The Process of Becoming Healthy Make the Decision to Start the Journey
I am a General Surgeon with a passion for Health and Wellness.
The number one New Years Resolution has to do with Health, Exercise
Routine, and
Diet.
We all feel that it is the best time to start for the first time
or again. The percentage of people that make it through the whole year
is disappointingly small and here is why I believe it happens.
As I
watch what is going on in the
media I am beginning to believe that we are becoming a "credit card"
society. What I mean by that is we get what we want now and are willing
to pay for it later, immediate gratification. That does not work with
our health.
The media also suggests to us that we can lose large amounts
of weight or get a "six-pack" abdomen in a six-eight week time frame.
That is impossible in all but extreme situations.
We take these kinds of
external
influences into consideration when it comes to our health and look for
those "immediate" results. Becoming "Healthy" is not an overnight
miracle; It is a process just like learning how to walk is a process.
You could not cheat that process or find any shortcuts. You cannot take
a seed and grow it to harvest in three days. You cannot change or cheat
the "Process" of nature.
As you read this article you are either becoming healthy or unhealthy.
You cannot stand still. It is just like if you were standing on a
staircase; you either go up or down, but cannot stand on the same step
forever. The question becomes "Do you want to get Healthy?"
You, first
of all, need to know your
reasons for getting healthy. Some of us just need to look at our medical
history and there are a plethora of reasons there. We, as a nation, are
beginning to lead the world in obesity and diabetes.
Becoming healthy
can reverse many of these trends. Once you know your reasons, you need
to make some commitments to your cause. We, as human beings, are good at
making commitments, but, for the majority, do very poorly in carrying
them out.
Just look at "New Years Resolutions." We also tend to react to
crisis faster than the subtle hints that we get everyday. We decide to
improve our health after the heart attack instead of doing things to
help prevent it.
There are two phrases to keep in mind as you consider the content of
this Letter. "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing
everyday expecting different results." We all are guilty of that in all
aspects of our lives, not just our health.
We feel that we can change
our results with our old habits and actions but if you continue to do
what you have always done, you
will continue to get what you have always gotten. The other phrase is:
"If you want to make some changes in your life, you have to make some
changes in your life."
Change is often uncomfortable because we are so
secure in our comfort zones, but change is good. It is part of the
"process". We will not make these changes that we need to make to
improve our health and
lives if the reasons for doing so are not important enough.
So with all of this as background, how does one get started?
Stated very simply, take the first step: make the decision to start the
journey. Every journey begins with the first step. Make some
commitments; develop new habits.
You do that every day of your life for
your job or profession because you want the result at the end of the
week, a paycheck. What about another result? Your good health.
One caution: Don't do it alone. Find yourself a mentor, someone who has
done what you want to do and is very successful at it. In the area of
health it may be your doctor, a personal trainer, a nutritionist, etc.
Find someone with the fruit on the tree and follow their direction and advice. You will pay a golf pro to improve your game. Find a pro in your
health. Finally, set some
goals and go after them. Let your mentor guide you in the process
initially.
Remember this: Becoming healthy is a process, which must be an ongoing
journey. Learn to enjoy the journey for, believe it or not, the success
of achieving these goals is not in attaining them, it is the "process"
of becoming who or what you need to become while you are doing it.
Author: John D Zelem, MD
About the author:
This information can be found in the book "The Process Of Becoming
Healthy" at
www.streamlineintelligence.com
Dr Zelem is the author and is
available for seminars on this topic. Email:
jz@streamlineintelligence.com or call 866-222-4884
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