002: Redefining The Fourth Quarter

Redefine the fourth quarter and reclaim your healthspan. We take a clear-eyed look at life after 60 and push past the old limits, focusing on independence, mobility, and joy—because living well beats living long without quality. You’ll hear how small, steady actions become a flywheel: walking daily, tracking simple metrics, and choosing routines you can maintain through busy seasons, travel, and bad weather. The goal isn’t perfection; it’s momentum.

Ted shares how “birthday challenges” in his mid-50s sparked a lifestyle shift, turning once-daunting goals into weekly habits. Doug digs into sustainable re-entry after missed workouts and why gentle sessions can be the smartest way back. We get honest about nutrition pitfalls, holidays, and cravings, offering practical tools that actually stick: say no once at the store so you can avoid having to say no multiple times in your own kitchen, ride out cravings for 90 seconds, and remember that discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now. The refrain becomes a roadmap: what you repeat, you become.

We also preview what’s ahead: live coaching with two listeners as we map out personalized health plans and track their progress over time; an inspiring conversation with ultra runner, triathlete and medical professional Jonathan Pascual about choosing life through chronic pain; and an educational deep dive with authors Linda and Gerry Blight on fitness from 40 to forever. These stories ground the big idea that it’s never too late to build strength, resilience, and purpose—whether you’re 60, 80, or beyond.

Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs a nudge, and send us your thoughts via the anonymous text link in the show notes. What single habit will you start today to build your best fourth quarter?

Transcript

Welcome And Show Purpose

SPEAKER_00 0:08

Wake up, wake up, and listen up. Welcome to the fourth quarter podcast with your hosts, Doug Talmich and Ted Ania. Tune in as we dive into living your best life in the fourth quarter of your life. Hear from health and lifestyle experts, inspirational stories, learn simple steps to keep you motivated or to help get you started. Finally, join us as we coach others live on air who want to begin a healthy lifestyle or just might be stuck and need a breakthrough. Remember, it's never too late to decide to be great. Momentum keeps you motivated, so take a deep breath. Lean in and let's go.

Redefining The Fourth Quarter

SPEAKER_01 0:59

Welcome back to the fourth quarter podcast with Doug and Ted. I am excited for this episode. We actually, Ted and I actually had a conversation after the feedback we were getting, the response we were getting, also some questions we were getting. So we decided to instead of going straight into coaching on this episode, which we're going to do on our next episode, what I'm really want to get dive deep into today, Ted, is let's let's get real specific about what the fourth quarter means, right? So that no one is because we in our last episode, we said fourth quarter was from 60 years old to 80 years old. And in our time, in our life today, in in the society we live in, there's a lot of people living past 80 years old. So we don't want to exclude them. They're part of this as well. And they have a lot of wisdom, especially those 80 plus year olds who are living very healthy, independently, and they still feel like they're 60, you know. So let's hear from them as well. So let's talk, let's take a deep dive into the fourth quarter and what it really means. Also, we're going to talk about our health journey, Ted. I think it's important. If we're going to be coaching people or if we're going to be asking people to reach out to us to coach them, they got to know a little bit about us. How did we get here? What do we do for health? How what's our day in and day out look like? What's our annual commitments, our monthly commitments, our weekly commitments? And how did, you know, and like I said in the beginning, how did we get here? When did our health journeys truly begin? Ted, you'll give us a little details about who's upcoming and and why they're coming up on here. And I'm excited to hear about that. Any feedback you want to share that we've been getting from the podcast, from the comments or from text messages, anything that's uh striking you and any comments you want to share on that?

Quality Of Life Over Lifespan

SPEAKER_02 2:39

The biggest comment I got from about three people were hey, this fourth quarter, you got us in a box. When we came up with this, basically we were using statistics. Those are the statistics of what the average lifespan is. But of course, as we know we learn more about our health and and get into it more, those lifespans are being pushed further. And that's what we're looking at. I spoke with one of our upcoming guests, and she said, she's 82. She said, I feel I just entered into my fourth quarter. She said, My fourth quarter is between 75 and 100. Wow. And I love that. Yeah, I love that. And the best part of it was my buddy, who it's his his stepmom, when I asked for to get in contact with her, he said, Well, reach out to her. You know, she may not respond right away because Friday's her hiking day. And I thought, what a great thing. And that and that was true. I didn't hear back from her for a few hours. She was out on a big hike with her hiking group. You know, I play, I play golf with people that I aspire to be. Right. These guys are in their 80s, late 70s, 80s. They're walking 18 holes of golf every day, every week. They're out hiking in their spare time. They're just they're living a healthy lifestyle and they are pushing that fourth quarter well beyond 80. That's awesome. That's awesome.

