I hear these words so much.  In order to be healthy you need to eat a healthy diet and exercise.   This may be true but people still struggle to do this everyday.  I am amazed at how many people think if just one without the other is all they need.  And then there are people who hear their personal Physician say they need to change their ways.  And if they don’t that may die as a result of not keeping there life’s in check.

Just recently one of my aunts was diagnosed with Diabetes.  She has been over weight and on many yo yo diets for years.  I also know for the past several years she has just given up on loosing weight all-together.  There was a time when she did something.  If she was not on a diet she was at least walking.  Today she is doing absolutely nothing.  I heard her tell my cousin (her daughter)  Listen I have been fat for years and that’s not going to change.   Interesting enough she said that a week before she was diagnosed as being a Diabetic.    What’s more interesting is that she still thinks she doesn’t need to change.  She told my other aunt yes I am a diabetic.  But it’s really not that high.  I was completely blown away when I heard that.  She is still not taking responsibility for her health.  I did offer and suggest some ways that she could lower her blood sugar levels.  She was some what receptive.

I am so amazed at how people would rather kill themselves than change their diet and exercise.  What has gone wrong in our country and in our communities.   How do we get people like my aunt to see that if they don’t change that there will be severe consequences.  Where do we find ways to get them to see that their problems are affecting not only them but the people who love them as well.

I am committing myself to changing the life’s of both the people I love and the people in this country.

I am The Oxygen Coach

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