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Monday, May 23, 2011

Time for a change?

According to a CDC study done from 2005-2007; 60.4% of adults are overweight or obese. Along with that 25% of deaths were caused by heart disease. These numbers may or may not shock you. The 60% was a little bit of a surprise to me, but when I look around I see it and I'm surprised it's not higher.


I'm not sure what's wrong with our human wiring. Why the majority of us miss or ignore commonsense. We believe in drawing false conclusions like "I'm a smoker, but I won't die from lung cancer or develop emphysema or heart disease" or "I'm fat and it won't effect my health later in life." It's kind of like saying "Oh man Christmas snuck up on me this year. I had no idea it was going to be on December 25th. I'm so unprepared". Maybe that's our problem we are a last minute culture. I'll just wait until the 11th hour and then I'll work hard and fast to get it done at the last second.


You can see the obvious point I'm getting to. Your health, your kids college tuition, your retirement. These are things that you need to have a plan for. You can't just wait until the last minute and get it done. In fact, the earlier your start on these things the easier they are and the longer you wait the harder, near impossible they become!


Speaking to the health aspect, I can say that it's hard. It's really, really hard to start getting healthy. Especially the older you get. The CDC report I referenced showed the #1 killer is heart disease from ages 44+. We need to make physical activity a daily necessity like eating, drinking and sleeping. Yes, I know you're busy, but you need to prioritize as mentioned above it needs to hold the same priority of eating, drinking and sleeping. Stop making excuses and grab hold of your life. Stop letting yourself be pulled in 10 million directions. You have control.

It's time for a change!