Like many people, I spent much of my adult life trying to get healthy… with mixed results. I ran. I lifted weights. I even dabbled in martial arts. And I tried just about every diet program out there. Some of them worked for a while. Most didn’t stick.

To be honest, I didn’t maintain consistency. Raising a family and running a traveling piano business gave me all the excuses I needed. But in recent years… in this semi-retired chapter… something shifted. I got serious.

I began focusing not just on what I ate, but on how I ate. I learned to slow down during meals. I began listening to my body and stopped eating when I felt satisfied. That one shift changed everything. No gimmicks. No starvation. No miracle products.

The results were real. I lost 40 pounds. And more importantly, I’ve kept it off.

My son David, who’s an experienced personal trainer, created a weight training plan for me. He plugged it into an app, I followed it, and within a few weeks, I started gaining strength. I began walking regularly… about 5,000 steps a day… and lifting weights for 30 minutes, four times a week. Even better, my wife and I started going to the gym together. It’s become one of the highlights of our week.

The teacher in me is already outlining a book about this journey… something practical and inspiring, focused on eating slower, stopping when full, and keeping things simple. When done this way… consistency, the KEY to success, is achievable!