Why should you bother to exercise? Why should you bother to limit the amount of food you consume? Do you ever wonder about the why bother questions? There are plenty of diet and exercise programs out there, so why aren’t more people bothering to participate? Many begin an exercise program with lots of enthusiasm, but after a few months, when the newness has worn off, they don’t feel like exercising anymore. Why? It’s too difficult is the response most often used; it’s too hard to find the time, too hard to accept exercise as a part of their life FOREVER. Let’s be reasonable, isn’t exercise something you do to get ready for a cruise vacation, or the big gala event and then you get to quit? How can anyone be expected to exercise for the rest of his or her life? For the average citizen, exercise might as well be a four-letter word. Americans over 45 and over 200 pounds on average require $390 monthly for prescription medications. It must be easier to take the medication than to exercise because those who have become hypertensive, type II diabetics, and have high cholesterol accept the expense of their medication and continue to overeat and refuse to become more active. Why do so many people want to eat all they can and do as little as possible and seem shocked by the consequences of their behavior? What can you do? Put on a pedometer and make sure to walk at least 7000 steps each day. Another activity you can try is “sit down/stand up”, try to sit down/stand up for three minutes, then each day add a minute until you work up to 10 minutes without resting. This activity is great for improved daily function. It is a real good idea to sit as little as possible. Most eating is done in the seated position, so if you sit as little as possible, there is a strong likelihood you will eat less also. Exercise is easy, I can think of many things harder than exercise. Paying for triple bypass surgery ($50,000 in 2005) is harder than exercise. Paying for knee replacement surgery ($20,000 in 2005) when excess weight causes the one you were born with to wear out prematurely is harder than exercise. Lots of things are harder than exercise and most them are the direct consequences of avoiding exercise and eating more than you should. What’s in your future? Make your life hard or make it harder, it’s up to you.
Posted on: Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:24:57 +0000
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