Name: Meditation and Running has Changed My Life
Uploaded: 2020-08-17T19:40:15.000Z
Duration: 21 min 2 s
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Yes, I know. This is a pretty dramatic title,  but it's not clickbait, honestly.

2019 has been a very transformative year in my life.

To-infinitive

Probably one of my toughest,  but I've done a lot to change.

Really a lot and I wanted to  share that with you in this video.

I also want to elaborate on this title a little bit.

It's not that I changed my life because I lost 20 pounds.

It wasn't even the main goal. It wasn't even on my mind.

So I'm gonna tell you what I did to change my life

and how I lost those 20 pounds as a result.

However, this is a long story, as you can see by the length of the video.

So, if you're a casual viewer and  not interested in the backstory:

You could click on the time stamp right here,

and that'll fast-forward you to the quicker conclusion.

2019 started off absolutely terribly for us.

His illness is quite possibly the worst disease  that I have ever heard of or I can even imagine.

It's a degenerative brain disease and it's horrific.

The grief that Martina went through  before her father passed

and the grief that she's continuing to go through now,

But also for me, as a spouse, to see what she's going through.

And to tie that in also with Martina's worsening condition,

there are all these new symptoms  that are manifesting with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.

And it's really challenging for the both of us.

It's very difficult for me as a spouse to see this

and I'm not sure if I handled all this well.

So, for starters, I made this primary decision

to try to fix myself, to try to improve myself,

It's immensely frustrating that I can't do anything to help Martina's condition

and that I couldn't do anything to help with her father.

And this feeling of helplessness  is super f____ing frustrating.

Truly. And so I didn't want to just sit with it.

And so I figured, let me put my energy  into trying to make myself better.

And so the first thing that I started  to do was I got back into reading.

That's what I used to do a lot when I was younger.

then that pretty much went to the sideline as I just focused on YouTubing.

So this year I decided.  Hey, I'm gonna really try reading again.

And amongst the many interesting books I read,

It's a book all about sleep, by like the number one scientist when it comes to sleep, Matthew Walker.

If you don't have time to read it, I'm just gonna give you a really short note on it.

if I want to be healthier, if I want to be stronger,  if I want to think clearer, if I want to be more alert

then having a good night's sleep is very important.

And I realized that I had a bad habit that really got in the way of that,

that I just learned about through the book,

Alcohol really, really messes with your sleep.

And so I decided, why don't I just try cutting it out?

I'll still drink on special occasions for events or like birthdays or whatnot.

But back in the day, hell,  even just like back a few months ago,

Not heavily, but just a glass here, maybe another glass there.

And I realized hey, maybe this is a bit too much.

And to be honest I feel a lot better for it, truly!

The benefit that you would get  from drinking, that little feeling,

that is not nearly as good as the clarity  that I feel the next day from not drinking.

There was a sluggishness that  came with me into the next day

as soon as you're in your 30s, when you get a hangover,

None of this greasy stuff in the morning!

There is nothing that could stop you  from suffering the pain of a brutal hangover!

Honestly, I cut out drinking and I don't miss it.

The second change is I do intermittent fasting.

Pretty much I only eat from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

and then I just drink water from  10:00 p.m into 2:00 p.m. the next day.

I've read so much about it,  about the major benefits over longevity.

And honestly, I don't think we  need to eat three full meals a day.

Back in the day, like 200 years ago,  we'd be lucky if we ate one meal a day!

I kind of think that we might be eating a bit too much.

And I found that, hey, cutting out breakfast—

I actually don't feel too bad for it. I feel a little bit better.

whenever I'm out somewhere on occasion, like a hotel, you always want to eat a free hotel breakfast,

So I like this kind of feeling  that I have going on right now.

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Meditation and Running has Changed My Life

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