Hello I'm writing today, because I want to change my life. I'm fed up of making so many excuses about why I cant do this or that. I'm hoping this time around I can make this life changing commitment not only for myself but possibly for my loved ones around me.
I never fully understood the concept of dieting. For starters, there are people who hardly eat and consider that dieting. Then you have those who use an Atkins diet for low to no carbs at all. What else, the South Beach diet. Most people like me before, dieted to try and look good. We are all self-conscious whether we know it or not. Hell I've always been self-conscious about how I looked and how short I am at 5'5" But as years go by, I feel more and more comfortable being this short or tall, however you want to look at it. Maybe it's my confidence, whatever. The point is, what kind of life do I want to live? Do I want to be that guy who's always so worried about how I'm going to look and what I need to do to have a body like Ryan Reynolds? Do I want to look back in life and say "what if?/if only.." now that I can barely wipe my ass at 65?? No. I want to live a healthier lifestyle that can give me the opportunity to make the most out of my life.
I've been working in the medical field for one year now, volunteering two. I used to work for an ambulance company and go on calls picking up patients who can barely take care of themselves. Most of them are over the age of 60, but when I think about how some people get to this position, most of it stemmed back to the way they took care of themselves when they were my age, 20s, even 30s-40s. Not eating right, smoking and drinking and just abusing their bodies. I'm not perfect because I've abused my body for most of my 20s, but now that I work in an Emergency Room caring for patients, I see so much potential we have right now and I feel we need to take advantage of it so we can live life more for our friends and family when we are much much older.
I'm getting tired of that saying after a conversation about eating bad or being overweight etc etc. "It's ok, you're still young" Exactly what does that mean to you? Maybe it's a way to stay optimistic. Maybe it's the person's way of saying, "go ahead keep doing what you're doing, because I don't care." But whatever it means, it really has to go. Years go by and we continue on with that excuse. Going back to my job as an EMT in the ER, you see a wide range of patients. I've seen a 100 year old waiting in the waiting room to be seen after she fell when she was doing chores. She still walked and chatted about to her room to be examined by the doctor. I've also seen a 70 year old person carried into the room because they can no longer care for themselves. The 100 year old lady must have amazing genes, but I can tell you right now from what I've learned from working for a year. And that is, we can live many more years, fulfilling years with our children, grandchildren, family friends without having to rely on so much medication because of a previous unhealthy lifestyle.
As you can tell, I'm very passionate about this. This is just the start. A buddy/neighbor/respectable trainer told me when I was really trying to find a way out of this slump, that I should start this blog because it might help me. I really don't care if no one reads this (I'm most likely in denial cause of course more support the better, lol).. I'm doing this for myself and my loved ones. I want to finish something that I have started. I want to stop making excuses and I want to prove to myself that I can be a better person, mentally, physically, emotionally, everything. How can I love others if I don't love myself? Sooooo... I want to love all you guys back!! Let's see where all this takes me.
