Hi Spark People and soon to be friends. I've been around a while, but my wife - Ev or her username Evwings - has convinced me I need to try to follow her and get a more healthy life style, so here I am. I used to swim 10 miles a day as a teenager. Then I went to the Navy and stayed active. When I was discharged, I was in excellent shape and could do any exercise or sport that I wanted. But life seemed to get in the way with work, kids, and PTSD. When you are raging inside and don't know why, ...

Hi Spark People and soon to be friends. I've been around a while, but my wife - Ev or her username Evwings - has convinced me I need to try to follow her and get a more healthy life style, so here I am. I used to swim 10 miles a day as a teenager. Then I went to the Navy and stayed active. When I was discharged, I was in excellent shape and could do any exercise or sport that I wanted. But life seemed to get in the way with work, kids, and PTSD. When you are raging inside and don't know why, it tends to get to you and healthy lifestyle and nutritious food take a back seat. It doesn't take long to be out of shape and have some unhealthy habits. Back then, there wasn't a name for what I had and it really messed me up so that I didn't care about anything I did. Then I met my sweetie. About the second time we kissed, she wrinkled her nose and told me it was like kissing an ashtray to her. I quit cold turkey, because I didn't want to lose her for some dumb thing like cigarettes. She is a lot better companion than a dirty habit I didn't need. It has been a winding journey ever since. Today we are both here doing our best to get healthy like we once were.

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