What does it mean to be wellthy?

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. — Benjamin Franklin

That quote inspired Tim Ferriss to write three books: The 4-Hour Body (healthy), The 4-Hour Workweek (wealthy), and The 4-Hour Chef (wise). Somehow the 4-Hour Chef was supposed to be about learning. All I learned from that book is that cooking is too complicated.

The word wealthy means having wealth, which is defined as an abundance of valuable material possessions or resources. Most people boil this down to having lots of money.

The word healthy is defined as being free from disease and enjoying good health. By the way, if someone has good health but he or she doesn’t enjoy it, is that person considered healthy?

I have reached middle age having lived an admittedly unhealthy life by most standards. I was a picky eater as a kid, and I avoided most “healthy” foods even if they were right in front of me. I have a distinct memory of the taste of my very first chicken McNugget, which began a relationship with fast food that has been with me ever since.

Starting in grade school, I have been in various stages of being overweight, obese, or morbidly obese. I have never broken a bone, and indeed have no athletic bone (or muscle) in my body. I dreaded PE class, especially the days when we played team sports and it was “shirts vs skins.” I did everything in my power to be on the shirts team, lest everyone (including all the girls in my class) see my rotund upper body in all…