A Call to Action

Merriam-Webster defines the word “catalyst” as an agent that provokes or speeds significant change or action.

My “catalyst” for change and call to action was the 9th grade 600-yard dash for PE class (physical education or gym).

Except to me it wasn’t a dash.

It felt more like the Boston Marathon.

Why did it feel this way?

My side had a stitch, which felt like a hot poker, and my lungs and chest were on fire.

The reason?

I was extremely overweight.

But the catalyst, the agent, which provoked me, was my decision to purposely trip myself which I knew would cause scrapes and bruises and I knew the gym teacher would send me to the nurse. Goal achieved. I didn’t have to run any further.

It was this experience, this agent that caused me to change.

It was the end of 9th grade when I began to study nutrition ad exercise. And the learning has never stopped.

The system I use to exercise and train is much different from back then as exercise and nutrition has truly become a science.

Let me ask you this.

What will be your catalyst?

What will be the agent that will prompt a call to action for change?

Does it have to be complete financial loss?

Will it be a diagnosis of diabetes (elevated blood sugars) or high blood pressure?

If you want to achieve your goals whether it is to lose weight, become wealthier, or decrease your stress (and haven’t met your goals or changed) let me be the catalyst.

What will it take for you to make a change?

Let me help you help your self.

To Your Health, Happiness and Wealth!

Dr. Michael Kaye
www.frompaintopersonalgain.com

P.S. To learn more on how to create a life of health, wealth
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Start a Walking Program Today

Many of my patients ask me about the best exercise they can do.

I always recommend the exercise of walking.

The only drawback is that walking takes time and most patients and clients report they are short on time.

To start a walking program, start out slow.

I recommend the following plan:

Walk 10 minutes a day (5 minutes in one direction then 5 minutes back to starting point) for one week; 20 minutes a day for two weeks followed by 30 minutes a day for 4 weeks.

After 7 weeks of walking the next progression is not time spent walking but distance covered in the same time.

The idea is to walk at a faster pace covering more distance but not walking past 30 minutes.

If you are still crunched for time and do suffer with bad knees, hip or lower back you can jump rope.

Combining walking for 10 minutes followed by jumping rope for 5-10 minutes will provide you with calorie burning and fat burning activity.

And not only will you be burning calories and fat but you will also receive benefits of increasing the strength of your heart.

Stay Healthy and Happy!

Dr. Michael Kaye

Healthcare is Expensive and Inefficient

The headline posted on MSNBC by Reuters on May 15, 2007...

U.S. health care is Expensive and Inefficient. America ranks last among six countries on key measures!

Americans get the poorest health care and yet pay the most compared to five other rich countries, according to a report released on Tuesday.

Germany, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Canada all provide better care for less money, the Commonwealth Fund report found.

“The U.S. health care system ranks last compared with five other nations on measures of quality, access, efficiency, equity, and outcomes,” the non-profit group, which studies health care issues, said in a statement.

I have many subscribers to this site from outside the U.S. I would love to hear from,learn from and welcome any comments on how their health care is and the associated cost.

For my U.S. subscribers I ask you for a favor.

Please take care of yourself.

Exercise, eat right, stretch, meditate, walk, whatever just do something.

In the U.S. there is talk of universal health care.

I worry about that based upon the operations of our current government health care such as Medicare, Medicaid and VA system.

It is now much easier to take care of ourselves than it has ever been.

We know more now than we did 10 years ago about nutrition and exercise.

You just have to begin.

To Your Good Health!

Dr. Michael Kaye

Exercise for Your Family

I am often asked why I exercise everyday. Is it because I want to stay trim? Am I trying to lose weight, decrease my blood pressure, avoid muscle injury and skeletal pain or I am exercising so I can look good?

I exercise for all those reasons but the main reason I exercise is for my family. I am hedging my bet. You see I figure if I can watch what I eat and exercise I am going to be able to live a longer and healthier life so I can be there for my family.

What I am getting at is if you don’t want to exercise for yourself then you should exercise and stay fit for your family.

You don’t have to start running marathons or quit eating; you just have to start changing your lifestyle little by little.

All you have to begin with is exercising only 20 minutes a day.

Just start!