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Can Laser Eye Surgery Improve Your General Fitness?

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eye surgeryThere are many reported benefits of laser eye surgery. From vastly improved or perfect vision, to reduced costs (owing to the fact you no longer need to pay for expensive lenses) laser eye surgery could improve your quality of life in many ways – but could it improve your general fitness too?

 

Correlation Between Sight and Fitness

According to a story in The Daily Mail, this is exactly what happened to 30-year old Michael McCarthy. Shedding a total of seven stone, equivalent to 34 inches from around his waistline, McCarthy claimed that it was his ability to see clearly which help to visualise his skinnier, fitter self.

He claimed that poor eyesight was responsible for his lack of participation in activities or sports, leading to his weight gain. Even sports like football were said to be off the cards, with McCarthy explaining that he had a fear of his glasses being broken, rendering him unable to see clearly, meaning he sat on the sidelines instead of playing an active role in the game.

 

Getting Your Eyes Fixed

Undertaking LASIK eye surgery, one of the most popular forms of the procedure, McCarthy found his vision considerably improved once he had fully recovered. Prior to the operation, his prescription was -13 and -12.75 – figures which improved to -0.25 in both eyes to give him near perfect vision.

With McCarthy claiming it opened a world of sport to him, allowing to go swimming and undertake mixed martial arts classes with workouts consisting of cardiovascular exercises and even weightlifting, this is strong evidence that eye surgery could help you become fitter.

There are plenty of reputable firms who offer these surgeries for those interested in undergoing the procedure themselves.

 

Finding Help

Optimax laser eye surgery is a perfect example. As one of the industry leaders, they can help you determine whether the surgery is right for you and provide detailed information on the results you can expect to see if you choose to undergo the procedure.

It is worth noting there are risks with any surgery, so you need to make sure you’re making the right decision, but for further evidence of how your confidence and general fitness could be improved by the surgery, just take a look at some parting words from McCarthy:

“It was as if all of a sudden I was seeing everything in widescreen. By the evening my vision was in HD.”

Have you ever had eye surgery?  Do you think there is a connection between sight and fitness?

Getting Back to Fit

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If you have had kids, and you are not part of that blessed percentage that just watches as fat melts away naturally after giving birth, then chances are you will still be saddled by some form of baby weight. At least I am, after two kids delivered by caesarian section, still struggling with extra weight. And so are a number of my mommy friends.

This is a really frustrating thing for me because I was quite fit all throughout my twenties, after shedding the baby fat of those teen years.  I also come from a family that has a tendency to expand after having children so I always told myself that I would be careful and be diligent about my weight and the way that I look after having kids.

But because of a number of reasons- separation, two kids in close succession, full time work and now with added part-time jobs on the side- the weight and waistline just expanded beyond my control. Add to that that I quit smoking (yahoo!) at the beginning of this year.  During the last quarter of last year I made a commitment to get back to being fit. I signed up at a gym and researched on many different diets.  It is a struggle I am still wrestling with today.

Here are some things I have come to realize on the weight loss quest:

Commitment is required for weight loss

It is all about commitment first.  You have to really want to lose weight because it is this desire that will keep you focused on the goal and will keep your resistance to those ‘bad things’ strong.

Diet and exercise are necessary

Since I do not have the money or stomach to undergo any kind of cosmetic surgery, I am resorting to the tried and tested diet and exercise formula.  Doing research also has shown that there is no magic product to help with weight loss. You really just have to sweat it out. I figured, hey, it took some effort to pack on the pounds. I need to now exert the required effort to take these off.

You cannot crash diet or force exercise

It really has to be about finding that diet that works for your body, is still healthy and will not have you depriving yourself of the vitamins and minerals you need on a daily basis, and it has to be something you are willing to stick to for life.  If you look at some people who went on certain diets then lose weight, then went off the diets and ballooned, you will realize that it is about changing eating habits as a whole.  Look at Jennifer Aniston for example. She is looking great and she has been on her diet for a looong time.  I really believe it is about changing for good. With exercise, it is about finding the kind of physical activity that appeals to you. My close friend swears by the meditative and weight loss effect of yoga, another says Pilates is the way to go, another boxes it out three to four time a week. I have found that, as long as you are not doing steroids or taking drugs, physical activity of any kind that gets you moving daily will do.

So, I am now in the process of revamping my diet and exercise plan.  I will post again about my new approach as I have had more than 6 months now to try different things out.

What are some of your suggestions for a good, healthy, sustainable diet and exercise program?