Worried About a Friend's Health
My mom said something at our last family gathering. She said she was so worried about a good friend, who she had seen recently.
"He scares me; he is just not doing very well at all."(I wanted to say "Duh, ya think?" but that would not have been appropriate to mouth off to my mother like that.)
When did we decide that we do not have any responsibility in the way we treat our bodies? It's like, "Hello, I'm abusing myself, and I do not have any responsibility for this abuse, and I better feel better soon, because this is a pain to deal with." And we keep expecting our body to just take the abuse and keep functioning, properly. We take better care of our cars and phones than ourselves. That's just so wrong!
Let's just pack on the pounds, eating whatever we please.
Anything "that sounds good", snacking all day and drinking tons diet pop.
Oh, and I am looked at as kind of a fanatic because I do take time to work out, and walk. I hear things like, "you are going a little overboard, aren't you, and exercising really doesn't fit into my life.
Seriously, do you not understand that if you do not work in time to take care of your body, in the long run if won't be able to take care of you??
Why is our mindset such that we feel we do not have to do anything what so ever to maintain this miracle that is us? We just think in seconds, or minutes. A world of texting and fast food.
No wonder mom's friend "scared her". He was 200 pounds overweight. He could no longer sit, his back hurt so much. He had to stand or lay down. And he slept in the easy chair, with a C-Pap mask, to keep him breathing at night. Did he change his routine, no, not at all?
Have we finally just given into the idea to eat ourselves to death? Or not eat anything much at all, and smoke and drink ourselves to death? Do we really think that medicine for high blood pressure and diabetes is just the norm? At the age of 30??
You are at a milestone in your life. Fifty can be the start of a new life for you. I know you are ready to make changes. I know you are stronger than you think you are.
Fifty is a great age to start taking care of you and your body. Take control, at a time when you feel you are totally out of control, because of your menopause. Go ahead and buck the system, you'll love yourself for doing it.
Corby Campbell Shields
Co-Author Menopause Master Plan
http://www.menopausemasterplan.com/
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