travelerjim
March 21st, 2007, 08:39
Sawatdee Friends,
Gay Thailand, GT - the Owner and Moderator of the Gay Thailand Message Board...
has posted a personal recount of his past six months.
He has been away from Thailand...and his message is a tribute to his desire for better health for life.
I have posted his message of today on Sawatdee in hopes others may follow in his footsteps and take control.
My personal congratulations to GT for his accomplishments to date and his willingness to share his experiences with us.
TJ
Here is the link to GT's message posted today:
"70-40 Touchdown!, A Gay Man's Journey to a Healthy Life"
http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/index ... #entry8394 (http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=3&t=1539&st=0#entry8394) .
In December of last year I took at look at my life. I have lived an incredibly amazing adventure from day to day for many years.
I have also been lucky as hell when it came to health issues. I knew that I was going to turn 40 in a few months and I have never had any health issues. Luckily, I have never contracted any STD or HIV. That is quite fortunate I guess as counting the number of guys I have been with over the years, even Heidi Fleiss would blush.
I have also not had any other major issues other than one heart attack scare. The doctors told me bluntly: loose the weight, lower your blood pressure and lower your cholesterol or you will die earlier than you should.
That was about 2 years ago and I did not heed their advice. My most vigorous exercise of the day when I was in Pattaya was walking from the motorcycle parking to the gay beach area. LOL
When I sat down in December with my family I told them I was going on a juice diet and would try to get off 70 pounds this way. I had decided that I needed a life change. I needed to reevaluate my friends, my work, my body and my life. I am not sure why I choose some of the friends I have over the years. Or, why I drank 20 diet cokes every day for years and could easily sit at Come In Bar and eat a whole pizza from the little Italian place on the same Soi. Or why I retired, got bored and then started working again.
All in all, there were many things in my life that needed changing and I had a long haul ahead of me not just with the weight but also with other things in life.
So I set 3 stages that I needed for the change. I only talk about Stage 1 in this post but I have been busy on the other stages as well.
Stage 1: Body and Health
Stage 2: Business
Stage 3: Personal Relationships
more....
Gay Thailand, GT - the Owner and Moderator of the Gay Thailand Message Board...
has posted a personal recount of his past six months.
He has been away from Thailand...and his message is a tribute to his desire for better health for life.
I have posted his message of today on Sawatdee in hopes others may follow in his footsteps and take control.
My personal congratulations to GT for his accomplishments to date and his willingness to share his experiences with us.
TJ
Here is the link to GT's message posted today:
"70-40 Touchdown!, A Gay Man's Journey to a Healthy Life"
http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/index ... #entry8394 (http://www.gaythailand.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=3&t=1539&st=0#entry8394) .
In December of last year I took at look at my life. I have lived an incredibly amazing adventure from day to day for many years.
I have also been lucky as hell when it came to health issues. I knew that I was going to turn 40 in a few months and I have never had any health issues. Luckily, I have never contracted any STD or HIV. That is quite fortunate I guess as counting the number of guys I have been with over the years, even Heidi Fleiss would blush.
I have also not had any other major issues other than one heart attack scare. The doctors told me bluntly: loose the weight, lower your blood pressure and lower your cholesterol or you will die earlier than you should.
That was about 2 years ago and I did not heed their advice. My most vigorous exercise of the day when I was in Pattaya was walking from the motorcycle parking to the gay beach area. LOL
When I sat down in December with my family I told them I was going on a juice diet and would try to get off 70 pounds this way. I had decided that I needed a life change. I needed to reevaluate my friends, my work, my body and my life. I am not sure why I choose some of the friends I have over the years. Or, why I drank 20 diet cokes every day for years and could easily sit at Come In Bar and eat a whole pizza from the little Italian place on the same Soi. Or why I retired, got bored and then started working again.
All in all, there were many things in my life that needed changing and I had a long haul ahead of me not just with the weight but also with other things in life.
So I set 3 stages that I needed for the change. I only talk about Stage 1 in this post but I have been busy on the other stages as well.
Stage 1: Body and Health
Stage 2: Business
Stage 3: Personal Relationships
more....