Ted’s Mid‑50s Health Wake‑Up

SPEAKER_01 4:05

I love that. And I'm so glad she called you on that and uh or called us on that because that's so true. You know, I I've always wanted to live to be a hundred. And then, you know, that was just a number for a long time in my head until I started really diving deep into health and realizing that, you know, hundreds are a nice number, 120 would be cool. But what became even more important than the number was the quality of life. And I think that's one of the things you and I really want to focus on on this podcast. And the whole reason why it's here is it's not so much about how long you're going to live, it's about the quality of life while you are living. Because the honest fact and the truth of the matter is none of us know when our number is going to be called, right? But if we can have a great quality of life, if we can get around, be independent, drive ourselves around, golf, hike, do all those things well into our 80s and beyond, then man, why not? Why not? It's it's trying to avoid the unhealthy life, the sedentary life, you know, being on a bunch of medications, bedridden, all that stuff. And so hopefully in this podcast, well, not hopefully, our mission in this podcast is to really connect with other people who are living that way, who are in their fourth quarter and beyond, can share some wisdoms with us and our audience so that we can all glean from that and and live a true, healthy life in our fourth quarter. So, Ted, but let me let me ask you a question. When did health really become like a super intentional thing for you, a primary focus?

SPEAKER_02 5:35

I would say probably in my mid-50s or so, mainly because you know, when when you're in your 20s, you're healthy, and you know, you don't even think about it. And then you you get older, you start raising a family, work is those are the priorities. Right. And sometimes your health gets left behind. You you do what you can, but there's only so many hours in the day. So you're out there, you're with your kids, you're you're at work, you may not be eating as healthy as possible. So in my mid-50s, I would hike with a buddy of mine. My birthday's in the middle of July. We would start when the weather started getting nice, March or so, and say, all right, let's what are we gonna do this year to try and get in shape for the summer? Which probably isn't the most healthy thing, is what's that saying? Stay in shape so you don't have to get in shape or something along those lines.

SPEAKER_01 6:34

I I stay ready so I ain't got to get ready. That's it. That's it.

SPEAKER_02 6:38

But but we we had to get ready. So I think my 54th birthday, he and I decided we're we're going to uh hike up Mount Diablo, right? Uh and for those of you not in the area, it's a mountain here locally, about 3,800 feet. And it's it's about up and back, it's about a 13 and a half mile hike. And to be honest, I wasn't doing much, I wasn't hiking much, I wasn't really active. So we'd go out probably three or four times a week and we'd we'd hike three or four miles and try and push that up. And eventually for my birthday, we we hiked up and hiked back down, and it was a struggle, but but we made it. Then we continued on, you know, working out the rest of the summer. But then as the winter rolled around, we kind of went back into our sedentary ways as the weather wasn't as nice. Then the next year we said, well, you know, we got to do something this year. This evolved into what I refer to as my birthday challenge, which each year I try and push it a little bit more. But but I feel to answer your question, I think that's when I really start focusing on my health and some of the things that that I could do better both nutritionally through exercise and just movement, just being active.

SPEAKER_01 8:06

Right, right. And you know, I I I wasn't a part of the very first challenge, but I've been a part of a few challenges since then in the past uh few years. But your focus when you create a challenge, or at least it sounds like to me, is it's tied to longevity. It's not for the sake of just the challenge. It's like you trying to put things together that are gonna benefit you well beyond when the challenge ends. Is that true? Or am I reading that right? Am I hearing that right? Or or in or break that down to me. What's that, where's that coming from? No, that that's definitely right.

From Birthday Challenges To Daily Habits

SPEAKER_02 8:35

I mean, it's it's just kind of become a way of life now, and the challenge is just above and beyond what I do on a regular basis. So there's the consistency throughout the year, but then working towards July and something, something a little bit more, I don't want to use the word extreme, but a little more challenging than what I do on a regular basis.

SPEAKER_01 9:02

Your last challenge involved push-ups, walking. Was it steps? Oh, yeah, steps, push-ups, and what uh planks. No planks. No planks.

