To be healthy or Not to be healthy…  I just finished watching a clip from Suzanne Somers regarding health, cancer and taking care of yourself…

I, like Suzanne do not completely believe in the Dr’s of today… Not that I do not believe in medicine or certain Dr’s… But I believe there is not enough caring or, too much emphasis put on medication…

I have gone to the Dr. who is overweight who said (on my steady upstream of weight gain) that I’m fine, my blood pressure (140/80, though most of my life my BP was 98/68) was fine… He/She said “no need for concern, your healthy” WRONG…  As my research into blood pressure and health continued (though delayed, due to a relapse into unhealthy eating and alcohol. Which I will comment on later) 140/80 was a Pre-hypertension stage… Why didnt he tell me, didnt he know at that time I would have listened and would have taken advice other than medicine.

Anyway this blog is not about Blood Pressure… But about health… I can only recall one Dr. saying that I need to lose weight (other than the plastic surgeon I had consulted for other reasons) and her I completely admire, though some of her office staff are idiots… Though I can not even begin to count how many Dr’s have wanted to give me meds for numerous reasons… Most of the time I decline or even argue with the Dr’s regarding not wanting the meds… As they put the script in my hand and say “here it is if you decide to change your mind”…

Over the years I have done my own research into health… When I was very young I ate somewhat healthy… Never overweight… Then I became very overweight while my mom was sick (due to the fact of everyone feeding us out of not knowing what else to do, or feeding us whatever we wanted out of guilt)… I saw a picture of myself and decided to go on a diet by 9th grade was a size 9 (back in the early 70′s my size 9 jeans “that I still have today” when compared to todays size 9 jeans or smaller are equivalent to a size 5) I did it the healthy way… But then I just pretty much starved myself and other things (another story) to stay thin… I yo-yo-ed with my weight till I was about 22… Read about the Japanese diet and started getting into health foods… Quit drinking (maybe 2 drinks a year) started exercising and stayed very thin (though I did yo yo 1 or 2 x’s but never to the degree where it stayed long)…

So People would make fun of me, because I ate healthy or wouldnt eat certain food or because I didnt drink… They couldnt understand my early morning bike rides, while they were still snoozing away…

Eventually I became one of them… I started eating regular food, drinking alcohol and yes, gaining weight… But I also became socially more acceptable (especially to married woman, though I never had any thoughts towards their men)…

So through the years, my blood pressure has skyrocketed, my skin looks like crap, my arteries are crying for relief… My knees (who knew I would have knee problems, ugh) are in pain, I have chest pain, my asthma is the worst it has ever, ever been…

So now I am back to basics… Simple clean eating… I dont want to eat the cows or pigs, their fatty tissue and skin clinging to the inside of my body… Veggies are what are simple and healthy… Brown rice, nothing fried… I am getting too old to play russian roulette with food… I’m not that young anymore and have way too much to do in life to let food or alcohol control me…

Please friends, family and anyone reading this… Take care of yourself, it is never too late… Health also relates to mind, body and spirit… get moving, eat healthy, ween yourself off of your meds (because I am not a Dr. please do it with your Dr’s care… If he/she doesnt care, find one that does)… If your not my age or older and do not know what I’m talking about you will one day… Hopefully you will age beautifully and healthy… 

Wish me luck, give me your thoughts on your habits or whatever you feel like commenting on in this blog…

These are all my comments, thoughts and idea’s… Remember if you do not agree, that is fine… I like other opinions… Just no rudeness please…

Peace…