“Health and Fitness? I’ll ignore it
and it’ll go away.”
“Fitness? I feel pretty good. I don’t need to worry about it now — maybe later.”
“Yeah, I feel a little tired and weary, but it’s just temporary. I’ll start working on it later.”
“I’m a Senior. I feel OK. I’m satisfied right now. I’m happy. I don’t want to change anything right now.”
Complacency means being satisfied with yourself, being unconcerned. It’s not a problem now. It’s that “I’ll get to it someday” attitude.
But your body deteriorates without activity — without movement — a lot of movement. Your arms have to swing. Your legs have to move. Your knees have to bend, or you soon won’t be able to bend them. You have to bend and twist to stay flexible or you won’t be able to get in and out of a car. You have to move against resistance or you lose your muscle strength and bone density.
“Yes, I know. But better late than never. I’ll start later. I feel OK now, I’m not really worried about all that right now. Plus I like good food, bread, sweets, desserts. I feel fine, so I’ll wait.”
Doctor’s offices are filled with patients with that kind of thinking. Many doctors used to be overweight too, but you see fewer overweight doctors today. My old primary care doctor was a Triathlete. My Cardiologist exercises and is lean and trim. My new primary care doctor gives seminars on weight loss. I am a gym buddy with another Cardiologist who bicycles and does an early morning “spinning” class at the gym before going to work to look after other people’s hearts.
Yes, I have a Cardiologist. I had a heart valve replaced in 2014. But the surgeon who did the replacement said that he wanted arteries like mine when he got older. I told him to exercise and eat right and he’d be fine.
“Complacency is a blight that saps energy, dulls attitudes, and causes a drain in the brain. The first symptom is satisfaction with things as they are. The second is rejection of things as they might be. ‘Good enough’ becomes todays watchword and tomorrows standard.” — Alex and Brett Harris
Remember, your energy level is a matter of choice. There is a reason most people don’t exercise consistently and intensely enough to improve their overall health and energy. They simply haven’t CHOSEN to do so. Instead, they’ve accepted living half-alive, at a lowered level of energy. They don’t even realize how much they’re missing out on and how much they’re cheating themselves of a vibrant life.
So, the answer to more Personal health and energy is to get off your complacent “glutes” and get moving. Three to five times a week to start. Once you start, and discover how ALIVE you feel, you won’t ever be complacent about your health, fitness and personal energy again.
Yes, if you ignore your health and fitness, it will truly go away. Thank you for reading.