DAY 1
I have decided to try, once again, to put my feet back on the path of bodily health. Last April I signed up for an 11 day stint at a spa that specializes in fitness and weight loss. The central activity, the meat and potatoes of it, is hiking. And since the locale is the Green Mountains of Vermont, there’s plenty of natural beauty to fill the senses and (presumably) inspire my to keep my feet on the literal path through the wooded hills.
Today I arrived, too late to take part in much of anything. I was taken on a brief tour and had my first onsite meal, which was underwhelming. Then I spent part of the evening watching Supersize Me, the documentary in which the filmmaker puts himself on a diet of nothing but three McDonald’s meals a day for one month. What that does to his health is astonishing. As of this moment, I will never set foot in a fast food place again. Talk about inspiration…
The past year has been particularly stressful, primarily due to my father’s death and the subsequent emotional fallout for me and my family. I am acutely aware how my father neglected his health for so many years and how I don’t want to wind up with the dense pack of diseases he suffered from. Ironically, however, this year has been a time when I’ve done a poor job of exercising and keeping vigilant about what and how much I eat. So I’ll be curious how things will unfold for me here, both physically and emotionally.
Tomorrow – my first hike.
