We have significant research that proves that ___________ will shorten your life. We probably know and believe the data, but chose to ignore. Mostly because we don't have do worry about ___________.
Fill in the blanks:
- smoking, lung disease
- poor eating, diabetes
- sedentary living, dying early
- high amounts of alcohol, heart disease
- my unhealthy habit, it happening to me
Come on! That's silly. Of course it can happen to you. It will happen to you. When I am teaching different aspects of healthy habits, invariably someone will say, "Well, I know someone who lived to 93 and __________!" Oh, all of the decades of research should be dismantled because an individual got away with unhealthy habits.
People succomb to chronic disease in their 50's or 60's, not because of what happened the previous 2 or 3 years, but instead because of their habits for the last 30-40 years. Your body will have the same reaction. Yes, maybe that particular habit is handled better by your body. But everytime we stop for fast food, drag on a cigarette, stay up late, carry extra weight, we are shaving time off of our clock. Maybe you will be around into your eighties. Awesome, but...
Will you be living a full life or on meds and bedrest or in an out of the Dr.s office?
Will you die from an 8 year fight with a chronic disease?
Don't be foolish, you are planning your health in your later years by how you live today! Don't let me care more than you!
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