Your Three Keys to Personal Health and a Long Life are
Attitude, Intake and Exercise
Positive Mental Attitude; Even in the Emergency room I knew I would be fine
Increase the Quality of your Intake; What I consumed daily for four years supported my Body when I was tested, because I had a Reserve of Cysteine stored in my Liver the bodies natural protective system functioned as designed. The Immune response used the Cysteine to create Glutathione on demand to Protect my heart muscle from reprefusion injury. This is the most important fact for best results you must have been taking Immunocal before the critical event.
Last but not Least “Exer-cise”, My Personal Enemy
I will be putting this claim to the Test 13% Improvement in Muscular Performance
It has always been a Double “FOUR” Letter WORD for ME!
I don’t think I have every share this with anyone even my closeted Family.
Except for a short period of time between 13-17 years of age
I have never been in good shape unless round is a good shape
At 12 …. I was 5’2″ and weight about 200#
As a Teenager to get exercise I Skated 6 days a week
Coached younger Amateur Figure Skaters
Step by step just like I did slow and steady wins the Race
I spent 30 hours a week in the Arena
5 of that was Hoping / Running Up/Down the bleachers to build leg muscles
In that 4 years I only lost 10#
Grew 8 Inches
Ended up 5’10” and 195#
It was a Great way to finish High school.
I got a drives license,
Stop walking and Skating daily
Took A Full time J.O.B as Apprentice Chef @ 16
Put a way my Bike
Meet Angela,
Started a family
Started gaining 10# every winter
Then only lost 5 the next summer
Till some time around 2008 I weight a Massive 290# with a 48″ Waist
It almost killed me Pun Intended
Heart Health Facts
You need to walk at least 3 km four times a week
If you can not walk your 3 km’s in 30 minutes
If you are short of breath see your Doctor and get a stress test
Now that I can think back clearly
I remember a few times I was short of Breath
In the six months before the big Heart Attack!
If I had gotten checked out I may not have had to have had this Heart Attack!
Partly because I have always been size extra Large
I was rarely picked for school teams I do enjoy most sports even to this day.
As a I have put my Life back together
I made conscious decision to only consider contract employment
Self employed Work that has a physical component to it
Exercise has always been a four letter word for me
After avoiding it most of my adult life
I find I like it More and More now as become Healthier and more Active
The Walking to a Healthier Heart
After the heart attack it was made very clear if I wanted to be healthy
I had to have a workout as part of my Just Over Broke (JOB)
For me not ending up back in the heart Health Unit again.
Started the day after my first three Stents where installed.
I walked around the Hospital Ward until I had covered 1 KM
10 laps that first day, 20 laps the next day
I got let out to visit Family at home before the last surgery was done.
To the staffs knowledge that doctor has never given a patent that had not completed his surgeries,
Permission to leave the hospital ever!
By day three I went outside and walked 3 km’s around the Hospital grounds
One week out of the hospital I had my Wife Angela Drive me around my Auto Trader Magazine route
Even though I can not drive yet I do my Route with Her driving me
Telling me to take it easy not lift to much I can still her Now!
After the month I get the Okay to Drive and start delivering
the Local Record and Echo newspapers to the Carriers again.
In March I am Feeling so good I go after a new contract
This time It has a 3 km walking part
Again my work is getting me to exercise more often.
Three months after my Heart Attack I was working 20 hours a week
Getting to lift 150 bundles that are 30-40# each
4 times a week
Walking 12 Km
Finally I lose the last 30# and get to
195# for the first time in my Adult Life!
Six months into my recovery I find another Delivery Position this one is with the Local Air Force base distributing the Totem Times Newspaper, Better Money, More Walking once every two weeks easy to fit in Life is Getting more rewarding I am getting more money and Exer-cise!
I'm all about heart attack prevention and how to help people by sharing what I learned from my own experiences. 
Michael – I’ve always loved exercise and played every sport imaginable as I was growing up.
Now I play ice hockey, golf and dragon boat in the summer but it still isn’t very much when I work sitting down all day.
I’ve just started walking – and will continue this through the winter on the treadmill.
Having been on every rung of the fitness ladder in my adult life, I knew that my dedication to building an on-line business would take its toll. I have gained some weight in the last few years but have clear-cut thresholds of what is allowable and what is not. Currently at the top of my personal allowable I am now creating the necessary time to change my “shape”!
I understand how a desk job can add unwanted pounds.
I really started putting on the weight when I left Cooking for a living in 2001
I helped locals access good term life Insurance with Primerica.
Gained 50# in nine years Sitting at the Kitchen Table Doing Insurance and starting Investments for friends and Family
It almost killed me.
We should talk I have something that reduces stress and helps eliminate Belly Fat!
Michael – what an inspiring story. It’s so simple yet so rarely done. I love walking as it is both good for me physically and it allows me to reflect on the abundance that is nature. The old adage “stop and smell the roses” really works when it becomes a choice. A motivator for me was a Financial Times Article one New Years Day. It said that, instead of joining a Gym (a common New Years Resolution, Right?) walk ten minutes in one direction and then walk back. You will be amazed at the good it does you. So now I know almost all the ten minute increments from my front door so I can choose 20, 40 or 60 minute walks. Now I just need to find out “how far it is” in KM. So I can truly say, when my wife asks “where have you been?”, “there and back to see how far it is”. Just like we did back in the Yorkshire of my Youth. Stay positive, my friend. Thank You, Thank YOU, THANK YOU. prp
Michael – you are an inspiration. Your story reminds me of the book The Compound Effect. Each day you made just small increments and wow! I know that I struggle with my weight and health because I try to do too much too fast. Now you’ve given me the roadmap to success with my health. Thank you!
Thanks for stopping by Dr.Lisa,
We should talk soon I believe we both know something that the other can benefit from learning more about each others struggles and successes.
Have a Great day and be health you are What you think, eat and Do
Well done on shedding that weight and getting your fitness level on the up. It’s difficult when you’re working to make the time, it’s much easier to come up with an excuse not to. I find walking easy to fit into my day as I don’t have a car, so I walk into the local town, which is a round trip of 2 miles, and sometimes I will go further. I don’t have time to walk every day, but I do make sure I do it at least 3 times a week. So far, I’ve lost 7lbs which encourages me to keep it up. It’s taken a month though so it feels quite slow. You’ve made great progress! Yay!
So happy for you Andrea,
You have started your own journey back to a health 7 pounds in a month is good my goal was simply 1 pound a week and over time it adds up.
Thanks for sharing your progress, You go Girl!
If you have any questions just ask,
Michael