Congratulations to Weight Watchers for convincing millions of overweight people that their solution is a change of Lifestyle.  Weight Loss Boss by David Kirchhoff, the CEO of Weight Watchers International, is all about Lifestyle.  My lovely wife, who needs to lose at least another 18 pounds, contends that her revised eating habits are all about Lifestyle.  Losing weight and keeping it off is not my idea of a Lifestyle.

I like the Wikipedia definition. Lifestyle (sociology), the way a person lives to one’s own ability. Individual identity. A lifestyle typically reflects an individual’s attitudes, values or world view. Therefore, a lifestyle is a means of forging a sense of self and to create cultural symbols that resonate with personal identity.

The Free Dictionary offers a concise easy to understand definition.  A way of life or style of living that reflects the attitudes and values of a person or group.

Microsoft Word provides a definition by reading its Thesaurus. Way of life, Existence, Standard of living, Routine, Life, Daily life, Everyday life, Means.

What is the Lifestyle of the rich and famous? Robin Leach spotlighted the eccentricities and excesses of a different member of the “rich and famous” each week from 1984 to 1995.

My Lifestyle is doing the things I like to do without having a boss.  It’s writing in this blog and walking or riding around taking pictures of unusual things.

I AM TRULY VERY FORTUNATE.

What’s your Lifestyle?