SPEAKER_02 9:10

Not on the challenge day, but yeah, you know, it's it's funny that you mentioned that because what I was going to say was the when I first started these challenges, I was 54, so 14, 15 years younger than I am now. Did I do the math right? Close enough. We're in our fourth quarter, so we get grace. But as I I've gotten older, the challenges have actually gotten greater. Wow. And things that were my challenges in my late 50s and early 60s are things that I do on a daily and weekly basis. Wow. So you know what, Ted?

SPEAKER_01 9:58

Say just say that one more time, man, because that's a powerful statement right there. I want people to lean in and listen to this right here. Go ahead, Ted.

SPEAKER_02 10:05

It it's just what what my challenges were 10 years ago are now what I'm doing regularly. Wow. That's powerful. I used to one of my challenges one year, I think was we hiked 62 miles over the course of a week. I walk 62 miles probably pretty regularly on a weekly basis. Man. I get out there and you know, Doug and I have talked about this. I am addicted to my Fitbit. Yes, I am I'm connected. I have had challenges, I've had some ups and downs with nutrition and with some other things, but the one thing I've stayed consistent with is getting my 10,000 steps a day. That is just something that I don't know why, but it that is something I've had going. I think I'm up to somewhere around 800 straight days where I've walked a minimum of 10,000 steps. Wow. And I I take pride in that. Yeah. I you know, and I'm the type of guy that has to track stuff and keep track of things over the course of the year and set challenges for myself and set goals. And last year I think I I walked five and a half million steps in about 2,500 miles. I like that. I like that. I like I like having that. And I I'm blessed that I have been healthy enough to get up and get out for 800 days and and do that. That really is an accomplishment to me that that I've been able to maintain my health. And some of those days I just don't feel great. I don't feel like going out and doing that, but I managed to to do it.

SPEAKER_01 11:51

To get it in. That's awesome. I love, you know, your story is speaks volumes about consistency over intensity. Consistency over intensity. It's just just do the do the small. I mean, walking is we can all, most of us can walk, right? Most of us who are listening to this podcast, you are able to do some kind of movement, just get out and do it. And it doesn't, you know, you don't have to be 800 days in a row right now. And it's got to be the first day.

Consistency Beats Intensity

SPEAKER_02 12:19

It's got to be one day.

SPEAKER_01 12:20

Yes.

SPEAKER_02 12:21

Yeah, I do have a funny story though that uh a few weeks ago when we were getting some rain, I I would check my app during the day saying, you know, it's gonna rain, 60% chance of rain, 80% chance of rain. And so I went out one day and I I got my raincoat on, my my hat, and I went out and between checking my app, and I would I would go out for an hour, an hour and a half between raindrops and go out there, get a little rain on me, but but nothing major. So this the next day I wake up, look at my app from eight in the morning till five o'clock, daylight hours, hundred percent chance of rain the entire time. And you know, we have all these apps and stuff, and right I I found this new thing. I I don't know if you've heard of it, but it's called an umbrella. I don't think I don't know that I use it very often. I want you you push a button, this cone goes up around you, you walk out, it's raining all around you, and you stay dry. You actually go out there and walk. I was just amazed.

SPEAKER_01 13:34

That is amazing. Yeah, the the the tools we have, the little things that just change the game. New inventions that keep coming up with. I I use a poncho, man. I just put on whatever I got, and I have I have a nice poncho sitting on the side over on my little armoire. So when those days come, I don't have to think about it. I'm I'm either grabbing it or not, depending on the weather. That's right. All good. So, Ted, in your health journey, tell me a little bit about nutrition. How's that working out for you? And and uh, what are some of the setbacks? What are some of the challenges? And what is the some of the successes? I know right now you are doing intermittent fasting on on more of a regular basis, but it wasn't always, it wasn't you've had done that way back in the past. You connected with me and did my nutrition program for a little while and you and coached it for a little while as well, but then came back full circle to intermittent fasting again. What's what's working for you? What isn't? And tell me a little bit about that.

SPEAKER_02 14:24

I I think my biggest challenge was towards the end of the year, late September, October, we we did some traveling.

SPEAKER_04 14:35

Right.

