I have a philosophy I like to share with my clients. I believe this body we’ve been given is a gift. We only get this one body and only one chance at this life. Who knows when it will be cut short? That means we only get so many minutes to live. I want to spend my minutes feeling happy, energetic, giving to others and loving life. I want quality minutes. If your diet and lifestyle make you unhealthy, you’ll be unhappy and have chronic inflammation. When you spend your days from the couch to the car and back again and make unhealthy choices, at some point, your minutes become a burden and not a blessing.
You can choose to spend your minutes miserable and unhealthy or you can spend your minutes making a difference in this world. I believe we are all here for a reason, a mission. If you take care of your body with diet and lifestyle, you can spend your time here in a quality way. When you don’t, you get sick and then you have no choice how to spend your minutes. You will end up spending all your minutes in the doctor’s office. It’s easy to get fooled into believing we have endless time, but we don’t.
It’s never too late. You can do something TODAY that will change your minutes tomorrow – maybe even add some extra minutes to your life. When faced with a choice, remember that nothing will ever taste good enough to be worth feeling that bad.
I have a client who first came to me at 226 pounds. She is down to 214 now and though she still has a way to go, she is amazed by how much better she feels already. She had tears in her eyes when she told me today “I’m enjoying my minutes. I am really happy. I know I can do this now because I am enjoying my time feeling good.” When you make small changes to your lifestyle like even a small weight loss, changing your eating habits, incorporating exercise, getting more sleep and enough water, you can improve your quality of life – quickly.
Remember, no one else is going to take responsibility for your body. Treat it right today and you can change your minutes tomorrow.
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