More than half of the American adult population is overweight or obese, with numerous health problems—heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, gastrointestinal problems Experts estimate that 40 percent of all cancers are directly related to unhealthy eating.
I've been dodging those bullets and inviting the Grim Reaper for years. So, what took me so long to get started on this trek? Just a notion one day that "enough is enough, already." I want my healthy life back. And I have to take it back myself.
One of my weaknesses has been the inclination to reach for a food or snack that adds pounds and inches and no nutrition. I finally removed those foodstuffs from my fridge and pantry, that there are no unhealthful temptations in my kitchen any longer--just lots of fresh fruit and wholesome, nutritious foods.
I'm expecting my delivery of vitamins and supplements today. There's a faint feeling of Christmas in the air (despite the 90s heat and humidity) as I wait for the UPS man. I hope that you have a great, healthy day!
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Good for you! Not every step is easy, but I did what you're doing last year and lost 40 pounds, dropped 10 years in "age" on my face, and feel better than I did when I was a kid!
Note From Fran: Thanks for the encouragement! Readers will want to visit your web site. What a great job! Lots of good info on veggies and more. What a natural blogger!
Posted by: Stephanie | June 13, 2005 at 06:07 AM
Best of luck in reaching your goal! You have great graphics.
Posted by: Ellen | June 13, 2005 at 06:18 AM
Doctors now know that heart disease is so deadly for women that their chances of dying from it are one in two. That means basically that either you or your best girlfriend is likely to die of a heart attack, stroke , or related heart problem. Doctors have traditionally used a one-size-fits-all approach to identifying and diagnosing heart disease. In this view, women often lack the “classic” signs of reduced blood flow to part of the heart, a condition known as ischemia. Doctors and patients often attribute chest pains in women to noncardiac causes, leading to misinterpretation of their condition. Men usually experience crushing chest pain during a heart attack.
Posted by: Alexis Kenne | May 09, 2008 at 05:10 PM
And I think they owe it all to the newly found "fast food" which is sending normal human beings to these categories real fast.
Posted by: telephone triage | November 24, 2009 at 11:59 AM