Weather, Walking, And The “Umbrella” Hack

SPEAKER_02 14:35

And you get out of your routine. I I managed to I managed to walk wherever I went and get my steps in. But the other things that I I would do, you know, I push-ups, planks, those types of things. I I I fell behind a little bit on those and and wasn't doing them as on a regular basis. On top of that, then you get into the holidays, and like everyone else, you you know, go to parties or eating more and Christmas cookies and that type of thing. And yeah, you know, I I got into some bad habits and got into the new year and was a little frustrated with myself. And you know, I was I was last year during the summer, you know, I'd go out and do a walk, and while I was walking, I'd stop and do 20 push-ups, 30 push-ups, and then walk a little further and do the same. And by the end of my walk, I would have done 200, 300, 400 push-ups without even thinking about it. Wow. And a few weeks ago I said, I gotta start doing my push-ups again. And I was sitting here, I did 100 push-ups, just 10 sets of 10. And I was so sore the next day, I I couldn't do them for like three days. It was just frustrating to me that I let myself get there. Then I start thinking about it, and I said, you know, you I had to give myself some grace. I I this isn't I'm not going to get back to where I was in one day. It's a process. So I started doing 10 sets of five push-ups. Nice. And that wasn't stressed too much, and then I just start increasing it. Now I'm back up to 100, 150 a day, and we'll we'll build on that and start getting my doing my weights and planks and that type of stuff. Just getting back to the routine and realizing that I'm not doing this because it's a birthday challenge. I'm not doing it for any reason short term. This is a long-term process. And I just, if it takes me a while to get back to that point, it does. But I want to get back there so that I can continue, continue that on into the future.

Nutrition Slumps And Graceful Resets

SPEAKER_01 16:49

Yeah. I love that. I I like that. You know, I I had recently, like last week, due to no other reason, just a massively busy schedule, stressful busy schedule, didn't work out for four days. And that is highly unusual for me. Highly. I mean, you know me, I'm working out, I'm doing something. Even if I even if I just go for a walk, but I didn't even get a walk-in in those four days. And I'll tell you, in the first couple days, I was like, okay, you know what? I because I go, I go hard, you know, almost every day, I was thinking, okay, my body could use a a break. It's no big deal. Let me just watch my intake on what I'm eating and be more intentional and mindful about what I'm putting in my mouth. And I was. But man, uh the third day when my schedule got away from me, I started considering, you know, like a 10 p.m., 11 p.m. workout, you know, just do get a 45-minute hit session in or something like that. And I had to catch myself and say, okay, slow down, man. Hold on. What I'm okay if I don't work out. I'm okay. I'm not a bad person. And I had these thoughts going through my head. And, you know, after 60 years, or well, I don't think I haven't been working out 60 years, but at 60 or coming up on 60 years old, you know, when you're when you're someone who is getting locked into consistency and just used to a way of life, man, it's hard to break those routines. So when you said routines, I was like, oh yeah, man, it's routines are important and they're they are massive in creating consistency, but we also have to be prepared for living a full life, a complete life. We have friends, we have travel, we have celebrations, we have things where our routine is going to go out of whack for a little while. And, you know, finding ways to adjust and adapt to allow our routines to be flexible and and and even be non-existent for a day or four and and be give yourself grace to come back into the season. And you know what was really cool is when I came, when I finally worked out on the fifth day, normally I would have gone in, went out and gone and hammered on my bike or went out for a crazy hard run. But I I found a very gentle hit session that was like probably 50% of what I normally do. And it was great and it had a lot of flexibility in it, a lot of movement in it, and it was challenging enough just to get the blood flowing and get back into it. It was a great re-entry. And I that's something I want to share on this podcast as well, because people will gain momentum and they will get motivated from that momentum and they'll start building consistency. And routines are gonna break, routines are gonna snap, and that that's just the way life is. And I think if you and I can bring the wisdoms we've had over the years from our setbacks and and sometimes intentional, sometimes, hey, I'm I'm going to the party and I'm letting my hair out, and uh it's just gonna be what it's gonna be. You know, how do you how do you come back from that? Because that that could be challenging for some people. Any thoughts on that, Ted?

