Life insurance.

When I say eat healthy, most people think of bland food with the consistency of cardboard, but it doesn't have to be like that. Increasing your fruit and vegetable intake (not soaking them in butter or salad dressing) is a tasty alternative to potato chips and yogurt is an excellent low cal snack that can also stop nausea and aid digestion. Flavorful options are everywhere, you just need to find what you like.

There are daily challenges to eating healthy and taking care of your body. The question you should ultimately ask yourself when faced with these challenges is, "Does my body NEED this or do I simply WANT this?" For example, a common excuse for stopping by the drive-thru for a double cheeseburger and fries is "I didn't have time for a healthier option." You DID have time, but you haven't given yourself an option. It takes just as much time to pack your own lunch or grab some healthy food at a nearby grocery store than it does to sit in a fast food drive thru. The fast food industry has done an outstanding job training consumers' brains into thinking that their food is a good option for those in a hurry.

Your challenge is retraining your brain to see through their advertising and realize the long term dangers of unhealthy living. Think of a healthy lifestyle as a life insurance policy. By exercising regularly and eating right, you are adding healthy active years to your life instead of shortening it. We have all seen people in their early 50's that look decades older than their actual age. Wouldn't you rather spend your retirement years healthy an active instead of racking up thousands in medical bills due to poor health?


Think about what you want out of your future. Get off of the couch and get active..eat well, but eat right. Be healthy.