I Know Better Now

Every year I make a list resolutions. At the top of the list is always "get healthy". I never really thought about what I meant by get healthy. It was just the top priority. I used to start every year with promises of not eating fast food or drinking soda. As if that was enough to change the course I had set myself on. My intentions were good, but there was one small problem: I LOVE FOOD! Its not like I am addicted or anything like that, I just cannot deprive myself because after all it is just food.

Things changed for me at the beginning of 2009. I recall a specific day in which I had sat down in an office chair and struggled to get back up. When I say struggled I mean it! I was out of breath when I got up. I remember being a bit disgusted with myself. How had things gotten so bad?! There was no way I was in this predicament. I made up my mind to "get healthy" from that point on. I even defined what I meant by get healthy. I wanted to start working out at least 3 times a week, eat less calories, no fast food or soda, get more sleep, and drink more water. It may seem like a bit much to take on at the beginning of such a journey, but I feel like an immediate change benefits me.

Since I came upon that epiphany I have exercised more in these 5 months than I have in my entire life! Even better I have stuck to the resolutions I set for myself. Getting healthy for me was never about numbers but an overall improvement of the way I felt. I have even taken myself out of the danger zone for those hereditary ailments like diabetes and high blood pressure. I intend on carrying on this regimen for the rest of my life, or at least until science creates an easy way for me to do it!


Peace and GOOD HEALTH!
K.E.F.