when i started ''hitting the gym'' i was was 82.5kgs and i wanted to seriously reduce my weight. but shock on me when i realized my weight had gained to 85kgs. i suspected the gym weighing scale and ignored it and started using the ones in town then other towns, then the hospital ones, but the weight kept on creeping up until 89.5kgs and i was a worried man.
Its then i seriously talked with the gym instructor who wised me up on what he did, yeah he used to be seriously overweight and what he did was walk. yep walk everywhere he could, secondly he changed his diet and reduced the intake thirdly in the gym what he did the most was try to lift his own body using the the straight bar( i don't know whats its called.).
lastly he advised me exercise is a lifestyle decision. its like going to work, going to church, laundry, things you do but don't like but you have to do for your own good.

That when i realized exercise is something you do until the day you die. its not a sprint its a marathon. That almost made me leave the gym.
So i thought about it for a while and what i did was change my whole tack of exercising. i observed, why were certain people thin and fit and others fat and unfit. what i observed was the following:

1. The people who are fit work with their hands, their mode of transportation is their feet and their meals are few and far between and are like what mama used to make.

2. Their level of inactivity is minimal next to negligible, they cannot afford to be idle watching T.V or browsing because they cant afford these items and need to work to earn their bread.

4. They endlessly socialize and can got to extreme lengths and distances to socialize if they can afford it and when they drink its time to exercise their sporting prowess karate Chinese style or boxing. observe on Mondays the number of swollen eyelids. i have known some to walk great distances to visit their friends when they have time to socialize.this is a great stress reliever.

3. they are not able to delegate so they do most of their ''HOMEWORK'' i.e house repairs,cooking, laundry, wash the house etc.

4. their kids really play as we used to unlike ours these days.

That's when i started to change my life

my wife's old man is quite fit!! i remember when i took my folks over to visit and my uncles thought he was a random guy. sleeveless, looks fit kama mtu wa mjengo with veins kwa mkono. his cousin however was a proper politician type guy who had a politician's body, they thought he was the father to the would be bride and imagine the surprise when my father inlaw was introduced!! I started noticing that i spent most of my time just lazing around when i visited my folks inlaw but the opposite is true when he visited us - he plays with kids, he wants to fix stuff (working with his hands). I hope to become like him when I get to his age! mind you the dude is retired!!

A success story indeed. Well done. Your secret is diet n Rug, right?

diet kwanza!! but I do run quite a bit! i guess its discipline mostly.

Now you should join the 21kms team this year. By Oct you should be ready...You can do a few trials with the ones that comes earlier.