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Losing weight and transforming your body should not be your primary motivation for implementing exercise in your daily life. There are far more motivating reasons to do so.

My favorite times are before lunch, as it allows my brain to relax after a morning of intense and focused work. Or at the end of my working day, which has the benefit of draining all the negative energies of the day and freeing my body that has been sitting around all day.

I ate healthy (or so I thought). I had refrained from regularly eating red meat for over 30 years because the generally accepted wisdom was it’s laden with fat — and thus bad for my heart.

Contrary to what one might think, structure is one of the keys to human well-being. Too much freedom does not bring anything positive. Having this daily rendezvous with yourself may seem like a burden, or another task on the already too long list of things to do, but in reality, it simply brings structure to your life.

You will soon feel more toned. Soreness will be welcome, it will remind you of the presence of your muscles. You will probably lose some weight. You will feel more positive about your body. You will have more energy and strength.

I exercised regularly. I’ve been regular with gym workouts throughout my adult life. I had been walking three to five miles three to four times a week for nearly two years and had walked 500 miles across Spain on the Camino de Santiago just 14 months before my diagnosis.

As far as I’m concerned, I eat healthily overall every day, but I regularly treat myself to cake and cheat meals. As the year has gone by, I have probably seen my body tone up a bit, and I’ve lost some weight. But I haven’t turned into a fitness machine, and probably you won’t either. Seeing noticeable and lasting results often requires more intensity and a flawless lifestyle.

Less than a month later, on September 12, I had dropped 14 pounds and 1.5 inches of waistline. A second blood panel showed my triglycerides and LDL cholesterol had dropped to normal levels — for the first time in my life — and my HbA1c level had dropped — but still indicated diabetes. (It was at 8.0% against a normal max of 6.0%.)

I had started at 194 pounds and was at 170 at that point. My target weight is 155, and so my journey continues. But here’s how I achieved these remarkable results within just 60 days.

On October 15, I had dropped another 10 pounds and two more inches of belly fat. My third blood panel showed that my HbA1c level had moved to 5.8% — within the normal range.

Another point about food: your appetite may well increase. It’s okay and it’s normal. You are asking more of your body. It builds more muscles, which require more calories to maintain. Just listen to the signals your body sends your way.

What’s planned gets done. If it is necessary at the beginning, plan your daily sports session in your diary. But as time goes by, you’ll see that it will naturally creep into your days.

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when I go to the eye doctor or call to order books or buy a ticket for a drive-in movie, sometimes people make the connection. A strange thing happens next. People assume that my time is valuable. Just today someone offered to just “email [my] test results” because they know that I am so busy.

Implementing healthy habits in one’s life leads to a virtuous circle. After a sports session, I feel like eating healthy. The more I exercise, the more I want to take care of my body.

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