Is it possible to eat, move and be healthy in this world without the use of synthetic drugs, pain killers, multivitamins, and the assortment of 'natural' tablets that are available to us?
Well, quite simply, YES.
My 70 year old formerly hypertensive client is testament to that.
It's a choice. This is just my opinion, and I am in the fortunate position of never having had a major illness or disease. I got bashed about by Glandular Fever when I was 16, and a bit of self inflicted smokers cough a few years back, but for the most part I am one of the lucky ones that live in a healthy body.
You can be too.
Over the past twelve months in my life as a Personal Trainer I have watched some amazing transformations in people who had been condemned to a life on pills, according to their well qualified doctor. In amazement their doctor's have sat back and one by one reduced and eliminated doses of betablockers, painkillers and sedatives. Is this amazing, or just the well deserved result that comes from taking responsibility for one's own health?
It is simply taking responsibility.
Life Success Coach Kurek Ashley says that responsibility means have the ability to respond to whatever life gives you. Instead of shifting blame and finding excuses for things not being how we would like them to be, we have the ability to respond to events, circumstances and people and create the life that we each deserve.
Translate this to your own health. Who ate the cheeseburger?? The golden arches may have made it but only YOU can facilitate the passage of that dose of poison to your stomach; and the subsequent transfer of fat to your hips, cholesterol to your blood and plaque to your arteries. Each one of us is able to respond to the stimulants in our environment and make sensible, informed, educated choices that will result in a metabolically fit and healthy body that can thrive pain free without medication.
Add to that a little well considered movement on a regular basis. Take responsibility and get active in a healthy and energetic way, preferably in a group with an instructor or individually with a personal trainer. Now you have the formula for improved cardiovascular health, improved bone density and lean muscle mass, improved mental function and mental health, and an overall feeling of well being that helps you to make better choices and be even more responsible about the fuel that you use. Net result - feel better, look better, live longer and save money on doctors bills, medication and bad food!!!
I want to share a great story that I heard last night from one half of a dynamic couple that I train. He was in a serious car accident 9 years ago and has suffered chronic neck and back pain and headaches ever since, to the point that neurofen was standard issue with each meal. Since taking responsibility for his own state of wellbeing at the start of this year and virtually eliminating alcohol and fried and processed food, she now does not need to buy neurofen at all.
Amazing ... or simply the result of taking responsibility?
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