For anyone the has truly made the transition and commitment to living a healthier lifestyle the answer to the question "Why" seems amazingly apparent. Why would I want to leave a lifestyle of hangovers, sleep apneia, trouble walking, high blood pressure, low self esteem, and of course the occasional hospital stay. Why indeed. just so you can wake every morning at the crack of dawn and lift heavy objects and put in miles on a treadmill followed up by a carefully calculated day of nutrition. Why, because maybe we are trying to regain every bit of youth, health and enjoyment of life that we may have previously wasted. If that means I have to make a few sacrafices and make a few people uncomfortable about my lifestyle than that is the price I am willing to pay. And before someone wants to criticize those choices they should try it for a while and maybe they would find out that they would be happier as well. I was lucky that several of the people who questioned me with "Why" at the start were inspired by my sucess and have now made similar changes in their lives and are celebrating their own sucess. So I really think the question for these people that need to ask should not be "Why" But "Why not me".
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