Getting Back on the Saddle

Being healthy is best thing that you can do for yourself. You only have one body and you have to take care of it well. Food should be used as medicine, not abused as a drug. There are so many things that I could say about health. I've read all the tabloids, books and online articles about weight loss. 

I've watched friends lose weight. I've watched friends gain it all back plus some. The fact is that our bodies were made to be worked. Back in "the mother land", food was prepared each day. Now, we are constantly on the go. It seems to be harder to eat right and exercise. Being in a big city can help, it's walkable. You don't drive. For one, it's a waste to have a car. And for two, think about all the beautiful things you are passing by like a hole-in-the-wall boutique.

Let's say you get on the saddle. You did good for 3 weeks and now you're starting to slip back into your old ways. When you are changing habits, your body being rewired. It's like when you wear your part on your right side of your head. After a while you realize, the left is actually your good side. Or when you change your cards in your wallet, everything is in a different place. However, they way it's organized, it better for you. That hump you feel, is your body rewiring itself to want or crave exercise or that healthy choice of broccoli over french fries. 

What do you do? How can you get back on the saddle or start our way toward a healthier life style?

Nike had it right: Just do it. The worst thing you can do for yourself is to put off your health. It's easier said than done. You work all day, come home, throw something in the microwave, watch Netflix, sit on the couch with your kids... I get it, you have your days set. But this is something you can incorporate into your life. Instead of watching Netflix tonight, take a walk around the park for a half hour.

I'm not perfect, I am still trying to get back on the saddle. I fell off in April. Although my eating habits are still in tact, I need to exercise more. We can all motivate each other. And to start, I give you this. A stretch workout to do every morning.

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Rome wasn't built in a day and neither can abs. It's like those color blocks from elementary school. Just take it one block or habit at a time. You build too fast, they all come crashing down. But I believe in myself and everyone else. We can get fit together. We will be healthy together.