Routines, Flexibility, And Re‑Entry

SPEAKER_02 19:49

Well, no, well, one of the things that you you made me think of, though, was that you can start as you you get consistent, you know, you do it one day and you do it a second. Day and you do it a third day, and you just start building that momentum. That can also go the other direction. Right. You skip one day, you skip two days, you skip three days. Next thing you know, you're you're creating bad habits in a negative, you know, negative bad habits. So you don't want to you don't want to go that direction. You want to want to keep building what what I try and tell people is if you're trying to get consistent, you do things one day, two days. If you miss a day, that's fine. Don't miss three days in a row if you can help it. Try not to miss three days. That's when you start creating creating a habit. I I saw an interview with Ed Sheeran, the singer, yeah, a while back. And I apparently see he's maybe maybe stopped drinking and become healthier. And he was saying that he goes, you know, I'd go out and I'd have a beer. He goes, and then I might have a second beer. Then that would get me to want to have a shot. Yeah. And then after the shot, I might have a cigarette. And after the cigarette, I'd go and get a big Mac. And then I'd and then he said, then I'd go to go to sleep and I'd sleep horribly. I'd wake up in the morning, I'd feel awful. So instead of that, I'd wake up in the morning, I'd drink water during the day, I'd get some activity, I'd be tired because I had worked out during the day. I'd go to go to bed, I'd get a good night's sleep, I'd wake up the next morning with energy, and it just all starts compounding on itself. Again, negative and positive can go either way based on on your habits.

Momentum: One Day Or Minute At A Time

SPEAKER_01 21:40

Yeah. You know, it made me think of a quote. I'm just I'm gonna throw it out right here. What you repeat is what you become, or what you repeat is who you become. I mean, it's as simple as that. It's as simple as I don't know if that quote's out there, but I'm putting it out there by Doug Talmage. What you repeat, you become. Plain and simple, bottom line. So, you know, I look back at my my health journey, Ted, and you know, when we first met specifically for health, nutrition, and getting in shape and all that stuff, I had just lost 60 pounds. Maybe not just lost. I might have had it and kept it off for maybe a year or two by the time you reached out and said, Hey, I want let me talk about what you got going on. And I, you know, I forget that, you know, I don't, I haven't carried that 60 pounds on me for over 10 years now. Now, with that said, I have certainly had seasons where I've gotten probably maybe 10 to 12 pounds back of it, you know, of it back. And man, those are frustrating times. Frustrating times. But that's my I know that's my limit, limit, limit. Nowadays, I'm more around, you know, seven. If I gain seven pounds, like the the red alarms are coming on, the sirens and everything is I'm I'm calling, calling people and like, hey, let's go. I got to get dialed in. I need some support. Let's let's get this knocked out and taken care of. And so, which is a great thing that happens to you when you live healthy consistently. And again, consistency doesn't mean intensity, it just means consistency. Don't make it more than it is or less than it is. You know, follow those patterns, the patterns that are going to lead you to good health. But again, losing that 60 pounds and keeping it off, most of it off for, you know, over 10 years now. It's what a what a great. I love that I can, you know, if I want to go for a run, I go for a run, a bike ride, bike ride, do all those things, squat down, play with my grandkids. You know, I love being the grandpa that is active and engaged with my grandkids. That means a lot to me, you know, and I know, you know, I've worked with elderly people before at a retirement home, and a lot of them are using walkers and canes, and you know, they could barely move. That's a huge motivator. You know, it's great wisdom to see and and respect and say, hey, you know, what would their life have looked like had they started a healthier lifestyle when they were 50, 60, 70, you know, so forth and so on. And so, you know, I'm motivated by that. And and I and again, I look forward to hearing from some of our guests who are, you know, a decade or two or three decades older than I am to, you know, share what they're doing to live that active lifestyle and and what that looks like. So I'm I'm really excited about that. Uh Ted, but do you do you when you come back, you there there's a you you have a unique quality. And I know when you we were coaching people together, sometimes it was I don't want to say frustrating, but you were kind of baffled when people would kind of go off the rails a little bit how to get them back, you know, or how to just stay consistent. What are some of the things you that come across your head? Like what I'd like to share with people because you're different, Ted. You're different, man. Like there's some way, somehow, when you pick a challenge or you do something, you seem to just get it done. And there's not a lot of noise that comes, or is there a lot of noise, and you're just not sharing it? Maybe this is a great opportunity to me to see what's really going on in your head.

