We are now nearing the time of year I dread-the New Years Resolutions. It is now time to see the gym full to capacity until about April. Yes for the most part resolutions go unfulfilled. But more power to those who try and eventually end up sticking to it, like I eventually did. I'm not criticizing as much as stating facts.
It goes without saying that a change of habit may require time. It can't just happen overnight, although there are rare occasions when it does. So if at first you don't succeed, keep trying!
The one resolution that should be adhered to, if it applies to you, is to quit smoking. If you smoke, you should try to quit no matter how many attempts it takes. Whether you start the first of the year, or a month later, don't give up on quitting. Not everything works for everyone. I went cold-turkey and never looked back. It was a health issue for me that made me do it.
To be successful at quitting such a nasty habit, the secret is that you have to want to quit, otherwise nothing will work. I know somebody who was hypnotized, used acupuncture, the patch, pills, etc., and still goes back to smoking.
SmokeFree.gov might sweeten the quit smoking deal by offering incentives such as cash and free treatments.
Don't Stop Trying!
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Thursday, December 25, 2014
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Fifty Is The Cut-Off
Although I exercised and eight right in my early years, it wasn't until I was in my upper 40s or until I turned 50 that I actually began to live a healthy lifestyle. Many 50+ individuals will claim that they are in better health than their 20s, 30s, 40s and even beyond. There may be a reason why this is and it goes beyond the wisdom that comes with aging.
In a new study, we can reverse the effects of an unhealthy lifestyle if we change our bad habits by 50. We can reverse the effects of smoking if we quit by 50. We can reverse the effects of an unhealthy diet if we change our nutrition by 50. Keep in mind that this is just a current study, but may hold truths to those who have gone into despair about their overall health.
My bottom line is don't abuse your body until you are 50 then go healthy. As with anything else leading a healthy lifestyle will go farther in a lifetime. If you don't start to smoke a lead a healthy lifestyle from infancy, you may live a long carefree and healthy life.
In a new study, we can reverse the effects of an unhealthy lifestyle if we change our bad habits by 50. We can reverse the effects of smoking if we quit by 50. We can reverse the effects of an unhealthy diet if we change our nutrition by 50. Keep in mind that this is just a current study, but may hold truths to those who have gone into despair about their overall health.
My bottom line is don't abuse your body until you are 50 then go healthy. As with anything else leading a healthy lifestyle will go farther in a lifetime. If you don't start to smoke a lead a healthy lifestyle from infancy, you may live a long carefree and healthy life.
Sunday, August 18, 2013
The Price Of Health
I have this preconceived notion that we are in youth.becoming a healthier society than we were 20 years ago. After all, I wasn't in the best of shape back then and feel I've come along way to get where I am today. Now I found out that obesity is on the increase. As many of us know, obesity leads to other ailments and diseases.
This is why people must start embracing a healthy lifestyle and doing what they can to get active. Most know the benefits of physical activity, but we can all learn something. The major obstacles in exercising is getting started and staying with it. Here are some tips.
The American Heart Association makes recommendations for adult activity. The important thing is to get moving. You can also track your progress.
Here are AHA's links to lead a healthy lifestyle. With obesity on the rise, there is cause for concern since healthcare will be on the rise. If you add smoking and inactivity, one will see their health deteriorate fast. And problems aren't starting at middle age, but rather are increasing at a younger age.
Smoking has been talked to death...literally! Smokers rationalize, deceive, lie, and even find ways to smoke where they aren't allowed. Many smokers have tried everything to quit. From cold turkey to hypnosis, and everything in between, and most go back to the cigarettes. I'm going to keep it simple-one can't quit, unless one WANTS to quit.
There is so much that must be changed nutrition wise for a healthy diet. We have to change what we eat and how we eat. Nutrition is another area that one has to find their niche as to what works for them. It would depend on where you are now and what you want to become. If you give your body the right fuel, everything else will eventually fall into place. Perhaps a topic in upcoming entries, but here are some healthy recipes.
The price of health is costly in that it requires commitment and it takes a lifetime. One area will affect the other eventually. It's OK to fall back, just don't stay there because it gets tougher to get back with age. It gets tougher to splurge during holidays and special events and lose the extra weight as you get older.
This is why people must start embracing a healthy lifestyle and doing what they can to get active. Most know the benefits of physical activity, but we can all learn something. The major obstacles in exercising is getting started and staying with it. Here are some tips.
The American Heart Association makes recommendations for adult activity. The important thing is to get moving. You can also track your progress.
Here are AHA's links to lead a healthy lifestyle. With obesity on the rise, there is cause for concern since healthcare will be on the rise. If you add smoking and inactivity, one will see their health deteriorate fast. And problems aren't starting at middle age, but rather are increasing at a younger age.
