Today's blog is about the inevitable, the terrible, and the reality of death. You're going to DIE, Obviously, it is inevitable. We are all Pre-Destined to have a set start and end date on our earthly clocks and none of us know when the time will be. Rarely will you ever find someone that feels like they had plenty of time to accomplish every dream or goal and feel they have lived what we call a FULL life. People are always scrambling to chase wild dreams and shouting YOLO at every chance they get. Some people live life without fear of death and embrace the inevitable reality and one day outcome for their life. I personally HATE thinking about death, I know that with a faith in God you have nothing to fear but I still get sad thinking about death. I know that in that moment when my soul joins to God's that I will forget my earthly toils and it will be great, but I fear the wake of sadness a death leaves behind. I worry about leaving my husband, kids (at the moment just one kid), family, and friends behind. I worry about not getting another chance to laugh with my girls until the middle of the night about absolutely nothing! I will miss telling my daughter how much I really love her. I will miss telling my husband that he is not always right and that I'm the boss today (inside joke, we always joke about the balance of power in our home.) . I will miss trying to get my sister Dawna to loosen up once in while and just be goofy. I will miss hearing from my Sister Nikki and hearing about the amazing things God is doing in her life. I will miss hearing about my mom's serious technology intolerance and miss helping her navigate the simplest of problems that seem insurmountable to her. I will miss my dad embarrassing me in public with dancing in every store and starting up random conversations with every store employee we come in contact with. There are so many things I will miss and that is one of the greatest reasons I HATE thinking about death. Its horrible. Up until recently I would lay in bed at night writhing over my impending doom. Why? Because I knew I wasn't making healthy decisions with my life and that I was playing Russian Roulette with my health. I didn't really toil that often over my health until after I had my daughter. You watch the news and read all these stories about these poor children left to navigate life without a parent and it makes you feel human and you lose that feeling of invincibility that you used to feel as a child.
A few months ago I turned on the television and as I flipped channels I saw that The View was coming on. I hadn't caught this show in months and looking back now I don't think it was a coincidence that I started watching that day. The episode was called The FAT Show. (catchy) It was all about the real effect that living unhealthy can have on your body. Most people are well aware of the health risks of eating unhealthy. You know there is a chance of diabetes and heart disease but did you know that you have a increased risk of cancer and serious organ damage? I didn't. I had no idea that because I wasn't embracing a healthy lifestyle that I was increasing my risk of getting serious forms of cancer that basically KILL you immediately. I didn't know that you could do irreversible damage to your heart. I didn't want to watch the episode but I had to. I have a child. I needed to know the truth about the health road I was headed down. Now, I have been to the doctor many times and I have never had any high risk concerns at this point, but why chance it? Why should I wait until something goes wrong to change? Why wait until the house is burning down to install a smoke detector? After watching this show I was outraged! Not that they were telling the truth, but that is took so long for the truth to come out! I am only mentioning just a couple of the things that could go wrong if you live unhealthy. Why wasn't I told in school about these risk factors. Why weren't my parents educated about the risks their child would have if she didn't get it together by age 30? Why?
After watching this show I didn't immediately start making changes. I had to ease into this change. I will say that after watching this show that I was haunted every night when I went to bed and had eaten super unhealthy that day. Some nights I would go to bed with a heavy chest full of carbs and just pray "Jesus, Please, I'm sorry. I don't want to die tonight. Please let me live and make good choices tomorrow." I know I touched a little bit about this in one of my earlier posts but along with God giving me the divine wisdom that I had to change I also had a moment of realization one night laying in bed when I realized that if I didn't change and soon that I was going to die and before my time. Obviously eating healthy will not prevent death altogether, but it will put time on your clock. Of course anything horrible can happen at any time. Yesterday our country suffered a huge tragedy at the Boston Marathon and those were healthy, beautiful people who were doing something great that evil had to come and destroy. Unfortunately moments like that we can't control, but we can control our health. We don't know the future, but shouldn't we be good stewards with our health anyways? Whether you are skinny or not skinny you need to take care of your health. Skinny people can destroy their organs just as easy as someone who is overweight. I think people like to target overweight people and say "Oh they have some health issues!" But no one looks at the skinny person with the wild metabolism who just ate three cheeseburgers and a large fry. I have seen first hand people who never gain weight but are killing their insides by the foods they consume.
This blog is not here to tell you that you can never enjoy fast food or that you can never eat cake again it is just saying you should try to live better overall. How?
Drink: Drink more water, really. Drink tea, there are many health properties that are found in teas that I never knew existed until recently. Oolong tea actually boosts your metabolism and can regulate blood sugar too. White teas can help prevent major diseases and strengthen your immune system. Drink Coffee it can also help your metabolism.
Cut: Cut out the extras in your life butter, salt, mayonnaise, sugar. You can always use these things just not as much.
