We're not toddlers that cannot choose for themselves, or children who are stuck at home. We are adults (maybe) who need to take responsibility for our actions and our health.
Recent research suggests that a Toxic, or unhealthy, Environments make choosing healthily more difficult. If you think about it, it makes sense. Those with a propensity to choose unhealth options, will have a higher rate of lapse or relapse towards the previous unhealthier habits. If you are dieting and everynight the family wants to eat out or have pizza, you are going to have to have strong will power. The research goes further saying that if you are obese and have obese friends, ditch them. Hanging out with overweight people will hurt your chances of making good choices.
Other research points out that toddlers whose parents are making unhealthy choices (pregnancy gain, overfeeding, giving high sugar options, not breast feeding) have a higher rate of obesity later in life.
Clean up your environment. Make it easier on yourself to find success. There is no reason it cannot be you. It can be, but give yourself the chance. Know your weaknesses and eliminate them in your life.
I really need to take this advice to heart. I'm surrounded by cigarette smoke and I don't want my life expectancy to shorten from other people's decisions!
ReplyDeleteMB, it can be very difficult to change your environment even when you actually do get to choose for yourself. Hopefully those in question care enough about you to be sensitive to your needs as well as their wants. Good luck with the transition. It will be worth it and might inspire them.
ReplyDeleteFA, I think you and I left a toxic environment not too long ago....with the abbreviation of CAC.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds about right. I had a staff that gave me bunch of crap :). Just kidding, besides the fact that the management style could have differed, I truly had an unbalanced life. I have lost 50+ lbs since then and am way happier with less. Sometimes we have to be careful for what we wish for.
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