Pandas, bears and chubs...

In the last few days, I've been looking up a lot of research material about pandas, bears and chubs and I have made up my mind that's the new direction in which I'm heading. As I said at my other blog, it's a much more relaxed self-image than the buffed to the bones body type I've been chasing for the last forty years - and so much more easily achievable for me, with my odd combination of DNA, too. It's not as if I'm giving up the battle against my unwanted bulges since I still intend to go to the gym and workout with weights and tummy exercises, but more a shift of perspective that I think would make me less stressed out about the way I look.

I'm over fifty, after all, and given the physiological problems I was born with, trying to achieve less than 5% body fat is next to impossible if I don't want to be fainting all over the place - either from low blood sugar or high blood pressure caused by mental and emotional stress. Besides, bigger muscles are easier to achieve than ultra-low body fat levels with the amount of work I put in - and the way I have to eat to exercise and play tennis well.

So here's to a bigger and happier me!