The Daily Decisions...Do they Really Matter?

Being healthy is more popular than ever before. From bottled water, yoga, fitness clothing and organic everything its definitely been accepted by most as trendy and exciting to be healthy.

So why is it that with all this popularity and acceptance childhood obesity is on the rise? 28.8 million children and adults in the U.S. have diabetes according to the American Diabetes Association.

Thought I would share some incredible wisdom from the author of The Slight Edge, Jeff Olson.

" You know what you are suppose to eat. We all do. Fresh fruits and vegetables, complex carbs, salads, whole foods, lean meats etc...You know it, I know it, we all know it. So why do so many of us still go out and chow down on cheeseburgers and fries every day? I'll tell you why: Because it wont kill us today. Not today.
  If you ate a cheeseburger and immediately suffered a near fatal heart attack, would you ever go near a cheeseburger again? I doubt it. It may take twenty or thirty years, but when you add up the compounded interest on all that high-fat, artery clogging dietary mayhem, eventually your poor overworked heart just quits, stops dead. And so do you. We dig our graves with our teeth.
  Its easy to eat well. And its easy not to. Its not the one junk food meal; its the thousands, over time. Eating the burger is just a simple error in judgement. Not eating it, a simple positive action....Invisible results.
  It is the same with your health, your diet, your exercise, your financial habits, your knowledge, your relationships, your marriage. With anything and everything. With your life.
  The difference between success and failure is not dramatic. In fact, the difference between success and failure is so subtle, most people miss it. They hold the philosophy that what they do doesn't really matter.
 The truth is what you do matters. What you do today matters. What you do every day matters...Nobody will applaud you, nobody will notice. They are those things that at that time you do them, often feel like they make absolutely no difference...like they don't matter.
  They do."

So today choose to raise your own self respect by doing what you said you were going to do. Start today, fresh and free of all guilt. If you have a goal to loose weight, do the daily things that it requires to accomplish this. If you have a goal to run in a 5k, then do the daily disciplines to accomplish that goal and to finish well. All things begin with a decision, then you back it up with consistent, daily action and a positive attitude and you will accomplish your goals.