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Motivated to Be Healthy for Life? How Can You Not Be? Carole Pagan © 2005 You've heard it a million times - Eat a balanced diet concentrating on your 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables, cut down fats, and get up and get some exercise. Simple advice, yet not many follow it. A new survey by the American Public Health Association conducted in conjunction with National Public Health Week 2005, April 4-10. and asked Americans 55 and older to identify what they think stands in their way. Most respondents - over 75%- said they believe diet and exercise play more of a role than genetics in deciding how healthy they will be as they age. They identified a lack of motivation as the primary barrier standing between them and an active lifestyle, followed closely by money and time. Can someone please explain this to me? How can you not be motivated to feel better? I've pretty much always been thin. There were a couple of times when my weight shot up, but I wouldn't accept it. I got it back down. When I feel out of shape, I make sure to get more exercise. When I know I haven't been eating as well as I should, I correct it. I personally don't understand all these wacky diets, pills, programs, and all this other stuff designed to keep your wallet lighter. Hey, I guess that's one less bulge! You can eat foods to prevent cancer, improve your energy, improve your eyesight, keep you from getting colds, improve your heart health, improve your mood, even improve your sexual performance. A little less weight and a little more exercise, and you'll have decreased your risk of a multitude of lifestyle diseases including diabetes, heart disease, and many cancers. You'll move better. You'll feel better. You'll look better - longer. What's not to motivate? Why on earth would you choose to subject yourself to all these risks and pains? Why would you choose to feel terrible all the time? Older is wiser. According to the survey, people 75 and older were much more likely than their younger counterparts to say they were living a healthy lifestyle. Two-thirds of the older group said they were already doing things right, compared to only 38 percent of those aged 55 to 64. But if you're waiting until you're 75 to start taking better care of yourself, you may not be able to undo the damage to your body. A man I know just turned 94. He makes sure to get exercise everyday. He's still down in the basement working on a project that he hopes to get patented. His wife is 87. She says she has Parkinson's, but I rarely see any indication of it. I know a lot of people in their 70s who are living life fully. Boating, traveling, many are still working - by choice. They stay active physically and mentally. To look at them, you would never imagine they were even over 60. How do you want to live the rest of your life? You can still have a decent quality of life into your 90's. But you have to start now. The pay-off is huge - Get motivated! But, if you need more compelling reasons to change your diet, download your free copy of Suicide by Diet and find out what the food you're eating is doing inside your body. -------------------------------------------------------------- Do you know what to eat to stay thin, healthy, full of energy, and looking great for years to come? If not, find the answers to the burning question - what should I eat to stay healthy? ---------------------------------------------     Back to Diet & Health Article Index   Back to Home Page >>> Subscribe to The Juggling aCt >>> To the Store >>>