Taking Steps Towards a Healthier Sikh Lifestyle

YO Kidda Folks, SAT SRI AKAL DOSTO! how we doin?

Hi, my name is Amarpal Dhaliwal, and I’m 22 years old. I live in good ol’ Fresno California, home of the grapes/ raisins! Currently I’m working on my Bachelor’s degree in Physical Therapy at CSU Fresno, and hope to rehabilitate you one day ….

This site is dedicated to the Jakara Movement, and all its staff. I’d like to thank everyone who is involved with it for offering the youth such a great opportunity to grasp their roots. I’ve been involved with Jakara for four years now, and I love it, its become a part of life. I enjoy attending the annual conference as well as helping organize the regional children’s camps because it allows me to learn and at the same time give back to a cause that is helping our community reconnect with it self. For the past three years I had always attended the conference and learned a lot, but this year I was offered an opportunity to work at the conference, with this opportunity I got to see how much hard work, blood, sweat, and tears really go into pulling this conference together. This years topic was about our Gurdwaras, and what a Sangat is, how to achieve it, and what it consists of… After getting glimpses of presentations, speeches, and discussions I was inspired to make a change in our community. One thing that has bugged me for the past, seems like for ever, is that there is a growing amount of obese people in our community. So to help make a change along with my buddies Jasjit and Ashveer, we plan to launch this blog which will consist of the ways to get in shape physically and mentally. Along with our personal goals to achieving physical fitness we will also be listing the actions we are taking to help save our planet, Dharti Ma, from excess pollution, and harmful air quality.

So, ..Today July 1st, 2008 I plan to implement my plan to takeover the world!..lol Well its an attempt to help preserve the worlds beauty, along with using methods to improve my lifestyle that will lead not only to benefiting me but also allow me to spread awareness about a healthier lifestyle amongst other citizens in the community. Its a big day, I’m excited and hope that i can stay on track with my schedule, and routinely post update on my status.

My GOALS…: [Which took quite some time to derive]

- I intend to regularly workout, and improve my workout routine so that I can achieve better results and get BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER! While this will benefit me and myself I plan to help mother earth by using a different means of transportation to get to the gym. As of right now I plan on running/walking to the gym which is an estimated 1.3 miles from my house. I do live in Fresno, Ca so the heat will be an issue but I hope i can stick to this or I’ll come up with some other method of getting to the gym perhaps a bike?

- Along with sticking to a well thought out workout plan, I also will be implementing a healthier diet, and keeping a record of what I eat and at what times.

Thus far, these are my plans and I plan to stick to them until the end of summer, hopefully longer. I will be working along with my fellow better health seekers, Ashveer and Jasjit, together we hope to achieve our individual goals with the support and MOTIVATION of each other and the community.

I wish my comrades the best of luck in our better health ventures! And I hope that our doing so, will also lead at least one person to living a better lifestyle.

Thank you, I love you all, LET THE CHANGE BEGIN..!

Amarpal Dhaliwal