Health Management Information Your Congress Isn’t Talking About
The health management information that I am talking about here, is the everyday stuff that you can do today, before you ever get in to see your doctor! Drinking water instead of having a soda, broccoli instead of french fries, walking up the stairs instead of taking the elevator.
These are the conversations not being held by the people you elected to public office, this simple health management information isn’t mentioned by them, let alone given lip service to. This is information that will make a dramatic difference in the way you act, feel, look and how well your heart beats. These are your personal health habits.
Considering 60-70% of Americans are fat and overweight, there are not many of us out there that appear to know what a health habit looks like–and a consistent one at that. Unless we think ordering fried zucchini instead of fries, qualifies as one. Get mad, pissed off at yourself think about your health and do something about it! Take care of yourself like you matter–because you do matter!
Be Accountable
Don’t blame your personal state of health on your parents, your job, spouse, kids, busy schedule, or your past life. It’s not your fast food restaurant’s fault either. McDonald’s has five different ways to see the nutrition content in their food? Have you asked to look at it? How many fast food places make you sign a contract when you walk in to their establishment? More power to them for running a business.
Get my point…because the accountability lies solely on you, how you deal with your health on a mental and physical level. It’s not outside there somewhere. By all means, I am the first to say, get medical attention and see your Doctor.
Your personal health care begins and ends with you! You will hear this from me frequently, until it roars in your head like one of those uncontrollable California wildfires. Get off your butt, do something and put your life into action through your health. Health is Wealth and there is no life without it. You must understand this!
What you put in your mouth and mind, will decide your life. How much you use those walking miracles called feet, the glory of your hands and limbs, the power of your mind and the self caring for your heart will bring your forth to greater days and living. Begin now.
Live and live
We see people everyday that are challenged with mental disabilities, blindness, missing limbs, in wheelchairs, still going to work burdened with a chronic condition or a terminal disease. They are unstoppable, they live their life and make a difference in the world by their courage and simply showing up.
A few weeks ago I was at LAX to pick someone up from an overseas flight. While I was waiting, another group of passengers arrived. I turned and noticed a young man coming up the ramp, somewhere in his 20′s, in a powered wheelchair.
He had a magnificent smile and was greeted by family and friends. He had no arms, legs, or thighs. He had a torso and a head. He was one of the happiest people I have seen in a long time. Tears welled up in my eyes and immediately everything in my life was put into perspective.
Take Action
Go to the mirror. Look in and tell yourself now, that you are going to invest in the greatest health insurance policy ever created–you! More important, what is going on inside of you at a mental, emotional and physiological level that let you get this way? Forget about it, it doesn’t matter! Start right now and take control of your life through the power of your health. Renew, restore, and re-balance. Your body is this magnificent unlimited machine of regeneration.
Things You Can Do Today
Kevin Jumba said it well on fast food, there are options. The President and Congress are bound and determined to get a national health insurance plan pushed through, whether you agree with it or not. No matter what the outcome of a national health care plan is, the issue of taking control over your health will not disappear. Start today, in fact that’s too late. Start now, as you walk away from your computer after reading this. You are the instigator of your life and the actions you take.
You matter, Chad.
P.S. The Nike slogan is as timeless as ever: Just Do It!
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