Happy New Year!
As 2009 is now upon us it’s important to look forward to the opportunities that await us.
Many changes seem to take place around this time and the Daily Health Bits blog is changing as well. I will be taking over the bulk of entries to continue bringing you informative health information from a variety of sources. No matter what may be happening around us, our personal health should be at the top of the list and it is never too late to start. To break it into simple terms:
1. Eat a balanced diet (diet involves everything you consume, not just something you
go on)
2. Get adequate exercise
3. Restful sleep is a must
4. Optimal water intake (your body is 70% water, how much are you drinking?)
5. Proper supplementation to cover nutritional shortfalls
These simple steps can help set you on the path to health. But here is the most important point to remember, it often takes effort and commitment by you to get on this path. Often-times people are looking for that “magic bullet” that sets everything right with minimal effort or sacrifice. Have you ever heard of the quote “if you always do what you’ve always done, then you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten”. If you ignore destructive habits and continually do them, what do you think the outcome will be over time? If you want better results then you have to retrain yourself to adopt healthier habits. If you are committed to changing your path then you need enough time to see, feel and condition yourself to this direction. Give yourself and honest ninety days to a new you, make small adjustments and you will retrain your habits into positive benefits that can last a lifetime. Life poses many challenges and you can be faced with great difficulties but I can tell you from my own personal experiences that no matter how great the challenge and I have had many, I have always fallen back on maintaining my personal health and this has translated into strengthening my mental health and overcoming anything in my path. If you can see the opportunities through challenges (they are there) you will become unstoppable. Set your course, blaze your own path and make no excuses…..oh, and don’t forget to have fun doing it!
Yours in Health,
Derek Burreson