Dad's Gold Medal - Ambition Chapter + Practice Start Chapter (Rewritten Version)
My eldest son talks a lot and has a rich vocabulary.
The other day, my eldest son suddenly said this to me.
Dad, win a gold medal. Then I can brag about it to everyone at nursery school.
??????????.
Huh!?
A gold medal?
Me: "How should Dad go about winning a gold medal?"
Eldest son: "Maybe you should win it in sumo wrestling."
Yeah.
I'm way too short and way too old to start doing sumo now (lol).
I managed to get through that moment, but I felt a bit uneasy.
"A gold medal, huh."
Sumo is impossible, but I always have a desire in my heart to show my son my good side.
What would a gold medal be for me?
- As a public relations representative for the Tsunagu Midwifery Clinic, promote the clinic.
- As the breadwinner of the family, protect our home.
- Be useful to others.
These are the things that come to mind.
I want to achieve these three things. What is needed first to do that?
A healthy body that can live a long life
And so, I decided to ask someone to coach me on "building a healthy body."
This person is a mutual friend of my wife and me, a person overflowing with love who is like a "mass of hospitality."
Male. 46 years old. Decades of history of being in poor health.
This is likely my last chance to win a gold medal. I want to do my best.
My "building a healthy body" journey has begun.
First, after a two-hour interview, here are my problem areas.
The root of all evil is, as expected, "eating too fast."
Why do I eat so fast?
"Because you lack gratitude."
Oh my!?
I thought that was exactly right.
Gratitude toward the person who makes the meals. Gratitude toward the people who produce the ingredients. Gratitude for being in an environment where I can eat like this.
If I had that, the phenomenon of "swallowing food in an instant without chewing properly" would never happen.
And I realized that this "lack of gratitude" is not limited to just meals.
My path to a healthy body has begun with "gratitude" for everything.
First, I will eat slowly while feeling grateful.
The instructions I received were:
(1) Chew the first bite 100 times
(2) Spend 15 minutes eating the first third of the meal
(3) Do not drink water during the meal
There are breathing techniques and various other things, but the main points of the first task are something like this.
It is truly reassuring that Mom, who is also a public health nurse, makes well-balanced meals for me.
In fact, when I eat slowly, chewing well, and with gratitude, the food is truly delicious.
It is happiness to be able to say "This is delicious, isn't it?" from the heart with Mom.
As a byproduct, my weight has also started to drop.
First of all, I got off to a good start. What's important about this story is what comes next.
I'm going to win that gold medal!
[Afterword]
This is a piece I wrote three years ago.
It brings back memories, doesn't it?
It makes me return to my original intentions.
Since this "Ambition," my weight dropped by about 35kg, and then I gained about 10kg back.
I don't want to waste the fruits of my hard work, so I want to find a way to stop it around here.
I suddenly showed a mysterious burst of motivation the other day, and since I skipped breakfast and lunch for the past three days, I got sick, and Mom, who is also a public health nurse, said to me,
"Here we go again. Dad~. Please stop that kind of extreme 'stupid-stoicism.' I didn't give you any such guidance, did I?"
That's what she told me 😅
It is a huge help that even when my bad habits come out, Mom can correct my course like this.
As mentioned above, 'building a healthy body that can enjoy delicious meals' is the primary goal above all else. Losing weight is merely a byproduct.
I will keep that in mind and work on building my body with gratitude in my heart.
To my sons who have been looking down on Dad lately.
I'll show you my cool dad side again, just you wait!💪