The movie Back to the Future Part II celebrated it 30th year anniversary this week, on October 21, 2015, and it got me thinking about my trip this week to the Canyon Ranch Spa, in Lenox, Massachusetts. From 2009 to 2012, I went to the Canyon Ranch once a year, with the first 2 years dedicated to losing weight, and the latter two visits being for maintaining my weight. Since then, I have not seen the needed to return to the Canyon Ranch, as I have done a very good job of maintaining my weight loss.

But as I have detailed in previous blog entries, I gained 19 lbs., since my shoulder surgery in May, struggled to lose that weight gain, and ultimately, have not been successful in losing that weight. Plus, I have finally been given the clearance by my surgeon to starting taking baby steps to play tennis again. So to kill two birds, with one stone, I am returning to the Canyon Ranch this week to come up with a post-surgery cardio and weight training plan to lose weight, get back to back into my previous great shape, and to start playing tennis. On tap for the week, will be a DEXA scan to ascertain my fat percentage, and undergo various tests to check, among other things, how efficient I am exercising. I have done these test previously, so it will be interesting to compare result from past tests.

I am very excited about this trip, and looking forward to getting back on track, with the goal to get back to the 190’s, and to get myself in shape to play tennis, and ski. As I mentioned in previous blog entries, I will again be working with Rich Butler, who is the exercise physiologist I worked with previously, and who has all my results from previous years. It is all very exciting, and the take away from this is that sometimes you need to be a bit humble, and admit you cannot do everything yourself, and get some help to achieve your goals. I am now at that point, and look forward to the challenge and process of going forward, but by first a bit of going back to the future.