George was a creature of habit. If truth be told, he went a little overboard with his routine. If he didn’t stick with his usual pattern, he felt off for the rest of the day. The first thing he did in the morning was put on his nioxin intensive therapy recharging complex. There was nothing wrong with that. The stuff worked wonders.

George knew something was wrong, but nothing he did seemed to work, especially when he tried to make his routine even more perfect. It took awhile for George to understand what was going wrong in his well ordered life. Finally, though, on a sunny Saturday morning, it all became clear.

After showering and applying the complex, he went into the kitchen and fixed himself his usual Saturday morning breakfast of two eggs, three pieces of bacon, two slices of wholemeal toast and a long glass of orange juice. On this particular morning, it tasted like cardboard to him. This was perplexing, but he shrugged it off and went into the bathroom and brushed his teeth, again as usual.

After that, he got dressed. He had his usual Saturday morning clothes all laid out and ready. His crisply ironed pants and shirt were in their exact usual location on his bed. He put them on – first the shirt and then the pants. Then he put on his brown socks and picked up his right brown boot – the one he always put on first.

He almost absentmindedly began to put on the boot, but then he had a change of hear. ‘I’m going to put on my left boot first this morning, ‘ he thought. After he made that simple change in his routine, it was as if a whole new world opened up to him. He had options!

Because George always stuck to a routine and part of that routine included too much food for his not very active lifestyle, he was a little overweight. Instead of taking himself out to the diner for a big lunch as he had every weekend for years, he decided to go for a walk on the beach instead. That was the beginning of his weight loss program and it felt great.

George continues to follow a routine today, but it’s a much healthier one than he used to follow. Even better, instead of eating at the diner alone, his new girlfriend makes him a healthy meal!