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\"Planning<\/a>As Rosh Hashana and the Aseret Y\u2019mei Tshuva and Yom Kippur approach, it is the time of year for reflection on the past and a look to the future.\u00a0 We will now be davening as best we can for both forgiveness and for achieving our potential for the year to come.\u00a0 Just as we can\u2019t repent without looking back at the past and realizing and recalling mistakes, we can\u2019t make the changes necessary for a healthier, and in turn, happier year if we can\u2019t look back and find the various points to fix.<\/p>\n

Over the past years, I have had the privilege of helping people who have decided they wanted to change their lives. I share this with you so you can see that it can be done.\u00a0 Keep in mind, not one of these people turned their lives around over night. It began with small but consistent steps that eventually turned into a new existence.\u00a0 Everyone can make a small change here and there in order to change their quality of life and overall health for the better. \u00a0Read about a few of these people and be inspired:<\/p>\n

Y. is a 48 year old mother who has to travel quite a distance to see me. She started her journey to good health with our Lose It! program.\u00a0 Although she lost an amazing 20 kilo, there was more work to be done in order to reach the range of healthy weight. Now she has become a daily exerciser.\u00a0 Her husband got a one-time bonus from his job and offered to buy her a gift.\u00a0 She asked for the only thing that she really wanted\u2014to go to Personal Training.\u00a0 She has now lost 48 kilo (105 pounds).\u00a0 Y. was an insulin dependent type 2 diabetic and Baruch Hashem, she is now completely off insulin and any other medications. She is also coping with some of her life\u2019s stresses much better.<\/p>\n

S. is a 24 year old currently learning at a Baal Tshuva<\/i> yeshiva<\/i>.\u00a0 He has a past history of obesity as well as addictions.\u00a0 He did the Lose It! program originally and lost over 30 kilos. But he too still had a long way to go.\u00a0 He began a combined program where he was seeing our therapist for an hour a week and began Personal Training as well to up his intensity in exercise. At one point, he had to return home for a week to attend a wedding of an old friend. He exercised on his own, was polite to his old friends without engaging in dangerous and destructive behaviors, seemed to have enjoyed himself and has really \u201cpassed the test\u201d.<\/p>\n

A. is 20 years old.\u00a0 She has always wanted to be a normal weight but getting there caused disordered eating.\u00a0 She hasn\u2019t finished Lose It! yet, but she is eating healthfully and ordered, and she is exercising on her own. But that isn\u2019t all. We recently spoke about career planning.\u00a0 She is so turned on to her new-found health and wellbeing that she is considering this as a career\u2026to be continued.<\/p>\n

B. is a Rav who is very involved with the needs of the community, particularly with our youth.\u00a0 He needs to be in good health and to have the energy it takes to do his job. He was a type 2 diabetic, on the verge of getting medicated.\u00a0 It isn\u2019t just the 25 kilo he lost.\u00a0 He exercises, drinks far more water everyday than he used to, eats well and most of all, he can stay up late nights to deal with all of his cases and handle his phone calls from times zones abroad 10 hours away.\u00a0 That enables him to save precious Neshomas<\/i> in Klal Yisrael<\/i>.<\/p>\n

M. is a Yeshiva Bachur<\/i>, who\u2019s eating was truly out of control.\u00a0 That was coupled with almost no activity or exercise. His parents got him to come to Lose It! when his weight was approaching 150 kilo (330 pounds).\u00a0 He has lost over 35 kilo (77 pounds).\u00a0 More than that; he is learning better than he has ever learned before and he has control over his life in general.<\/p>\n

A divorced mother of 2 takes medication for mental health problems as a result of a bad marriage.\u00a0 Now that she has completed our intense 3 month program combining Exercise, Behavioral Therapy and Dietetics, her new Psychiatrist (whom we recommended) has cut her medication in half twice.\u00a0 She is coping with life much better and continues to improve.<\/p>\n

5 Years ago, a 37 year old man came to me totally unfit, with blood sugar almost twice the acceptable level and his triglycerides were \u201cthrough the roof\u201d.\u00a0 He has an impossible schedule, learning a full seder<\/i> every morning, running a high pressured business in the afternoon and evening, and spending his evenings tending to Chesed<\/i> cases.\u00a0 He started slowly but was determined to get his health back, especially at such a young age.\u00a0 After 12 months, there was a drop of 205 points in his triglycerides and 98 points in his blood sugar. He lost more than 30 kilo of weight.\u00a0 He hasn\u2019t been with me for a couple of years now, but continues to exercise and has given himself a whole new lease on life.<\/p>\n

In most aspects of life, taking giant steps in any direction generally is not a long-lasting way to achieve any goal.\u00a0 On the other hand, using baby steps, as did the people you just read about, and doing things incrementally usually brings a better long-term and permanent result.\u00a0 When it comes to weight loss, exercise and eating a healthy diet, this is always true.\u00a0\u00a0 We need to look back and isolate the causes of bad\u00a0 health, and one at a time, start making changes, that over time will bring us to improved health and ultimately, good health.<\/p>\n

Look back at your health habits and choose one or two aspects that need improvement.\u00a0 Start slowly.\u00a0 Perhaps you can get an additional \u00bd hour of sleep at night.\u00a0 Cut out late night eating.\u00a0 Substitute water for sugary or diet drinks.\u00a0 Increase vegetables and fruits and in your diet and cut back on cakes and junk food.\u00a0 And perhaps most of all, leave that car at home and start walking from place to place and even schedule a walk daily, because that will help you as much as anything else.\u00a0 Eventually, step by step, you can make all of these changes over time.<\/p>\n

This is the season where we strive to change ourselves for the better.\u00a0 Don\u2019t leave your health out of the equation.\u00a0 And start now\u2014that way you can manage the coming weeks and not make the mistake of waiting until after all of the holidays are over in order to get started.\u00a0 Avoid further damage by making the changes now.<\/p>\n

Taking small steps, one at a time, to improve your health and well-being over the long term will \u201cadd hours to your day, days to your year, and years to your life.\u201d<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n

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Alan Freishtat<\/strong> is an A.C.E. CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER and a BEHAVIORAL CHANGE and WELLNESS COACH with over 19 years of professional experience. Alan is the creator and director of the \u201c10 Weeks to Health\u201d program for weight loss. He is available for private coaching sessions, consultations, assessments and personalized workout programs both in his office and by telephone and skype. Alan also lectures and gives seminars and workshops. He can be reached at\u00a002-651-8502<\/a> or 050-555-7175<\/a>, or by email at\u00a0alan@alanfitness.com<\/a> Check out the his web site \u2013www.alanfitness.com<\/a> US Line: 516-568-5027<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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