Spring: A Time for Change

Spring is often seen as a time for new beginnings, now what health related changes or intentions do you consider in the spring? When the clocks go forward, to get out more in the evening, it's more difficult, especially on my bike. I tend to be a good weather bicyclist and when the clocks go forward it's a signal that I can get out in the evenings after work and go out on my bike, go for walks. I feel more optimistic when springtime comes around, a renewal of energy, new life, flowers growing, it feels like ah good, you know, like life is returning after after winter. So, yeah, that's to be more active, I guess, outside is my intention. Yeah, sure. Well, thank you very much. No, thank you very much. That's very, very resonant. And are there any personal goals you hope to start in the spring or restart as the season changes? I mean, you alluded to it in the previous answer, this could relate to an activity, diet, mindset, a daily habit. Yeah. Yeah. I guess, yeah, getting out, but maybe, maybe losing a bit of weight as a result. If I put on any, I'm not great at keeping track on my weight, but always feels like it's an opportunity to get more exercise and feel, feel better by getting out in the sunshine. So when we have it. Yeah. Okay. And on that note, thank you very much. No, no, no, that's, that's that really makes perfect sense in this context. And on that note, have you ever made a health resolution in the spring that really worked for you? And if it did, what helped make it a success for you? Um, I don't think I've ever made a resolution, um, as in like new year's resolutions and that sort of thing. Uh, yeah, but there has been some, if you like, enforced on me in recent weeks in beginning in May, I think it was my cholesterol has been fine throughout my life and then I had some tests and my cholesterol has spiked. So I'm having to make dietary changes to manage it. So, cause I don't want to go down the statin route, which may happen in a year's time if the cholesterol hasn't come down. So I'm consciously eating less carbs, fewer carbs, and yeah, just trying to lose a few pounds as well, which yeah, hopefully will help. So it's an enforced change if you like, rather than, but that's my, I'm now determined or resolute, if you like, to make that happen rather than, so I'm watching what I eat. All the fun food has gone out the window. No more chips or bread. I didn't eat a lot of those, but you know, none at all feels like now is the way forward. Cut right back on rice and bread. Yeah, so that's the way forward, to maintain my health. As I get it, I'm now in my early 60s. So that's the, you know, I guess these things catch up with you. You have to be more careful as you get older, what you eat. So it's an enforced change, if you like, which I didn't realize I had high cholesterol until, you know, this is the first time I've noticed it. Sorry, it's been diagnosed. So, yeah. Is that okay, Rick? No, absolutely, absolutely.