Walking with Bob

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By Bob Moore, Canton

It was June 12, 2006, when I got serious about my lifestyle and health. My blood pressure was down from a high of 205/104, and the weight was down from a high of 254.

 In the 1990s I went through the routine of pills for high blood pressure, annual exams, working out at the local Junior College and potting around with every newfangled diet that somebody was peddling. That had been my routine my whole adult life. Other people and constant advertising controlled what I was drinking and eating.

On that June 12, 2006, I had a talk with me. “If it going to be it is up to me. “

Everyone must have water, food, motion, and sleep to live.

WATER

Here is the problem. Too many choices give us the excuse to substitute sugar drinks. My favorite store has over 200 choices of water, so here is what I say. “Drink a little more water and a little less sugar drink. Drink a little more water and a lot less sugar drink. Drink water and no sugar drink.” It took about 18 months and now I am off of sugar drinks.

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