My Biggest Health-Fitness Vice |
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Earlier this week Fit36 asked me What is Your Biggest Health/Fitness Vice? I’ve been muddling it through my head the last few days trying to come up with an answer.
Here’s what I came up with:
- I’m not in bad health - My body mass index is around 23-24. My body fat is around 19%. There’s room for improvement, but I don’t have a major vice that is putting me into unhealthy weight/fat ranges.
- I have never smoked - If you smoke that should probably rise to the top of your biggest vice list.
However, I thought some more about the “room for improvement” that I’ve bolded above. I’d like to have six pack abs instead of just being physically pretty healthy. With that in mind, I realized my biggest vice is a Voltron of smaller ones. Put them together and they add up to one big, bad vice. Here they are:
- Nutrition - I like my steak. I even like a prime rib. It might be one of the worst foods for you. I also don’t like many vegetables. That includes some of the best ones for you like spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, etc.
- Exercise - While I have been extremely good at getting exercise in recently, I’ve had months and months where I abstained from exercise. Yes, I was simply living up to my name.
- Medicine - Doctors scare the hell out of me. Hospitals make me nauseous. I used to work as a pharmacy technician at a hospital for three years - each day I walked into work sick to my stomach. My fear of doctors prevents me from getting the regular check-ups and tests that I know I should have.
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July 10th, 2008 at 7:54 am
I can understand your fear of doctors. Please don’t let it keep you from seeking care when you need it.
Ask around and find a doctor who will take time for your concerns and talk to you. (not impossible). No one should do any testing without your informed consent. Have a loved one go with you on the first visit.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:13 am
(great comment james)
me? movie theater popcorn.
in a big bad summer blockbuster way.
July 11th, 2008 at 10:15 am
I don’t like vegetables either. The ones you mentioned are most palatable raw, mixed in with a salad. Yes, my salads have too much cheese and dressing, but at least I get in some good vegetables.
Also you can chop those vegetables very small and add them to other things you are (or someone is) cooking like meatloaf and spaghetti sauce. I also put finely grated carrots or zucchini in banana bread. Frozen spinach keeps well.
My worst vices are that I love dessert (and also eat it) and I don’t like most vegetables unless they’re in another food group (pinto beans are a protein, potatoes are a starch, iceberg lettuce is a water, for example). Also, I don’t get enough sleep.