Last night I was speaking to a long-time mentor. And he’s unfortunately in very poor health at the moment.
Most of his condition is a result of lifestyle choices over the past several decades. Too much junk food. Too much excess. Never enough discpiline or exercise. He readily admits this now.
His health deteriorated gradually, it didn’t happen overnight.
In his late 40s, he really began putting on extra weight. In his 50s, all the extra weight started to take a toll on his joints, and he developed severe, arthritic pains. Also his blood sugar began to rise.
Along the way, his friends and family encouraged him to make important changes in his life. Put down the chocolate bars and start walking. But he could never summon the will.
There was a lot of talk about what he intended to do. He even went to the store and bought athletic shoes and workout attire. But it just sat in the closet collecting dust.
Now in his mid-60s, his health has deteriorated to the point where he can barely walk. He’s lost feeling in his legs. And even if he could find the desire now to get some exercise, he wouldn’t be able to. His body is simply no longer able to exert itself.
My friend has unfortunately passed the point of no return. The window of opportunity to heal himself has closed. And now he has become a slave to his condition, unable to change it.
From a fiscal perspective, the United States government is also at this point.
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Your friend can still turn things around for the better, I used to reflect him well. 80 pounds overweight, diabetic, on insulin, inactive, poor food choices. I changed my eating choices years ago, little to no sgars, sodas,fast foods, unhealthy foods. Today it's fruits and greens and almost always water as my drink. My insulin useage is less then 1/3 of what it was a year ago. I started walking this past July on most days. I tend to wake up around 3-4am. I get right out of bed and go. At first it was hard but within a week or two got much easier. My average walk, in the dark morning hours, on back country roads, is usually 4-6 miles which takes a couple of hours, an excellent time of the day for a 65 y.o. guy that's found his energy and renewed health again. My longest walk so far has been 8.6 miles and I intend to eclipse that number and as well will join a low impact workout group this fall. Death lasts a long time. Remind your friend that life is a choice we make, not a definition others get to make for us! Get up and get going, it "will" work!
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