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FITNESS OR FATNESS….. What’s Your Plan
We generally take care of our cars, but most people don’t have much of a plan for their health. With so much working
against us, how can we choose fitness? In your driveway sits the car of your dreams. You get in, start the engine, pull onto the road, scrape a tree, hit the curb, grind gears and leave the emergency brake on all the time. Worst of all, you fill your car with diesel at station instead of the gasoline it was designed to use…….. Sound crazy??????? If you were willing to spend a great deal of money on a car, you world certainly protect your investment by treating the car with the greatest care. What about your body? It is the physical vessel that carries you through life. Do you treat it with as much care as you would a new car? More often than not, we may neglect the needs of our physical bodies. We fuel them and exercise them appropriately. Here’s the grim picture. The United States has long battled an obesity epidemic. Now other countries are also feeling the effects of express. Eight percent of 10-12 years olds in China’s cities are obese and an extra 15 percent are overweight, while 18.8 percent of American Children between 6 & 11 are overweight. The great thing is that the human body is incredibly complex and renewable. It can repair itself- if we give it right fuel & tools. So are we fit or are we fat? If we are fit, great! If we aren’t- it’s time to make a plan. How much we weigh and how fit we are isn’t determined by one meal or one day of jogging halfheartedly out to the mailbox and back. It takes years of bad habits to make a person unhealthy and gain excess weight. Reversing the process likewise takes a good chunk of time-to reinstitute good habits and see them through until they bear the fruit of a healthy body. An optimistic attitude is a tool to long term change. A daily habit of positive thinking can help keep us on track to make healthy food choices and fulfill our physical activity goals. Our thoughts are the foundation of our actions, but making shift to upbeat thinking requires motivation. There are a lot of good reasons for becoming fit, and one of them shows up in the mirror every time we look in it. Looking good is a confidence booster, especially when meeting your peers at school or in workplace. It is a major motivation in today’s society, but sometimes it overshadows a more important concept: that we take care of what God has given us. God created the human body, and we are granted the use of one of these amazing creations for the duration of our physical lives. God designed some very specific fuel to feed human bodies. He gave spiritual and physical guidelines for right living that are recorded in the Bible. Treating God’s creation with respect is a huge motivation to developing a fit body. Being sick or just feeling bad in general can also be great motivators to turn around. The worse we feel, the less we are able to enjoy the life of God intended us to have. Under these conditions, we all want to feel better. Sometimes circumstances out of our control dictate our health, but there are many things we can do to make a difference. Write your abstract here.
Published: August 11, 2007
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