The doctor gave me the news on Wednesday. He stated it by saying that I could not be a little pregnant or a little diabetic. Even with the diagnosis I am not going to lay down and give up. I am going to continue to fight using my diet and exercise program. I still think I can reverse the diagnosis and turn the medical community on their ear. I do not have to take any medication, because technically I am under the recommended result for the American Diabetes Association and it would cause other issues if they medicated me for this diagnosis.

I have to be OCD about this because this is my body and my health. No one is going to take care of me better than me. How do you feel when you go and visit the doctor? Do you just accept your fate or do you go out and strive to make your health better without having to depend on the prescribed medications the doctor has given you to treat the symptoms and not the source?

A lot of our problems stem from our poor eating habits. They call the american diet SAD! SAD stands Standard American Diet. One change a day in your diet will lead you to the road to health and longevity.  Suppose you are a male with 50 pounds of extra weight on your frame. That extra stress on your body will transpire in the form of aching knees and backs. It will also cause sleep apnea, digestive issues and high cholesterol.

Now instead of living in your current situation, why not make some small changes. Eliminate soda pop from your daily calorie intake. Walk the stairs instead taking the elevator. Add more vegetables to your lunch and dinner menu. With these small changes, all of sudden the weight starts dropping and your knees and back hurt less and your digestive tract is working better.  You keep going with some more small changes and all of sudden you are back to high school weight and you feel young again.

The idea here is that you are the one making the changes and being proactive about your own health and not leaving it up to the doctors to determine which side effects you will experience from the myriad of prescription drugs they are prescribing to maintain your current health. As we age quality of life becomes more important to us and each needs to monitor our health requirements with less dependence on the medical community doing it for us.

This is just food for thought and maybe time for some self-evaluation of your current health and the reasons for your maladies.

Diets must become live-its. Think of this way…..if you want to lose weight, you have to choose a program that you can live with for the rest of your life….you can never go back to your old eating habits because that causes yo-yo dieting. Your body accepts and adjusts to any diet that you put it on and the minute you step back into old eating habits the weight reappears with a few more pounds added than you lost to begin with.

Let’s put our best foot forward America and be proactive in our health maintenance plan. You can do it, you just need to make a plan and stick to it. Find the plan that addresses your current health issues and be proactive to make it happen, so the doctor can start to take you off the myriad of prescription pills you have to eat every day to live.