- My doctor says keep the weight off. I want to but my weight goes up again.
- I have been asked to cut down my drinking. I try for awhile, but soon begin to slip back
- I try to stop smoking but can't, even though I want to.
- I keep finding reasons why I don't exercise enough, even though I should exercise more.
- I work too many hours for my peace of mind.
- I hate change and I stick to routines that drive others crazy.
- I keep craving exciting activities even though I know I can get hurt.
- I keep trying to remember or to forget the past, as if I'm stuck listening to an old recording.
- I live for a better future even though my current life is troubled.
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Quiz: "Is Your Lifestyle Killing You?"
Please take a few minutes to answer these questions.
Monday, December 17, 2007
Help, My Lifestyle is Killing Me!
It's Monday morning and you promise yourself that this is the day you begin your new diet. By Monday afternoon, with a couple of cheeseburgers and fries under your belt, you wonder what happened to the promise you made to yourself.
Now that you've blown it, you might as well wait til next Monday, you rationalize to yourself, as you chow down on extra crispy fried chicken for dinner. Do you ever wonder why you can't stick to your diet? For that matter, do you wonder why your lifestyle is killing you? Why you don't exercise like you should. Why you drink too much for your own good. Why you let yourself be stressed out by working too many hours. It's not that you are lazy, stupid or morally inferior.
Rather there are factors outside your awareness that keep throwing you under the bus. I know what these factors are. How do I know? Because my lifestyle almost killed me.
After 25 years as a psychologist, I underwent quadruple by pass surgery. Since then I have been preoccupied with two questions. Why do intelligent people like me engage in unhealthy lifestyles? Why couldn't I stick to a healthy lifestyle even though my health depended on it?
I want to share what I learned with you. Interested?
Now that you've blown it, you might as well wait til next Monday, you rationalize to yourself, as you chow down on extra crispy fried chicken for dinner. Do you ever wonder why you can't stick to your diet? For that matter, do you wonder why your lifestyle is killing you? Why you don't exercise like you should. Why you drink too much for your own good. Why you let yourself be stressed out by working too many hours. It's not that you are lazy, stupid or morally inferior.
Rather there are factors outside your awareness that keep throwing you under the bus. I know what these factors are. How do I know? Because my lifestyle almost killed me.
After 25 years as a psychologist, I underwent quadruple by pass surgery. Since then I have been preoccupied with two questions. Why do intelligent people like me engage in unhealthy lifestyles? Why couldn't I stick to a healthy lifestyle even though my health depended on it?
I want to share what I learned with you. Interested?
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