Having "Me" Time

In just a few days, it will be the end of August and it will have been eight months since January.  If you haven't accomplished your goals, perhaps now is a time to reevaluate them and reprioritize.   If you have not yet gone for a health check up, then I recommend you do so.  Health should be a priority.  Surprisingly, not a lot of people regularly have annual checkups and we go through life thinking that we are healthy, all is fine and that we are still young.  Nothing is going to happen to us. The sad truth is, we get older every year.  Our bodies get older, and suddenly we find ourselves faced with health problems we previously never thought of. Backaches seem more common in the thirties.  If I get up too fast, or move too fast, I risk hurting my back which results in endless days of torture and wearing low unattractive heels.  I finally understand while the older ladies are always spotted wearing "comfortable" shoes versus the...

I just got my health check results today.  It's always a bit nerve-racking when you receive the results in a sealed package and have to open it.  It makes you wonder what will be written inside.  How will my cholesterol be this year? Am I going to have high triglyceride levels?   It's a time when you cannot run away from reality and the numbers are either telling you good or not so good news.  Getting the health check result is like getting a reality check. A reality check that tells you how well, or not well, you have been treating your body. A few years ago when I was at my "peak" (in terms of being overweight and unhealthy, not peak fitness level!), I never liked the health check results.  It was always had the same phrases on them:  "Lose some weight, eat healthier, exercise, cholesterol levels are high, avoid fatty foods and dairy products." Yes, I remember them all. It was always there ...