Smoking has been talked to death...literally! Smokers rationalize, deceive, lie, and even find ways to smoke where they aren't allowed. Many smokers have tried everything to quit. From cold turkey to hypnosis, and everything in between, and most go back to the cigarettes. I'm going to keep it simple-one can't quit, unless one WANTS to quit.
There is so much that must be changed nutrition wise for a healthy diet. We have to change what we eat and how we eat. Nutrition is another area that one has to find their niche as to what works for them. It would depend on where you are now and what you want to become. If you give your body the right fuel, everything else will eventually fall into place. Perhaps a topic in upcoming entries, but here are some healthy recipes.
The price of health is costly in that it requires commitment and it takes a lifetime. One area will affect the other eventually. It's OK to fall back, just don't stay there because it gets tougher to get back with age. It gets tougher to splurge during holidays and special events and lose the extra weight as you get older.
Thursday, July 25, 2013
Health Week Tips-Day 5
Today I am going to talk about profiting from the smokers. One need only go here.. If you can't beat the smokers, invest in them!
If you get good nutrition in the morning, you will be full and eat less the rest of the day. Here are filling breakfast foods that defy hunger. Myself, I start with a yogurt. Have either an egg(4 a week) or oatmeal, banana, honey and cocao powder two hours later. Then I eat small meals every 2-3 hours.
Trying to lose weight? Not working? Maybe you're making these mistakes! Does this sound familiar???...
2. Thinking of your diet as a diet. “There is diet fatigue if you go on a diet,” says Curtis. “Most people can stay on a diet about three months and then they are done with it because they can’t stand it.” Instead, focus on making healthy lifestyle and diet choices that you can live with for a long time.
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I knew that diet meaning 'weight loss' rather than one's nutrition has a negative affect on weight loss.
For workouts and just everyday health needs, here are some high-protein power snacks.
Bicycles are making a big comeback. Even the exercise bikes. More cities are becoming bike-friendly and are making bike paths throughout their metropolis. The health benefits of cycling are so many that an outdoor bike is essential and if you live in colder winter climates, you might consider an exercise bike, too.
The heavy-hitting super food in the berries category is the blueberry. From fighting cancer to heart support, this is a berry that should be consumed frequently, especially while in season like NOW!
I have been noticing that I can lose weight in a weeks time, but if I consume alcohol, I will gain it all back and then some. I'm talking even a couple of beers. Well no wonder!
If you get good nutrition in the morning, you will be full and eat less the rest of the day. Here are filling breakfast foods that defy hunger. Myself, I start with a yogurt. Have either an egg(4 a week) or oatmeal, banana, honey and cocao powder two hours later. Then I eat small meals every 2-3 hours.
Trying to lose weight? Not working? Maybe you're making these mistakes! Does this sound familiar???...
2. Thinking of your diet as a diet. “There is diet fatigue if you go on a diet,” says Curtis. “Most people can stay on a diet about three months and then they are done with it because they can’t stand it.” Instead, focus on making healthy lifestyle and diet choices that you can live with for a long time.
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I knew that diet meaning 'weight loss' rather than one's nutrition has a negative affect on weight loss.
For workouts and just everyday health needs, here are some high-protein power snacks.
Bicycles are making a big comeback. Even the exercise bikes. More cities are becoming bike-friendly and are making bike paths throughout their metropolis. The health benefits of cycling are so many that an outdoor bike is essential and if you live in colder winter climates, you might consider an exercise bike, too.
The heavy-hitting super food in the berries category is the blueberry. From fighting cancer to heart support, this is a berry that should be consumed frequently, especially while in season like NOW!
I have been noticing that I can lose weight in a weeks time, but if I consume alcohol, I will gain it all back and then some. I'm talking even a couple of beers. Well no wonder!
Friday, June 28, 2013
Smokers Blues
The one thing that you can't do is tell a smoker why smoking is bad for them. They've heard it all. Sometimes something does come along to shock them, but it only is a Band-Aid solution, because they will continue to smoke. Just look at the affect that the NEW anti-smoking commercials are having on people you know who smoke. It may shock and disgust them showing people whose lives were affected, but smokers will only complain to a friend while they smoke a cigarette!
I can find many tips on quitting, but I'm sure smokers have tried them all. They probably tried the drugs. They also probably tried the patch, the gum, the acupuncture, the cold turkey, need I say more? If they quit, then it was worth it. If not, then you are going to hear me talk about smoking a lot!
Smoking WILL have an impact on your health, one way or another. It doesn't matter if you smoke 1 on occasion or more than 1 pack a day. Down the road you will pay the piper. The whole entire secret to quitting is really a simple one. YOU MUST WANT TO QUIT. Yes the addiction is much stronger than one's will, but unless you WANT to quit, you are already being defeated.
