My changing world

This blog is from Living a Longer Healthier Life, a companion guide to Dr. A's Habits oF Health

List Five life style event I would really love to do

1.  Backpack with my daughter and be able to hike along side her instead of trudging along in the back at a very slow pace.
2. Bike ride with my daughters along the coast.
3. Enjoy a hiking trip and not dreading that insane hill I'm about to climb
4. Go to the beach and feel confident in what i choose to wear
5. Weight lifting and working out with my best friend

Do my current activities support or prevent me from doing my dreams?

1. Currently prevents because i quickly lose stamina, get short of breath and have a racing heart when i begin to carry a backpack
2. Prevent, I easily get fatigued and do see the benefit of driving to he beach to ride our bikes.
3. supports, I currently do go on hiking trips with my girls and i might dread that insane hill but we get it done.
4.  Supports, I am confident in all i wear but i would love to still look spectacular in a bikini
5. Support, able to do this but need to be able to go one my own too. Prevents as well, because we have very full schedules and we have to make time to see each other.

When I am upset, stressed, depressed, angry, sad, bored, tired, or overworked, I tend to sleep or nap, or stay in bed. I have definitely found myself sitting at the sushi bar drinking sake and eating 3-4 rolls of sushi myself. The fish may be good but that is a lot of rice and sauce. So i am a victim of my works candy draw. Especially on slow nights it is so easy to pop open that draw and eat a little of whatever is inhere. It is such a bad habit, i don't even have to be hungry to open that draw to get something out. 

Ten daily choices I make that support my health right now are:

1. Chicken over other meats
2. Fish is my favorite
3. Salads are better then most meals at fast food restaurants
4. parking further from the store
5. taking the stairs instead of the elevator
6. drinking more water
7. starting this blog/journal
8. going on hikes with my daughters or going on walks with Tony
9. thinking about my decision and why i make them
10. Removing all food post from my Facebook feed to lessen the temptation

Haunting's from your past

No matter how hard you work, How far you have come, or the distance you put between you and you past; your past has ways of leaking back into your life.

How you choose to deal with it defines you today. What happened for me helped me to reflect back on about the last 15 years of my life. Amazingly, I have overcome great obstacles forced in my path by those that said they loved me, and those who could have care less about me.  Despite them trying to derail me, I have still come out a better person. I have accomplished so much. I have seen much beauty in the side road I was to take, that had i not been derailed never would have seen.

I take this opportunity to hope that someone else may be able to look beyond what they are going through now. No matter the amount of hurt, mountain of mental pain, or tribulations you face, there is a brighter day on the other side of that mountain. There may be a valley of peace, a beautiful sunset to behold, or maybe another beautiful mountain to climb. You can do it, I can not promise that it will get easier. However, I can promise that you do get stronger and are able to endure everything and so much more.

A couple good songs to listen to get through the hard times:

1. Rascal Flatts: Broken Road 
2. Rodney Atkins: If you're going through Hell

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