It's not about Healthcare.
I was reading Communicatrix's latest post today, Starting to stop, adding to subtract: changing habits the sane way, and it got me spun-up on the Healthcare debate.
The great national healthcare debate is one of those arguments which has been framed with such powerful negative emotions that our lizard brains have taken over. Rational thought has left the building.
The thing is that the majority of the money we do/will spend on healthcare is focused on diseases caused by a sedentary lifestyle and very poor eating habits (starting with way too many bad carbs, like sugar, and a focus on dietary fat reduction along with eating other so-called 'diet' foods). Too many of us who are of a certain age start thinking that our loss of ability is age related, and although it is to a degree, the majority of it is due to bad eating and fitness habits.
In other words, the Great National Healthcare Debate is not about Healthcare. It's about your personal decisions regarding your physical fitness and what you eat.
Back to Colleen's article, I had a nice additive decision change my life in a very significant way back in 2007. Early that year I started working with a coach who is a Crossfit trainer, Dave Young (he's got a nice Crossfit gym in Issaquah, Gravity Janes). Since that decision, all kinds of things have changed for the better with respect to my physical being. Here's a short list:
- Stronger
- Leaner
- More energy
- Much greater endurance
- Healthier (my Doctor calls me the poster-boy for good high-cholesteral, and would you belive a resting heartrate of 48 bpm?)
So here's what I say to anybody who is serious about changing their well-being, or who wants to engage me on one side or the other of the great national healthcare debate. Start excercising. Discover a better diet, like the Zone. If you are already excercising, look for a nearby Crossfit trainer or gym and give it a try. You will be amazed at the results of simply changing your daily regimen a little bit.
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