Once you want to quit, you will start a war to beat this addiction. War means you will fight battles. Just because you lose a battle doesn't mean you have to let smoking win the war. KEEP TRYING!
In order for one to WANT to quit, they must choose to do so. Pressure from others, such as loved ones, doctors and non-smokers, will eventually make the smoker doomed to failure. Many smokers will now try to hide it from others.
Although I'll touch on smoking again(and again and again), let me give you some tips that may make it easier.
First and foremost, the biggest mistake you can make to quit smoking is setting a date. Setting dates will only prove that you are doomed to fail. The big one is New Years, where resolutions fail rather quickly. I quit mid-February, when my doctor told me I had bladder cancer. He said I either quit smoking or I will die. I quit cold turkey in 1998 and never smoked again. I was smoking 3 packs of cigarette a day at the time, and I had wanted to quit but couldn't do it.
Lets do the economics, in other words, I'm going to pick your pocket. When I quit, a pack of cigarettes was$2.50 for my brand. If I was still alive today, my habit would cost $30 a day!
Sure smokers always say that once the price goes up they are going to quit, but lo and behold, those people continue to smoke. Nicotine is the most addictive drug of all, and the producers know how to fix the dosage to make you addicted. If not, they would cease to exist, but business is good$$$$$$$!
At $30 a day that would be $210 a week, which is more than half my paycheck. In a year that is $10950. Add to this your health care costs. If you see a doctor more than 3 times a year(including your physical) your ailments are more than likely from your cigarettes. Yes cigarettes and the smokers are skyrocketing health costs for the rest of us.
Another big mistake smokers make when they try to quit is they announce it to everybody. Although people may wish you well, they all await your failure to announce that they knew you couldn't do it. This is another reason why one must WANT to quit. Determination is your only weapon to beat addiction. Will power is what will feed your determination.
If you WANT to quit, there may not be an immediate solution like mine. People will try and fail. The best way to quit is to explore and see what will work for you. If you fail, my advice is to immediately continue to find a solution. Perhaps cold turkey may work, perhaps you need gum, patches, medication, counseling, etc., just don't keep smoking after a failure and try again tomorrow rather than next week!
It takes 10 years to actually break free of nicotine. I had quit for a number of years from time-to-time in my smoking history. The funny thing is that if I smoked one pack when I quit, I would start slow(the first one) and not only reach one pack a day within a month, but a pack and a half within three months!
Enlighten yourself about nicotine addiction. In other words, know your enemy that poses as your best friend. Nicotine makes you its puppet, and controls you. This is why I have seen too many dying people continue to smoke their cancer sticks. They are on chemotherapy and continue to smoke. When they die, their smoking buddies blame the chemo for their deaths!
Smokers come up with too many excuses to protect their habit. They become connivers as they look for ways to smoke where smoking is restricted, such as airports. They actually believe it is their right to smoke. The rude awakening is coming since smoking areas are being limited and fines will be enforced. Yet another hole in the pocket.
Smoking...you can bet I have a lot to say and some of the things I say will sound like a broken record!
I can find many tips on quitting, but I'm sure smokers have tried them all. They probably tried the drugs. They also probably tried the patch, the gum, the acupuncture, the cold turkey, need I say more? If they quit, then it was worth it. If not, then you are going to hear me talk about smoking a lot!
Smoking WILL have an impact on your health, one way or another. It doesn't matter if you smoke 1 on occasion or more than 1 pack a day. Down the road you will pay the piper. The whole entire secret to quitting is really a simple one. YOU MUST WANT TO QUIT. Yes the addiction is much stronger than one's will, but unless you WANT to quit, you are already being defeated.
Once you want to quit, you will start a war to beat this addiction. War means you will fight battles. Just because you lose a battle doesn't mean you have to let smoking win the war. KEEP TRYING!
In order for one to WANT to quit, they must choose to do so. Pressure from others, such as loved ones, doctors and non-smokers, will eventually make the smoker doomed to failure. Many smokers will now try to hide it from others.
Although I'll touch on smoking again(and again and again), let me give you some tips that may make it easier.
First and foremost, the biggest mistake you can make to quit smoking is setting a date. Setting dates will only prove that you are doomed to fail. The big one is New Years, where resolutions fail rather quickly. I quit mid-February, when my doctor told me I had bladder cancer. He said I either quit smoking or I will die. I quit cold turkey in 1998 and never smoked again. I was smoking 3 packs of cigarette a day at the time, and I had wanted to quit but couldn't do it.
Lets do the economics, in other words, I'm going to pick your pocket. When I quit, a pack of cigarettes was$2.50 for my brand. If I was still alive today, my habit would cost $30 a day!
