this Tribe in Mexico called the Taraumara Tribe. You see this tribe is amazing in the fact they are like ghost. They are hidden from society and have used running as enjoyment and transportation. they wear slim rubber sandles and thats it. They have hardly any injuries and run hundreds of miles at a time! The author learns some of their running philosopy's which I have infused into my running. They have 3 things you must master to be great at it. First thing is to focus on Easy! Make sure your runs are easy. not focused as much on speed and running super fast, that will come with everything else. the next part is smooth

Baby I Was Born To Run!

“BEEP BEEP BEEP” This is the unrelenting sound of the most basic alarm clock in the world, which is now yelling at me from my nightstand in the hotel. Today though It was the sound of destiny. I hadn’t slept a wink the night before, maybe a couple hours. I was too nervous. I had contemplated a couple times diving into the goodies bag I had gotten at the expo and trying the sleeping shake mix they added. “Nawww” I thought. It would probably make me sick or oversleep. I’m taking NO chances on this one. I got up and started to take a shower and play my plan over and over in head. I may not be a professional runner but that doesn’t mean I’m a moron. I plan for everything in this race. Rest Stops, my pacer group, the routes and the mental game. I started getting dressed and woke my wife up. “we need to get headed out soon if I want to get warm and find my pace group” I said. I turned on the tv to check the weather and ate my protein bar. The night before I did forget one thing. Breakfast! I always have a small bit of protein and toast before a run. I feel like it helps get me going. The hotel lobby of course had nothing but high priced liquor and candy bars! Then I found the one last Protein Bar. “Must be other runners in this hotel” I said. “45 degrees and rainy, fantastic” I said. This was not the weather I was hoping for my first Half-marathon. Luckily the night before we made a mad dash over to a large Sporting goods store for some long sleeve undershirt, headband and running gloves. I am happy now we did. We left the hotel room and headed down to the lobby. The sun apparently did NOT have a alarm clock I gathered because it was not even remotely peaking out yet. The lobby was filled with tons of runners. Young, old, good bad, they were all here. Some were sitting down eating breakfast. A small group was running laps around the inside commons area assumingly to get warmed up. I thought that might not be a bad idea so I started a light walk. This was such a strange experience. I mean just 6 months ago I was weighing in at 378lbs, Smoking and drinking and getting winded walking up one flight of stairs. Now I’m running a Half Marathon and among hundreds of runners. It felt like I was among my people. With kindred spirits testing themselves. If it wasn’t for this whole 3 Goods Philosophy, I most likely would never have made it here!

Basic Introduction

My name is Rusty Folsom. I am not yet a certified Personal trainer but I am working towards that. I am not a certified Nutritionist. I am your average Joe. I am the average American who is overweight. I was 31 yrs old, 378 lbs, heavy smoker and drinker. I had a history of diabetes’s and cancer. I am the worst case group. I was lucky enough to be touched by a personal trainer named Michelle Evan’s. What she offered me was a new life. The next year would begin a process of changing the old me. A person who was 300lbs at their Freshmen year of high school and knew nothing else then FAT. I was able to change this course of action. Through the process I developed an understanding of a basic principle. The 3 goods! Well get into what these are later. This is not a weight loss plan or a magic diet! Diets by their very nature will fail. This is and HAS to be a Lifestyle Change! Its not going to be easy. But lets be complete realistic, isn’t being lazy and taking the easy way out how we got here and why you now reading this book. Blood, sweat and year tears will allow you to earn back you body and your life. I am shining example to that. Well do it together you and I. I have faith in you and you have started to make the first step if you still reading. Lets Earn out life back!