SPEAKER_02 25:07

No, I don't I don't think there's a lot of noise, as you say. It's I pretty much just I have a plan and I I know what the end result I want, and I trust the process as I I move along. And there's setbacks here and there. You know, as long as you you have that end in sight or a goal in sight, I won't say an end because it there isn't the end because you continue after that, but I think just staying focused on being consistent, leading up to that and beyond is what happens. And and you're right, I I did get frustrated while I was coaching. I I couldn't understand how people would start seeing results, and then I don't know if they felt they knew more than the program that they were following or what went through their minds, but they would start deviating and eventually would veer back into the poor habits that had led them to their poor health coming to see me. Right. And that was very frustrating. I I I didn't understand that mindset. Yeah, it it would seem to me that when you start seeing those results, that's when you would really get excited and get enthused and really start following that further. And instead they went the opposite direction. I I just I just can't wrap my head around that. It's it's just not how I'm wired. I guess I needed to do more to work on myself to understand how they felt and what was going through their heads, yeah, to help them out in a better way.

Discipline, Cravings, And Environment Design

SPEAKER_01 26:54

And you have, you you've you've evolved a lot, and I think you've been through some experiences where you're like, okay, I get it now. I get it now. And and although you still have your mindset and the way you think, it's been nice to see you kind of broaden your understanding of like, okay, you know, this is this is about habits, and this is, you know, it's deeper wiring that's going on. And and so, you know, from uh from us people who want to help people, you know, we we have to invest a lot into patience and perseverance and a whole lot of love just to you know keep them going, keep them going, keep them going. Because there's I I believe, and I know you believe, that anyone who comes to us to, you know, make a transformation from an unhealthy lifestyle to a healthy lifestyle, I believe we can get them across that line, but it's not gonna happen overnight. And uh that's what I love about you. You have this great ability and and knack to keep it 100%. I'm uh I get excited about it, man. And my I think my excitement might make people feel they, oh, cool, I'll be good in a week. And uh, but then your voice of reason comes in, it's like, no, no, no, this is this is gonna be a journey, so hang tight, hang tight. And so I that's what I love about you and I working together with people like that, uh, because they're gonna get best of both worlds. Right, right.

SPEAKER_02 28:12

You know, one of the things, and we mentioned on the other episode, Doug has another another podcast, the Peach Podcast, which is really, really interesting too. And I I won't use the word extreme again because I I don't want to make that sound uh insulting, but but two guys that really push themselves beyond, they they try and see where their limits are and push to that and beyond, which is is pretty cool. But I was I was listening to their podcast one day, and I I mentioned this to Doug a couple of weeks later, that he was he was making a point, you were making a point, right? That people like us who have chosen to live a healthy lifestyle, and then you went on to make your point. I came back to you and said, you know what caught me about that comment was you chose to live a healthy lifestyle, and you just kind of brushed over that part of it, but that was the part that stuck out to me was more times than not, obviously, there are some people with some some health issues that are limited to a degree, right? But for the most part, you can choose to live a healthier lifestyle than you're you're living now. That's what we want to do. I mean, I I saw a quote and it said, you can literally wake up and decide I'm done being who I've been. You don't need a new year, you don't need a rock bottom, you don't need permission. Change doesn't require the perfect moment. It begins with the second you choose differently. You're one decision away from a different life. And I thought, how powerful is that that you could literally wake up tomorrow morning and choose to live a healthier life, whatever that entails. It could be, hey, I'm gonna go and I'm gonna walk down the street today. That's all I can do, but I'm gonna do that because I haven't done that in months or years. Right. And and just build on that. And that's a choice that most of us can make. How far we want to push ourselves is another thing, but you can choose to be healthier, whether it's hey, I'm not gonna open that bag of chips, I'm not even gonna bring that bag of chips into the house, so I don't have to be tempted by it every time I go to the cupboard.

SPEAKER_01 30:34

Yes, yes. Wait, wait, stay stay, stay there because you have it, you say that a certain way. Like what what's your saying about say no once at the store? So, how does that go?

Doug’s 60‑Pound Loss And Longevity

SPEAKER_02 30:43

Say no once at the store, and you don't have to say no every time you open your cabinet and see a bag of chips or a box of cookies or ice cream. Just just don't bring it into your house, and you don't have to make that choice every day. Yeah, just make it once at the store. Yeah, and you know, those are those are choices that you can make today, tomorrow, just anytime you want. You can make that decision. There doesn't have to be it doesn't have to be the new year, it doesn't have to be a new year's resolution. It can be anytime you choose to make that choice that you're going to live a healthier lifestyle. Right. And that is so powerful to an individual. You have that power of choice as to what you want your fourth quarter to be.