Sure smokers always say that once the price goes up they are going to quit, but lo and behold, those people continue to smoke. Nicotine is the most addictive drug of all, and the producers know how to fix the dosage to make you addicted. If not, they would cease to exist, but business is good$$$$$$$!
At $30 a day that would be $210 a week, which is more than half my paycheck. In a year that is $10950. Add to this your health care costs. If you see a doctor more than 3 times a year(including your physical) your ailments are more than likely from your cigarettes. Yes cigarettes and the smokers are skyrocketing health costs for the rest of us.
Another big mistake smokers make when they try to quit is they announce it to everybody. Although people may wish you well, they all await your failure to announce that they knew you couldn't do it. This is another reason why one must WANT to quit. Determination is your only weapon to beat addiction. Will power is what will feed your determination.
If you WANT to quit, there may not be an immediate solution like mine. People will try and fail. The best way to quit is to explore and see what will work for you. If you fail, my advice is to immediately continue to find a solution. Perhaps cold turkey may work, perhaps you need gum, patches, medication, counseling, etc., just don't keep smoking after a failure and try again tomorrow rather than next week!
It takes 10 years to actually break free of nicotine. I had quit for a number of years from time-to-time in my smoking history. The funny thing is that if I smoked one pack when I quit, I would start slow(the first one) and not only reach one pack a day within a month, but a pack and a half within three months!
Enlighten yourself about nicotine addiction. In other words, know your enemy that poses as your best friend. Nicotine makes you its puppet, and controls you. This is why I have seen too many dying people continue to smoke their cancer sticks. They are on chemotherapy and continue to smoke. When they die, their smoking buddies blame the chemo for their deaths!
Smokers come up with too many excuses to protect their habit. They become connivers as they look for ways to smoke where smoking is restricted, such as airports. They actually believe it is their right to smoke. The rude awakening is coming since smoking areas are being limited and fines will be enforced. Yet another hole in the pocket.
Smoking...you can bet I have a lot to say and some of the things I say will sound like a broken record!
Thursday, June 20, 2013
4) The Deadliest Habit
Time to tackle the biggest risk to everyone's health that is addicted to the problem. So powerful is this Siren's Song that people will continue to do it until they die. A death sentence is inevitable with this highly addictive and most detrimental to one's health after merely a few uses. Yes, it's time to talk about smoking and nicotine.
Smoking is a tough subject to tackle. A highly addictive, over the counter drug, cigarettes prove that nicotine is a highly addictive drug. Cigarettes have gone up over 500% in price since I quit, and their sales are still going strong. I smoked 3 packs a day at $2.50 for a pack of Marlboro. Today, if I was still alive, I would be paying $30 a day!
Quitting is the biggest problem for those addicted to nicotine. Nicotine is so strong that the addicts sometimes employ underhanded means to get a puff. Especially where smoking is restricted and there is a long time span to smoke, such as airports.
Smoking is a touchy subject. People don't want to be deprived of what they perceive is their right, but is actually an addiction that will kill them and lead to a number of health problems. Smokers can't perceive the fact that their health problems are why healthcare fees are astronomical.
Quitting smoking is an individual commitment, because what works for one may definitely NOT work for the other. I was able to quit Cold Turkey. This may not work for the thousands who want to quit.
I can offer tips after tips, after tips on how to quit. The bottom line is that the smoker has to WANT to QUIT, or there is no quitting.
Although I know that this is a touchy subject and I know that smokers are going to smoke regardless what they say, this will be a recurring topic on this blog.
Smoking is a tough subject to tackle. A highly addictive, over the counter drug, cigarettes prove that nicotine is a highly addictive drug. Cigarettes have gone up over 500% in price since I quit, and their sales are still going strong. I smoked 3 packs a day at $2.50 for a pack of Marlboro. Today, if I was still alive, I would be paying $30 a day!
Quitting is the biggest problem for those addicted to nicotine. Nicotine is so strong that the addicts sometimes employ underhanded means to get a puff. Especially where smoking is restricted and there is a long time span to smoke, such as airports.
Smoking is a touchy subject. People don't want to be deprived of what they perceive is their right, but is actually an addiction that will kill them and lead to a number of health problems. Smokers can't perceive the fact that their health problems are why healthcare fees are astronomical.
Quitting smoking is an individual commitment, because what works for one may definitely NOT work for the other. I was able to quit Cold Turkey. This may not work for the thousands who want to quit.
I can offer tips after tips, after tips on how to quit. The bottom line is that the smoker has to WANT to QUIT, or there is no quitting.
Although I know that this is a touchy subject and I know that smokers are going to smoke regardless what they say, this will be a recurring topic on this blog.
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