Replace: Try replacing a few meals a week with healthy options. If you are feeling adventurous try only eating unhealthy one to two days a week. You will see amazing results if you really commit to a lifestyle change that replaces 75% of your unhealthy options with healthier ones.
Walk: Go for a walk. Not everyone is ready to hit the treadmill or in my case join a zumba class. So go for a walk with a friend or family member. Go to the mall its great exercise just walk with a little speed increase in comparison to what you normally walk at.
Try implementing these changes into your life and increase changes at your own pace. You deserve to live as long as you possibly can so do something for yourself so you can live long and healthy. Do it for the people in your life that would miss you and that can't live without you. Do it because you are worth more than the temporary pleasure a snickers bar can give you. Live well, live healthy, live long.
I will post the food find of the week later this week.
Weight loss to date:
Drew: 19 pounds
Jon: 18 pounds! (Jon had a great weight-loss week!)
Thank your for reading and Stay Sexy America,
Be true to you,
With love to you,
Drew
A few months ago I turned on the television and as I flipped channels I saw that The View was coming on. I hadn't caught this show in months and looking back now I don't think it was a coincidence that I started watching that day. The episode was called The FAT Show. (catchy) It was all about the real effect that living unhealthy can have on your body. Most people are well aware of the health risks of eating unhealthy. You know there is a chance of diabetes and heart disease but did you know that you have a increased risk of cancer and serious organ damage? I didn't. I had no idea that because I wasn't embracing a healthy lifestyle that I was increasing my risk of getting serious forms of cancer that basically KILL you immediately. I didn't know that you could do irreversible damage to your heart. I didn't want to watch the episode but I had to. I have a child. I needed to know the truth about the health road I was headed down. Now, I have been to the doctor many times and I have never had any high risk concerns at this point, but why chance it? Why should I wait until something goes wrong to change? Why wait until the house is burning down to install a smoke detector? After watching this show I was outraged! Not that they were telling the truth, but that is took so long for the truth to come out! I am only mentioning just a couple of the things that could go wrong if you live unhealthy. Why wasn't I told in school about these risk factors. Why weren't my parents educated about the risks their child would have if she didn't get it together by age 30? Why?
After watching this show I didn't immediately start making changes. I had to ease into this change. I will say that after watching this show that I was haunted every night when I went to bed and had eaten super unhealthy that day. Some nights I would go to bed with a heavy chest full of carbs and just pray "Jesus, Please, I'm sorry. I don't want to die tonight. Please let me live and make good choices tomorrow." I know I touched a little bit about this in one of my earlier posts but along with God giving me the divine wisdom that I had to change I also had a moment of realization one night laying in bed when I realized that if I didn't change and soon that I was going to die and before my time. Obviously eating healthy will not prevent death altogether, but it will put time on your clock. Of course anything horrible can happen at any time. Yesterday our country suffered a huge tragedy at the Boston Marathon and those were healthy, beautiful people who were doing something great that evil had to come and destroy. Unfortunately moments like that we can't control, but we can control our health. We don't know the future, but shouldn't we be good stewards with our health anyways? Whether you are skinny or not skinny you need to take care of your health. Skinny people can destroy their organs just as easy as someone who is overweight. I think people like to target overweight people and say "Oh they have some health issues!" But no one looks at the skinny person with the wild metabolism who just ate three cheeseburgers and a large fry. I have seen first hand people who never gain weight but are killing their insides by the foods they consume.
This blog is not here to tell you that you can never enjoy fast food or that you can never eat cake again it is just saying you should try to live better overall. How?
Drink: Drink more water, really. Drink tea, there are many health properties that are found in teas that I never knew existed until recently. Oolong tea actually boosts your metabolism and can regulate blood sugar too. White teas can help prevent major diseases and strengthen your immune system. Drink Coffee it can also help your metabolism.
Cut: Cut out the extras in your life butter, salt, mayonnaise, sugar. You can always use these things just not as much.
Replace: Try replacing a few meals a week with healthy options. If you are feeling adventurous try only eating unhealthy one to two days a week. You will see amazing results if you really commit to a lifestyle change that replaces 75% of your unhealthy options with healthier ones.
Walk: Go for a walk. Not everyone is ready to hit the treadmill or in my case join a zumba class. So go for a walk with a friend or family member. Go to the mall its great exercise just walk with a little speed increase in comparison to what you normally walk at.
Try implementing these changes into your life and increase changes at your own pace. You deserve to live as long as you possibly can so do something for yourself so you can live long and healthy. Do it for the people in your life that would miss you and that can't live without you. Do it because you are worth more than the temporary pleasure a snickers bar can give you. Live well, live healthy, live long.
I will post the food find of the week later this week.
Weight loss to date:
Drew: 19 pounds
Jon: 18 pounds! (Jon had a great weight-loss week!)
Thank your for reading and Stay Sexy America,
Be true to you,
With love to you,
Drew
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