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Eating right not only keeps you healthy, but it can help improve your golf game too!

In my opinion, one of the worst things in the world is dieting. I can’t stand it. I like eating…I like food…I like eating food. And I’m not picky. I like all different kinds of food. I’ll eat almost anything that won’t eat me first. But unfortunately, after a few years, my indulgence began to show. I ballooned up to a weight that would have been OK if I was 6’4″. However, being only about 5’8″, it was starting to not work for me. When regular routine daily activities become a bit of a chore, things need to change. So at that point I had to start teaching myself the old M-word…moderation.

Such a terrible word, moderation. It sounds to me like a lack of fun. Like giving up. But at the same time, I don’t want to have to take a deep breath anymore after I tie my shoes. Not too mention, the long-term health concerns involved with being overweight. And so…the diet began. Now, a few months later, I’m down 25 pounds and still going. And naturally, I begin to wonder what the affect will be on my golf game. Will the extra weight off help with my swing? Will I be less worn out toward the end of the round? But it’s January in Connecticut…can’t really test that out now. But I can go to the range to see if the swing feels better…

So that’s where I head on an early Sunday afternoon. And after just a few swings, I can already feel a difference. My swing feels smoother and I feel like I have better balance. Not too mention, I feel like I’m doing less work – like the swing just feels more natural. I wonder if this is what my golf swing is supposed to feel like! Granted, it’s only the driving range, but I would imagine this bodes well for the course a few months from now. Of course, that gives me a few months to keep the diet going and get off even more of this unwanted weight.

So that’s what I plan on doing. I’ll keep the weight coming off for my own health benefits as well as for the benefit of my golf game. Will the experience at the driving range translate to the course? Well, that remains to be seen. But even if it doesn’t, the health benefits are the greater concern. The golf game is simply a bonus.

Swing ’til you’re happy!

Is it time to make some indirect changes to your golf game?

For the past two years I’ve gone against my better judgement and made some golf related New Year’s resolutions. I say against my better judgement because I already knew there was no way I was going to follow through. I never do.

But each time, my resolution was fairly simple and very attainable. All I resolved to do was play golf more often…that’s it! But each time, it simply didn’t work out. As usual, things just get in the way. So this time I’ve decided that I’m going to try something not really golf related. But at the same time, it somewhat is. I’m going to resolve to take better care of myself.

See, especially over the past several months, I’ve noticed some changes in my physical condition, and not for the better. It became pretty noticeable during and toward the end of the golf season. I noticed toward the end of the round I was more tired than I would normally be. And it wasn’t just golf – it was in other routine activities as well. I just felt a little more worn out than previously. Like it was becoming more of a struggle toward the end.

So now maybe it’s time to go back on some things I once said I would never use as a New Year’s resolution. I probably still won’t join a gym. But I am going to have to seriously start working on my weight and obviously watching what I eat. And that hurts because I love to eat!

But, besides the obvious health benefits, I think getting myself into better physical condition will also benefit my golf game. Again, I’m not so concerned about my final score although I’d like to do better. I’m more concerned with feeling better at the end of my round and not dragging my ass from holes fourteen on. And if I feel better once I hit the 19th hole, I’ll care even less about the three-digit score at the bottom of my card.

Swing ’til you’re happy!

Dieting For Your Golf Game

An Indirect Golf New Year’s Resolution

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