Slowly

We are taking it slow this week. No real exercise is planed. Today I went and hit some golf balls. Hit mostly wedges, a couple of 3 woods and 5 irons, but mostly easy sand wedges, gap wedges and 48 degree wedges. Not expecting much, but did have a pretty good session.

Changed a little with the transition from the back swing to the downswing. Not much of a stop or pause and actually trying to start down before I finish by back swing. When I had a deeper loading on my right hip I hit the ball very good. Now with any change, it will only a thousand swings to grove this new change. And a thousand more to make ever other change I’m making in my swing.

Small Set Back

Set Backs they will come.

When you meander on your path to physical perfection, you will encounter a set back or two along the road. You should not be deterred by these little bumps. They may knock you out from you goals for a day or two, maybe a week or two. Keep on plugging along. To finish this program it is sometimes two steps forward and one step back. But always it is moving forward. Learning some vital information. Why did you have the set back? Information yes! Use this information to your advantage so you won’t have this set back again. This doesn’t mean there won’t be other bumps. But at least you can avoid whatever stopped you this time.

5 millimeters. Doesn’t sound very big. 5 millimeters is about 1/5 of an inch. Just a shade under ¼ of an inch. But when that “small” size is the measurement of a kidney stone, trying to inch it’s way through your kidneys and bladder and urethra. Well it feels like it’s about 12 inches in diameter. Now that is a set back. Which is what hit me as I started my “get fit” 365.
At 2:30am on Day 4 of my program this little nice stone, that is not round and smooth hit my left kidney. Well let me tell you…the pain. The PAIN. It is pretty painful. Actually some people says it is as bad a child birth. I don’t know as I have never giving birth, being a male. But I wouldn’t wish a stone on my worst enemy.
So passing the stone, which is what they do when it is less than 7mm was not much fun. I spent 20 hours taking lots of pain pills, and they worked…a little. And by 11:30pm that nice fine day I was pain free and mostly stone free.Now besides doing all the exercise and golf skill changes, I have to change or at least be more mindful on my diet. We will get more in depth on all of these in the coming blogs.

Slowly starting

So this is day 2. What have you done today to further your journey along the path to ultimate health? Boy that’s a lot of blah blah words. Just do something, and it’s not really a “journey” is it. You’ll be standing in the same place tomorrow as today, just in better shape…hopefully.

Now what you see above is hopefully a little of how this blog will be written. The bolded, italics indicate thoughts and words by Ralph Colby. My writing partner. He will (hopefully) shed some humor and sanity to this blog. We will see.. Yeah sure.

So WHAT have you done. I have gone to the driving range and worked on my transition from the NEW top of the swing to the hitting zone. Plus I’ve changed my eye line. My focus. I now focus on the TOP of the ball. Wedge work..pretty good. Mid Iron work…okay. Driver…hit and miss. It does take a thousand shots to change a swing thought.

I will go into more detail on these golf fixes next week. For me today is FRIDAY. And I’m winding down my reality life (work…a paycheck) and I’m transitioning to a relaxing weekend.

Shall We Start....Again!!!

So we are to begin…again?

My plan for getting healthy, wealthy and wise in 365 days started two years ago. I had this great idea that since I was “out of shape” and I used to be “in shape” AND I was playing golf “poorly” and is used to play golf “well” then why not do all that again?

Sounds easy…? Start on your birthday (or any other significant day.) Slowly over 12 months…365 day…until your next ____day and viola, I/you would be in great shape with a single digit golf handicap.

Except we live in the world of “reality” which is partly why I choose 365 days. Sure the infomercials all state that you can achieve the “perfect” body…golf skill, in just 30 minutes/90 days/10 minutes a day….blah…blah…blah. But you really can’t if you do those “other” things in life that some of us do. Work, go to the movies, rake the leaves, do laundry, help/watch the kids do their homework/sports. You know all that stuff that has to be done….before you go to the gym/driving range. And then…bam you or someone gets sick and you lose a week or two on your training. Can you say “Starting all over?”

So this is what happened to my blog/book on the “365 Day to Health and Success” Stuff happened and now it has been 730 days.to Health…blah…blah…blah. And I’m still sort of at the beginning.

So employing a little creative license, I’m going to start all over again. I may not be in as bad of shape both physically and golfaly (made up word) But we will attempt to start at the beginning in “my” world and end up 365 days from now….in shape both physically as well a s golfaly.

Since I like using a number scheme (365) I find that this year is the perfect year to launch the ol’ 365.
Data: I turned 59 on my latest birthday (starting 365) which means at the end of our journey I will be the BIG 60.
More data: My father’s last birthday on this planet was his 59th. He made it to 59 years 4 months. So as the only son of my Dad (and Mom) this is an important mortality year.
I will be glad when I pass the 59/4month date. Now I know all of the factors that lead to my Father’s passing are not in my life, but still it is something that we think about.

So we will begin.

I am 59…weight: 252….golf handicap: 25. Can’t run a mile. As has been previously stated in other blogs….I was (at 30 yrs old) 185 and could run…race 6.2 miles in under 40 minutes (6:30 pace per mile) also during that time ran a marathon, a couple of half marathons…tons of 10Ks, a couple of Triathlons. Golfwise…at 17, I had a legitimate USGA 7 handicap.
So I was pretty good at these things. But now I’m not.

I hope to show you in the next 365 days how I change myself and in doing so maybe I can enlighten others who can move in a better direction, be it health or golf or both.
As always I welcome any input, be it positive or constructive.

Writing Partner

So in addition to myself...Ralph Colby, I will be writing with my partner in exercising crime...Victor Patterson.

He is the guinea pig in this adventure. He is the one starting at an unhealthy weight and lifestyle. He will be health, as will you after the 365!!!

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