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Motivation to Stay Healthy and Active

Friday, February 12th, 2010 | Featured, Health, health tips, nutrition | 2 Comments

My longest-term goal is This:

I will be able to

walk

Wipe my own butt

And feed myself

Until the day I die.

Now there are plenty of other good goals to have for one’s entire life but these ones are the ones that motivate me most to continue caring for my health.   I find that I consider deeply the long-term effects of things like eating candy or drinking alcohol.

I want to feel good now AND 50 years from now.

There have been many times over the years I would try to tell my friends to drink more water.   They would say to me “I don’t feel sick! I don’t want to drink water. I feel fine and I’ve been drinking diet Coke for the last 4 years, (9 years, 19 years) That doesn’t apply to me” or something along those lines.

It’s one of those things that people do to destroy themselves, I think. (I have compassion for that.  I destroy myself as well in the ways of eating, drinking or lifestyle.  I have said in other posts that I recognize this.)

If one is told that something is bad for them – and they do not want to consider the advice – I believe this is a way to stay oblivious to one’s health.  It’s a form of self-delusion.  A way to stay fixed into immediate gratification by not considering long-term effects.

Scares the shit out of me to think of the health problems one would face after consuming so much processed food over a long period of time.

I can imagine our nurses, surgery experts and nursing-home employees could speak much on the subject of diseases caused by poor maintenance of the body.

It’s not like I want to have a body that’s pristine and unused in my old-age.

I just want to be able to

Walk

Wipe my own butt

and feed myself

Till the day I die.

This is my solid motivation to stay active and healthy everyday

Just remember to relax and tak…

Friday, November 27th, 2009 | health tips | No Comments

Just remember to relax and take deep breaths. Really deep breaths. A few of them. Right now, maybe.

drink water!

Friday, November 13th, 2009 | Health, Uncategorized, health tips, nutrition | No Comments

drink water!

I am stretching my arms into t…

Friday, November 13th, 2009 | Health, health tips, stretching | No Comments

I am stretching my arms into the sky and taking a big deep breath! People with abdominal surgery history need to stretch *regularly.*