WHY WORK ON OUR WELLBEING?

As a child, we’re busy playing and growing up and the last thing we think about is our well-being. We simply take for granted that we will always be full of energy, healthy and happy, have enough money and a loving family to support us.

FOREVER.

As we get older, we realize that these things don’t magically appear in our lives and they don’t certainly magically stay with us for a long enough time, forget about FOREVER!

We get tired, have less energy, our waistline e-x-p-a-n-d-s, we lose someone dear to us, our economic situation changes and sometimes family members seem far away in more ways than one. We do not get the support we expect and this hurts us, sometimes causing us to worsen our situation.

 

Instead of continuing to live without worries, we have to work on being well in all areas of our life.

The first step towards doing that is being informed.

Then based on the choices we have, we can make good decisions to ensure our wellbeing.

 

Why work on our wellbeing? Here are some benefits of maintaining our physical health:

We are stronger, we feel fit and have more energy. This alone is worth it!

We control our weight better.

We help build and maintain healthy bones, muscles, and joints.

We promote our psychological well-being and reduce and overcome feelings of depression and anxiety.

(Yep, physical wellbeing affects mental well-being and vice versa.)

We reduce our risk of developing high blood pressure.

We reduce our risk of developing cancer.

We reduce our risk of dying prematurely (especially from heart disease).

We reduce our risk of having to live with our body tied up to tubes and life-saving equipment.

In short, when we are physically fit, we invite overall good health to come and stay with us for a long-long time. With good energy levels, our mood improves and we feel better, our self confidence grows and we are ready for any challenge, any problem that life throws at us. Being fit will have an impact on all areas of our life and overall well-being. 

We may be tempted to say, “I’m too old? It’s too late.”

We can say instead, “Are we really too old?”    “Is it really too late?”  Hope reigns eternal...it is never too late to get started.

Even if we are so intimately acquainted with our sofa that the cushions have taken the shape of certain parts of our body presence, we have the power to always turn things around! And plump out those cushions while we’re at it!

The good news is that we don’t have to overhaul our entire life — we can take small steps that make a huge impact.

START.

You deserve great vibrant health and so do we.