Ms health and fitness

Although I like to think about my family while I'm out exercising, often considering my future career, and bringing up my children, my mind is being kept occupied with my internal processes of running, walking, changing up my lifestyle, and striving to stay in peak physical health.

With each step I​ Take, I vow to do so more often.

I stopped being a very inactive person several years ago, even though I'm constantly active. I was seeing health benefits including having good blood pressure and the number of fat cells falling.

However, I didn't stop engaging in physical activity because I wanted to be thin, but rather I wanted to be the best version of myself and present myself as the kind of person I want to be one day. From this point forward, I became more aware of the impact that I could have on others.

As I was loving hiking, running, and taking my dog for runs in the park, my husband asked for an overall picture of my lifestyle.

He wasn't interested in making me change my lifestyle. From his perspective, I wasn't active enough—after all, many other people are active much more than me.

He even let me go on a walking diet.

I learned a lot about myself and myself—what helped me be more active, what made me drive myself to the gym, and what I needed to work on to do better.

Within a week of lifting weights and walking, I was hooked!

I even asked my husband for recommendations when it came to cardio because I had a hard time getting to the gym. He said, "Sure!"

The energy helps me go off on any type of adventure—I love to explore, learn, and try new things! I still love to make new friends, be in nature, find myself in new situations and increase my creativity.

I was that guy for my kids who were fun, supportive, fun, and generous, so I told my kids what kind of active dad I wanted to be. I made sure to keep up the workout—maybe a little slower than my older brother.

I thought that I was done exercising, especially now that I'm approaching 50, but I was just getting started. I wanted to continue running, hula hooping and hiking.

Because, in all honesty, once I got into it, I'm even more excited to improve.

I went on going on walks and hikes, skiing, swimming, and hiking. I also put on my swimming shoes.

After my friend's husband put on a Spinal Tap music video, I gave my music playlist a spin and took my walk. Every time I stopped, I kept on. I never once wore headphones.

If I'm going down, I'm going down on my own terms.

When I started being active, it changed my life. I changed my eating habits so I couldn't think about what type of food I would love.

I am now getting to the point where I can eat the food I want, no one telling me I shouldn't eat healthily. I love food, I ate my body, I enjoyed eating in nature, and I enjoy exercising.

Anytime you have too much food in your system, you are starving your body. With quality food, if you're energized, you're smiling.

When you eat food that is aligned with your caloric needs, your body has excess energy.

Before, I wouldn't have a strong relationship with my health, either. I eat my body. I didn't always understand the importance of having a healthy lifestyle, but now I'm learning.

Over time, as my physical health improved, so did my mental health.

I'm learning to understand that the physical world only comes to me once a day, I can't fake it. I'm also learning that you need to listen to your body and do as needed, we need to do what's good for us.

I couldn't wait to step out into the world and take a chance on trying new things, but now I am becoming a trend-saver.

My husband and I are also comfortable with our bodies and health. Our cultural outlook is much healthier than our average wife and husband. We have a positive outlook for our kids' futures because of our physical health.

Our health is a joyful place to be.

If this is you, then thank the universe for your gift.