Sweaty Eddie's Lifetime Fitness - A minimalist approach to health, fulfillment, fitness, and a lifetime of joy

Welcome to Sweaty Eddie’s

by Edward on Apr 30, 2021 category Uncategorized

Welcome to Sweaty Eddie’s Lifetime Fitness! I am happy that you are here and excited about beginning a journey together that will last a long time. Before we start, an introduction is in order. I am Sweaty Eddie (not currently sweaty btw), but you can call me Edward if you prefer.

I have been on my own journey toward improved health and wellness for the past 10+ years. During that time I have learned a significant amount about myself, weight loss, health & fitness, and minimalism. It is my goal in this blog to share my journey (past, current, and future) as well as my thoughts and perspectives on the above-mentioned topics. I believe that EVERYONE deserves a mentally, physically, and spiritually healthy life, full of joy and lived with mindful intention. I truly hope that you find value in what I have to share.

Below is a bit of my story so you can get to know me and what I am about. As a minimalist, I will keep it brief and expand on much of this in future posts.

Myrna!

by Edward on Mar 9, 2022 category Mindset

Every once in a while, my wife and I have the great pleasure to “dog-sit” a dog named Myrna. I use the term “dog” here loosely as Myrna is really what seems to be a cross between a Chihuahua, a rat, and a bearded dragon. Regardless of that, she is damn cute and sweet. Myrna is in the older years of her life (I won’t tell how old…that would be rude), has had many teeth removed, may be losing some of her eye-sight, sleeps most of the day, and…well…you get the picture. All that being said, it is inspiring to us that every morning, upon waking, Myrna will alternate between racing around the bedroom and putting her front paws up on the side of our bed (which is entirely too tall for her to jump up onto) hopping in place making little growly, squeaky sounds.

EVERY. MORNING.

Her excitement is contagious! We get involved and talk to her in complete sentences about how exciting it is to get out of bed and be ready for the day as if she can understand us…we’re not alone in this, right? It’s possible that I might even have been known to race around the room with her once or twice.

Wake-up Call

by Edward on Jun 8, 2021 category Wellness

“Good morning, Mr. Voakes…this is the wake-up call you did not order”.
~Life

It was a normal, crisp and cold October morning…alarm, bathroom, get dressed. It was that last one…”get dressed” where things went awry. As a high school music teacher, I spent a fair amount of time wearing khaki pants with comfortable button down shirts and cool (at least I thought so), suede shoes. As I pulled on the pants, I realized that they were just not fitting all that well.

My first thought was: “Well, it looks like I’m going to have to go buy size 40 pants this weekend.”

My second thought was: “Oh, hell no, I am NOT going to go buy size 40 pants this weekend”.

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