The pandemic ended up being the wake up call about the state of my health that finally got through to me. The idea of getting the virus and suffering terribly because I was out of shape and unhealthy got my attention. This was after years of my doctor and my wife trying to get me up and out of the air conditioning of the living room for some exercise. For sure, I did spend far too much time in my recliner soaking up the wonderful heating and cooling comfort at home. Add that to the fact that I sat all day inside the zone controlled HVAC of the office and that was a lot of sedentary life right there. Still, it wasn’t just the exercise that I had to change. It was what was going into my body as well. That was really the toughest part of the whole deal. Changing my diet and dealing with my appetites for unhealthy food was so tough. However, I have to say that getting out of the air conditioning for walks did help that. But before long, I needed to be adding other stuff to my exercise. The gym was out of the question due to the virus of course. So I emptied out the guest room and made a sort of home gym. I even had the HVAC company come out to install a ductless heat pump in there. This thing works beautifully and I don’t have to change the thermostat for the rest of the house when we workout. And having great heating in cooling in the home gym also gets me in there for exercise a lot more often.