| Prevention: The Best Health Investment in Any | | | | life will change when the source of your |
| Economy | | | | decision-making drops 12 inches-from your head to |
| We all know that we should not eat greasy, fried | | | | your heart. This is how you convert information into |
| food and that late-night binge eating is a sure way to | | | | realization. Become passionately involved in a decision, |
| pack on unwanted pounds. So why does it | | | | and you're more likely to act on it rather than just |
| sometimes take a doctor's report to convince us to | | | | letting it sit on a shelf. |
| change these destructive habits? For some, even a | | | | KEY 2: DECLARATION |
| scary prognosis fails to produce enough motivation to | | | | Control your mouth, and you control your whole |
| dump our junk food-fueled lifestyles. The result? | | | | body. If you want to find out who you really believe |
| Unnecessary suffering that could have been | | | | you are, listen to yourself talk. As you speak with |
| prevented! Let's take a look at what all those | | | | others, pay attention to your own words. You could |
| calorie-fests could really cost you: | | | | even record your side of phone conversations for a |
| Standard Ambulance ride: Depending on where you | | | | couple of days, wait a week or two, and then play |
| live, anywhere from $100 to $1,500. | | | | your words back. You may be surprised and even |
| Massive Heart Attack: ER room, visit, testing, etc. | | | | shocked at what you hear coming out of your |
| $500 to $10,000. | | | | mouth! Our words reveal what we honor. Are your |
| Heart Bypass Surgery: A person in the Houston, | | | | conversations littered with phrases like, "I can't do |
| Texas area racked up a bill of $169,000.00. Medicare | | | | this... I always fail... My mom was built this way and |
| covered most of the cost but the patient was | | | | my metabolism is slow, so I'll never lose the weight?" |
| responsible for a balance of approximately | | | | Focus on replacing these negative words with |
| $34,000.00. In similar cases the balance needing to be | | | | positive declarations like, "I am blessed...I am an |
| paid by the patient was as high as $70,000. | | | | overcomer, and I am overcoming this...I'm getting |
| Co Pays: averages $5 to $50 per visit. The cost of | | | | healthier every day." You will be amazed to discover |
| two visits (at the average $25 co-pay) per month | | | | the creative power of your own words, both for |
| for a year: $600. | | | | your good and for your harm. |
| Clinical depression: In one recent study, the total | | | | KEY 3: APPLICATION |
| treatment cost per person per year, including the | | | | Do you do what you don't want to do, and don't do |
| cost of housing, was $60,000. | | | | what you want to do? It sounds like a tongue |
| Institutional care can cost as much as $130,000. | | | | twister, but this dilemma defines almost everyone |
| Early Death: IMMEASURABLE. | | | | trapped in an unhealthy lifestyle. Unfortunately, the |
| While one could argue that the financial consequences | | | | solution to this problem is simple but not easy. You |
| for many individuals are minimized by their insurance | | | | ignore what you want to do in favor of what |
| companies, let's not forget that the true costs are | | | | realization has told you-what you MUST do. Truth |
| eventually paid by everyone else when insurance | | | | without action simply doesn't work. But here's the |
| rates rise. The increasing demand for weight-related | | | | great news: as you apply truth to your life day after |
| health treatments is also contributing to more national | | | | day, your desires will start to change. You will want |
| debt. "The economic impact of heart attacks and | | | | more of the good and healthy things. Simple exercise |
| strokes in the U.S. alone totals nearly $403 billion in | | | | and walks in the park will instantly spike your |
| medical care and lost productivity annually," said Dr. | | | | metabolism, not to mention decreasing your biological |
| Peter Lindgren of Stockholm Health Economics. | | | | aging by almost 10 YEARS! The rewards are sweet, |
| And what about the emotional consequences? | | | | and you will reach a point where you will truly desire |
| Imagine receiving the news that a dear friend or | | | | them more than you desire that giant slice of cake. |
| family member just suffered a heart attack or | | | | Exercises like walking and weight training with a |
| stroke. Circumstances like these take their toll on the | | | | simple exercise band not only prevent heart disease, |
| psyche. Mental disorders including anxiety and | | | | diabetes and obesity, they reduce your risk of 35 |
| depression affect one in ten working-age adults each | | | | other diseases and 12 cancers! If that's not a great |
| year, resulting in a loss of approximately 200 million | | | | return on your investment, I don't know what is. Get |
| working days a year. | | | | moving, apply yourself, and watch what happens. |
| What is the bottom line? Our unhealthy lifestyles | | | | KEY 4: MANIFESTATION (IN 30 SECONDS!) |
| carry a high price tag, and we have limited resources | | | | Don't just talk about your dreams, live them! While I |
| to pay it. The only rational solution, then, is to break | | | | do advocate writing your 6 week goals down on |
| free from our unhealthy lifestyle. In over a decade as | | | | paper (in concert with Key 3), manifest that 6 week |
| a personal trainer and life coach, I have observed | | | | goal today-this very moment (you know, In 30 |
| four key principles that empower this kind of radical | | | | Seconds). Do you have a goal to lose 30 pounds or |
| change: | | | | unclog some of those arteries? Well, do it today. |
| KEY 1: REVELATION | | | | Don't eat any fried food-TODAY. Go for a walk- |
| Fortunately, the body is like a big Band-Aid. It longs | | | | TODAY. Pass on the sweets-TODAY! You will literally |
| to heal itself. But that doesn't mean the choices we | | | | see a manifestation of your 6 week goal happening |
| make today won't scar our bodies for years to | | | | right before your eyes. |
| come. Nothing in your life will change until the | | | | The satisfaction of SAYING NO will give you such |
| consequences become real to you. Revelation is | | | | confidence and peace that you will be ready for day |
| about seeing and believing the truth. This is the key | | | | 2, 3 and 44! Go for your dreams and live it one day |
| to prevention. For example, before (this is the "pre" | | | | at a time. You are worth the investment. Your 30 |
| in "prevention") you develop Diabetes, a debilitating | | | | second focus/short term goal for the week: Did you |
| blood sugar disorder which affects about 8% of the | | | | remember to write down your goals last week. If |
| population, close your eyes and imagine giving | | | | you forgot to Take a few moments THIS MOMENT |
| yourself daily insulin injections, losing your vision, or | | | | and write down one thing that you would like to |
| even losing a limb. How would you feel then? How | | | | accomplish this week/ this month and this year! We |
| would your family feel? Think about missing out on | | | | are 5 months into 2010, and despite what may have |
| your grandchildren because you suffered a massive | | | | happened in 2009, 2010 is going to be an exceeding |
| heart attack fueled by decades of fast food and a | | | | abundant year for you and your heath. You can |
| sedentary lifestyle. These things happen every day. | | | | prevent disaster by making 30 second decisions to |
| For many, this reality check finally hits home when | | | | Change. |
| they're confined to a hospital bed awaiting bypass | | | | Get ready for next months' article! E-mail me |
| surgery-but it doesn't have to be that way. Your | | | | info@kardashian.tv or call for help-1888.918-HEAL! |
| revelation can start the moment you read this article | | | | Love and Blessings, |
| or hear the early warnings from your doctor. Your | | | | Ron. |