Thursday 13th December - the gravity of the crisis

I had to go and visit someone in hospital today. The waiting area is adjacent to a clinic that is dealing with overweight / obese clients. I was astounded at how many people were going in and out of the clinic and the state that some of them were in.

Now for years Australia used to be called the "lucky country".
We had a reputation for being an outdoors style of population that leads an active life. Well that has long since changed. We are in the same boat as the rest of the world when it comes to dealing with the war on obesity.

If you want to see a real war on terror - go and watch the faces of people emerging from some of these "clinics". Many of them looked scared. After I got home I called up a former personal training client who is a Medical G.P. (General Practioner) after this visit and asked him what sort of ratio of health complaints his practice saw on a daily basis for conditions that were in fact lifestyle related.

He told me that it was well over 50% and that the number continued to grow each year. I then asked him if he was still exercising since he had become a father. He replied that he hadn't really done much. I asked him why and he said that when he took my call he knew I would ask him this question. He replied that LIFE was getting in the way but my call had served as a "wake up call".

I was shocked and scared if that is the kind of world we are living in now - how is it going to be in 5 or 10 years.

We are living longer not living stronger.
We are living longer not living healthier.

For those people that are suffering from health conditions that preclude them losing weight easily and I am talking about certain medications that cause your body to hold onto water (not fat) or you have a limiting condition for movement then you are less likely to be impacted by this.

For the rest of the population that has no reason other than they are too tired, too lazy or too busy YOU need a reality check AND A WAKE UP CALL !!

How about this ?
Instead of worrying about yourself (as it seems like you don't), then let's start to think of the implications of the loss YOUR death will have on your children. Trust me it will have an effect. YOU are responsible for their future happiness as well as your own.

Do you want to see them reach their teens ?
Do you want to see then grow up ?
Do you want to see them get married ?
Do you want to see their children ?

These are all the questions that you have to ask yourself when you are sitting there reading this Blog. It is a choice to be more active or eat better and the choice is yours !

Do something today. Take the kids for a walk. Take your partner for a walk. Take a friend for a walk. Just do something that will burn some calories and improve your health, your attitude and your life.

"the phone is ringing !!!"