Saturday, October 22, 2005
Are you angry yet?
Are you mad? Are you frustrated? Are you tired? Are you sick? Are you sick and tired? About anything I've said? About the health frustrations you might have? About anything?
I hope that I have or that I will say something that challenges you or even makes you angry with me.
Why?
Because people don't usually take action when they are comfortable. People don't usually take action if they are content. Content with their ailments, their hypochondriac-type lifestyles, their pain, their addictions. Its like a security blanket. Something that they can always come back to no matter what else may be foreign or upsetting in their life. I see it running rampant in my own family. In other families. Other people. Family members and people that are in no less than BONDAGE to prescription drugs and medications - drugs and medications that DO NOT cure anything.
Philosopher, poet, literary and cultural critic, George Santayana said, "Habit is stronger than reason." You can discuss with people, you can explain things to people, you can cause people to question their habits. Lecture. Preach. Teach. Reason. Beg. Even beseech. But how often do we really take action and make a change?
Just take the horrendous habit of smoking cigarettes for example. The cost. The smell. The completely destructive effect that it has on your body - mainly inside at first until it works its way out by causing one to cough up disgusting tar like phlegm and then causing one to age quicker. Look at pictures of those that haven't smoked and those that have that are both the same age and see who looks worse?
It's comfortable. It's a habit. It's security. It's... expensive? How much could that money be doing if invested into something positive instead of investing it into something that is destroying your life?
A pack a week. Just say $5 to cover cigarettes and gas to get there and buy it.
$5 x 52 = $260 / year roughly
Pay for half of your auto insurance that way? Maybe?
A pack a day.
$5 x 365 = $1,825 / year roughly
Thats almost your yearly limit for certain IRA accounts that can generate hundreds of thousands for you and / or your family over a lifetime.
A friend (name withheld of course...) recently said, "I don't need to lose weight and I take a multivitamin every day what else do I need?"
To which my response was, "Do you eat breakfast, how much protein do you get in a day and how are your energy levels?" Just some small simple things to begin with to implement a lifestyle change...
To which her response was, "No I don't eat breakfast, not sure how much protein I get, and my energy levels suck."
And it seemed as if she was even frustrated that I had asked her. Not necessarily frustrated with me but seemingly too frustrated to even want to take action on it. I hope and pray that when the timing is right, that she will. I hope she was frustrated with me. Because once again, we - will - not - take - action if we are comfortable.
In this instance, we could change ONE small thing in her routine and take care of THREE problems above.
Don't be complacent. Don't be comfortable. Don't be afraid to replace poor habits with good habits. I'll help. Anytime night or day. You only have one life to live. Make it a healthy one.
I hope that I have or that I will say something that challenges you or even makes you angry with me.
Why?
Because people don't usually take action when they are comfortable. People don't usually take action if they are content. Content with their ailments, their hypochondriac-type lifestyles, their pain, their addictions. Its like a security blanket. Something that they can always come back to no matter what else may be foreign or upsetting in their life. I see it running rampant in my own family. In other families. Other people. Family members and people that are in no less than BONDAGE to prescription drugs and medications - drugs and medications that DO NOT cure anything.
Philosopher, poet, literary and cultural critic, George Santayana said, "Habit is stronger than reason." You can discuss with people, you can explain things to people, you can cause people to question their habits. Lecture. Preach. Teach. Reason. Beg. Even beseech. But how often do we really take action and make a change?
Just take the horrendous habit of smoking cigarettes for example. The cost. The smell. The completely destructive effect that it has on your body - mainly inside at first until it works its way out by causing one to cough up disgusting tar like phlegm and then causing one to age quicker. Look at pictures of those that haven't smoked and those that have that are both the same age and see who looks worse?
It's comfortable. It's a habit. It's security. It's... expensive? How much could that money be doing if invested into something positive instead of investing it into something that is destroying your life?
A pack a week. Just say $5 to cover cigarettes and gas to get there and buy it.
$5 x 52 = $260 / year roughly
Pay for half of your auto insurance that way? Maybe?
A pack a day.
$5 x 365 = $1,825 / year roughly
Thats almost your yearly limit for certain IRA accounts that can generate hundreds of thousands for you and / or your family over a lifetime.
A friend (name withheld of course...) recently said, "I don't need to lose weight and I take a multivitamin every day what else do I need?"
To which my response was, "Do you eat breakfast, how much protein do you get in a day and how are your energy levels?" Just some small simple things to begin with to implement a lifestyle change...
To which her response was, "No I don't eat breakfast, not sure how much protein I get, and my energy levels suck."
And it seemed as if she was even frustrated that I had asked her. Not necessarily frustrated with me but seemingly too frustrated to even want to take action on it. I hope and pray that when the timing is right, that she will. I hope she was frustrated with me. Because once again, we - will - not - take - action if we are comfortable.
In this instance, we could change ONE small thing in her routine and take care of THREE problems above.
Don't be complacent. Don't be comfortable. Don't be afraid to replace poor habits with good habits. I'll help. Anytime night or day. You only have one life to live. Make it a healthy one.
Sunday, October 02, 2005
How have we gotten to this point?
From what I've heard, for the first time in U.S. history, the upcoming generation has a shorter life expectancy than the one preceding it. In a nation of medical advances and world-class technology for improving the quality and length of our life, still nothing can take the place of proper diet and nutrition – as evidenced by the facts and figures below:
Read the statistics. How have we gotten to this point? How long can we be shown the facts yet still do nothing about it and then be surprised when we end up with colon cancer, for example, after having maintained horrible diets forever?
Time is short to make a change. Today is YOUR day to make this change. PLEASE take your life back from fast foods and buffets.
- Approximately 77 million Americans (27% of our population) are clinically obese
- 65% of Americans are overweight and unhealthy. This number has doubled over the last few decades and has risen 10% in only the last 5 years
- More than 15% of U.S. children are obese – this is the biggest health problem facing our children today
- The U.S. spent an estimated $75 billion to treat obesity in 2003
- Obesity has been labeled a modern epidemic
- Obesity is on the verge of surpassing smoking as the #1 cause of preventable death
- Obesity and being overweight are major risk factors for chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, stroke and certain forms of cancer.
- 1 Billion people in the entire world are overweight or obese according to the World Health Org. Heaviest populations include: USA, Egypt, New Zealand, Turkey, Western Pacific Islands. (Time Magazine, Oct. 3, 2005)
- FSU professor links diabetes to Alzheimer's disease - Scientists have discovered an alarming correlation between the Alzheimer's disease and diabetes, both of which are expected to triple within the next 50 years. Dr. Charles Ouimet, Professor of Biomedical Sciences in FSU's College of Medicine, explains that 65 per cent of Alzheimer's patients also suffer from diabetes. Following proper nutritional guidelines may help prevent new cases, Ouimet says.
Read the statistics. How have we gotten to this point? How long can we be shown the facts yet still do nothing about it and then be surprised when we end up with colon cancer, for example, after having maintained horrible diets forever?
Time is short to make a change. Today is YOUR day to make this change. PLEASE take your life back from fast foods and buffets.