SPEAKER_01 31:34

Yes. You know, that even that whole concept and that idea, Ted, reminds me, you know, I work with a lot of people in recovery and they're they're locked in on one day at a time. You know, that's their big saying, one day at a time, one day. And in that one day at a time, it's about one choice at a time. And what's really cool is that in that one day at a time, one choice at a time, sometimes that one day has to be chunked down into one minute at a time. You know, in that minute, if you're deciding, if you're being tempted by something, whether if you're in recovery, if it's the alcohol or the drug or whatever, or if you're trying to get healthy and eat healthier, if it's the candy bar or the ice cream, science has shown that it takes about 90 seconds for that feeling to pass. But I it's probably the loudest 90 seconds of your day in that temptation, in that moment of temptation. But if you can practice breathing and and really believe that, okay, in 90 seconds, this is gonna pass, man, you're it's a game changer. But 90 seconds when you're in that moment, 90 seconds is it seems like an hour. I'm telling you, I've been in there many times.

SPEAKER_02 32:38

And having that having that discipline not to do it, right? And you know, I I saw another quote said discipline is choosing what you want most over what you want now.

SPEAKER_01 32:50

Oh man, come on now.

SPEAKER_02 32:52

That's good. Yeah, I mean, I loved that when I heard it. Yeah, it's what what is most important to you? Not not what you want right now. Hey, that ice cream tastes good right now, right? Those cookies taste good right now, yeah. But man, I'm gonna wake up and feel like crap tomorrow morning because I ate all of it. And I'm not saying you can't have treats, you can't have those, that you have to deprive yourself of everything, but not on a regular basis. Yeah, you you have to see what you want most in your life, and if that's health, it's out there, you just have to reach for it.

SPEAKER_01 33:29

Yes. So, what do you do when you have somebody like me? My because my brain is tricky, Ted. I mean, I it will talk me in. So my brain will say, Well, what I want most is to eat that cookie right now.

SPEAKER_02 33:42

Well, I think I've told you that I don't, I I'll go and I won't eat eat any cookies, I won't have any sweets, right? Yeah, and people always tell me you have such great self-control. And my response is always, I have no self-control. Because if I had self-control, I could eat one cookie, uh-huh, but I can't. Yes, if I have one cookie, I have five cookies. Yeah, so it's much easier for me not to have any than to have one, yes. And you call that self-control or not. I I don't feel I have that self-control, but I also feel I know myself well enough that I'm not gonna stop at that one cookie. I'm not gonna feel good down the road when I'm trying to reach the goals I set for myself.

SPEAKER_01 34:26

Yeah, that you sound like a cookie hollog, Ted. I it sounds like we're in an AA meeting, but but I but about cookies. No, I'm just kidding. But that's but you know what? I love that awareness, that self-awareness, because man, you're you do. And like sometimes when I travel with you and stuff, you don't mess with the the sugary stuff. And it's it's I'm impressed because I will have the cookie because I have a little self-control, not a lot, but enough to you know get by most of the time. Once in a while, I go, I go ham on them cookies, and it's all good. It's all good. Hey Ted, so you we're gonna talk about some upcoming guests or we are okay. Who did we got coming up? We're gonna be coaching some people. I'm excited, man. We're gonna be coaching some people soon, right?

Coaching Mindsets And Habit Change

SPEAKER_02 35:07

Yes, next next episode. As we explained in our first our first episode, kind of the format is we are going to have on people that will help us with educational, inspirational, motivational. And our next episode is going to be a motivational segment. We're going to have two guests on that have filled out health assessments for us, and we've reviewed those. And we're going to set up a program for them. They're going to be on the show. We're going to go over some of their habits, healthy and unhealthy, and try and set a path for them to follow. And then in later episodes, we'll have them back for little five, five or ten minute segments where they'll come on and and share with us what has been successful for them and what they've struggled with. Yes. And you know, we all have struggles, so we'll have them back on periodically and we'll work with them and we'll work with others down the road that will come on and do the same thing. So that's that's really exciting. I'm looking forward to that.

SPEAKER_01 36:18

That's next week, and then after that, don't we have uh someone else coming on too?

SPEAKER_02 36:22

Following week, inspirational is a gentleman called Jonathan Pascual. Oh, Jonathan, yes, JP. Good. Doug, you can elaborate on that one a little bit more.

