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This pizza picture was taken in October 2016.\u00a0 The caption I posted with it read \u201c757 calories. 39 grams of protein, sodium through the roof \u2013 1300 mg.\u00a0 Took 20 minutes to eat, and an hour on the elliptical to burn 800.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t seem fair does it.\u00a0 Price of staying healthy.\u00a0 It\u2019s expensive\u201d.<\/p>\n
But is it more expensive to die an early death?\u00a0 Now, I\u2019m not saying Mod Pizza is going to get me into my grand old senior years, however knowing what I put in my body and working on my body is something I work at on a regular basis.\u00a0 Les Brown said it best in one of his speeches, bear with me for the exact words, \u201cyou have got to take care of you, I have lost 20 lbs. several times!\u201d.\u00a0 And this is how it works for most of us.<\/p>\n
As a youngster, I was athletic.\u00a0 I played basketball, and I was a gymnast.\u00a0 Yet, I wasn\u2019t one who lived for it, I didn\u2019t wear my tennis shoes like a badge of honor.\u00a0 It was almost like \u201cI should be doing this\u201d kind of athlete. Now coupled with my addictive qualities and alcoholic signs starting at 12, well one could say it\u2019s a miracle I did either sport.\u00a0 I started stealing cigarettes from my dad\u2019s carton of Marlboros when I was 12.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t inhale for a few years, but you get the idea.\u00a0 I was raised in the mid-west by a mom and dad who ate a lot of meat and mashed potatoes.\u00a0 I will say we didn\u2019t have all the pesticides or additives in most of our food; my dad hunted a lot.\u00a0 We usually had fresh walleye he caught that morning, or some sort of game \u2013 deer, turtle, squirrel, or rabbit. (I didn\u2019t realize until about 10 years ago we were eating rodent!\u00a0 Thank you to Howard Stern and his radio show).\u00a0 It never dawned on me most folks don\u2019t eat like that.\u00a0 But, my mom and dad also bought a lot of Coke, peanut butter, and snickers bars. Ohhh, and cheerios, which I would put a ton of sugar on top of, so much that when I got to the bottom of the bowl, I would see it swimming around there, it would have turned a light gray.\u00a0 The point is I didn\u2019t grow up in a home where healthy eating was educated or exemplified.\u00a0 Anything I do today is because I have taught myself, read about it, or followed someone else\u2019s recipe or suggestions.\u00a0 For me, I have learned taking care of oneself takes a concentrated effort, one that is painful most days.\u00a0 It feels like going against the grain daily.\u00a0 What is that saying \u201cembrace the struggle, it\u2019s real\u201d.<\/p>\n
My body wants the carbs, the sugars, the breads, the pizzas.\u00a0 But my spirit wants the veggies and the lean protein.\u00a0 Most days I do o.k.\u00a0 I still have days I indulge to an extreme on sugar.\u00a0 For example, I have no business baking.\u00a0 I will eat at least a quarter of the stuff I bake while I\u2019m baking it.\u00a0 This doesn\u2019t include after the baking has subsided and the food is in my house.\u00a0 For me my recent health journey started right after I turned 40, I am now 43.\u00a0 This is what I did:<\/p>\n
Everything I have shared above involved action.\u00a0 It is simple to say this, but it\u2019s not simple to do.\u00a0 The real trick is not giving into all the excuses, and self-talk.\u00a0 To not talk yourself out of doing what your spirit it telling you to do.\u00a0 This is the same for me in all areas of my life.\u00a0 Hell, this blog I\u2019m typing is being done @ 6:00 am.\u00a0 I cut my gym time short by 15 minutes to do this, I need to get out the door by 7 am to work the day job.\u00a0 You see, I can\u2019t sit idle anymore and expect the content will get created by itself.\u00a0 I must sacrifice certain routines I have established to now move and grow in another direction.\u00a0 It scares me to step outside my gym routine because it is hard to stick to it.\u00a0 BUT if I am going to live till I\u2019m 120, I\u2019d like to do it with my own business, and at some point, quit punching the clock for the man.<\/p>\n
Enjoy your journey, you only have one!<\/p>\n
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Susan Denee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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