I love the fact that your body can change in such an amazing way just by running and lifting. I also like the alone time. I have worked out for many years but never all that seriously. In the past couple of years I've come to find that i have a hypothalamus/pituitary/thyroid issue that needs some work (no prescribed meds though, just a good combination of supplements).

I'm a totally wheat-free guy. July 2013 I weighed in over 200 pounds and was groggy and feeling like crap. My wife was reading the book Wheat Belly at the time and asked me to help her just try a 30 day wheat-free plan. I reluctantly agreed and 10 days later I was down to 180 lbs!!! I did nothing except stop eating all wheat and wheat based products. I've continued that philosophy and have now dropped down to 175 lbs. I have the energy now to run, lift and work like a horse. I'm alive and I love feeling alive. If you have trouble losing weight then for the love of Pete stop eating wheat!!!! Wheat is poison and it will sabotage everything you do.

Being in the gym and working out is a great feeling of being a man. Throwing around weight, moving my body, all of that is fun and I love it. I look forward everyday to working out in some way or another.

Losing the weight got me into running. I love running - it's in no way boring or something I feel like I have to do - nope, my body looks forward to running at least 3 times a week. I typically run 3 or 4 miles at a time. I never plan to compete or race, just run and run for the sheer fun of it. It also helps to realize that most of my 50+ friends are just sitting around on their butts and taking meds while I'm out at 6 in the morning running!

Sure I might die before them but I intend to live and enjoy the blessings of life up to that very last moment.

I love how it makes me feel and that it is something that overall is really good for me. If I could ditch the life I live now I'd become a farmer and work the land and the animals. I'd completely change everything and work for dawn to dusk like men are supposed to but in the interim I have to be in the gym. When I'm there I think about the things I could be doing on the farm and that motivates me to really make myself sore and tired.

I also love it because I can do it!!! Being able to do it means that it shouldn't be wasted.