SPEAKER_01 36:34

Yeah. So Jonathan is he's got a rare cancer that he's dealing with and has been dealing with for a few years now. And it's just not going well, man. But this guy is the epitome of not making excuses. He was before diagnosed, he was an athlete, triathlete. He works in the medical field, and then he got diagnosed, and he didn't let that you let that fall and be an excuse. He used that as a reason to live life. You know, he turned that from an excuse to hide to a reason to live. And his story is powerful. So he's still, I mean, he's still an ultra runner. Unfortunately, he's getting into a season in his life right now where you know things are getting extremely hard, extremely hard. And he has to reconsider and rethink some things physically. But he's gonna come on here and share with us, you know, a bit about his journey and his mindset and how he continues to live, to choose to live despite the afflictions and the pain and the suffering he is consistently on a daily basis dealing with. I mean, the man lives in constant pain, Ted. Constant pain.

SPEAKER_02 37:46

It's amazing. I and Doug had him on his other podcast. You don't want to miss this. He is truly inspiring.

SPEAKER_01 37:53

Yeah. Jonathan Pasqual. And he's been interviewed by national television shows, other podcasts. He's been on our podcast. I mean, his story is very powerful, so you definitely want to lean in and listen on this one. And who else we got coming in? Who we got coming in now?

SPEAKER_02 38:07

The episode after that will be the educational. It's a couple who has written a book called Fitting It All In, Adult Fitness 40 to Forever. Linda and Jerry Blight. And I've been reading a little bit of their book and very interesting story in that Linda has been healthy, been uh into fitness her entire adult life, whereas Jerry had some health issues, didn't maintain his health over the years, and had some serious health issues that he has overcome. And now they're both fit. They've written a book. We look forward to hearing more about them. I think it's just a great contrast between how they both lived and to show that you can do it both ways.

Upcoming Coaching Guests And Format

SPEAKER_01 38:59

That's awesome. Yeah, I'm I'm looking forward to I think I'm receiving their book soon, and I look forward to diving into that. I I love reading, so I'm gonna add that to my reading list and make sure I get that done before we interview them. All right, Ted. This is uh part of the show. We usually you want to share some music, right? Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_02 39:18

See what this is, and I don't know what you're gonna share, but uh right, and that's one thing I wanted to mention from last week is that you know, Doug may have heard some of these songs in in the past, but I try and try and put something together that ties into the show and and what we're doing. And he's hearing them in context with with the show at that time, and then you know, he kind of gives a couple comments afterwards what he's feeling. I take this part seriously. I I have a bunch of songs and I try and get them to fit in. And I kept going back and forth on a number of songs this week. I had one, I I went to an event over the weekend. And one of the songs that I had on my my list they played. It was just such an upbeat song. And there were about three hundred, four hundred people there. They were just all up, including my three-year-old granddaughter, just singing and dancing, and it was just high energy and great message, and just stay positive. So we'll go ahead and play this one for you.

SPEAKER_01 40:27

All right, I'm excited to hear it.

SPEAKER_05 41:54

I just want to side.

SPEAKER_01 42:15

But listening to that song, you know, that's what we're trying, that's the essence of this podcast is to create a beautiful life in our fourth quarter. And that's what this message was today. You know, everything we talked about was just, you know, key components, pillars, foundational things on creating and maintaining a beautiful life. Well done, Ted. I'm excited to see how these songs you keep picking out, brother. That that was pretty cool, man. Pretty cool. What what are your thoughts on it after talking about what we just talked about?

SPEAKER_02 42:48

Well, I you know, that song I you hear the the chorus and you you get that, but I looked and there were some lyrics in there that I because they have heavy English accents, you couldn't couldn't really hear completely. But you know, the beginning of it was you you can do what you want, just seize the day. Ah yes.

SPEAKER_01 43:11

I love that.

SPEAKER_02 43:12

And yeah, I just thought that was a great way to end the show. Go out, seize the day. We hope you enjoy the podcast, and if you do, we'd love for you to share it with someone else so we can continue to grow our audience and help others. Amen. Sign off like you always do. Ha ha!

SPEAKER_01 43:31

I'm gonna sign off like I always do, Ted, and say peace out and God bless. If you like what you heard, be sure to subscribe, follow, share an episode. If you want to leave a comment, go to the show notes. There's a text link there. We will receive an anonymous text from you with any comments or suggestions. Thanks again for tuning in, and most importantly, keep on coming back.