THE CHOICE IS YOURS
Experts say that between 80% and 90 % of everything we do is by habit
. We are born with no habits,
and our care givers choose our habits for us, and a lot of those habits never change.
Some people never move, change political parties, religion, and are content to choose someone else to make choices for them.
One of those habits is smoking cigarettes. They cause people to die and it practically says that on the label. Some people chose to smoke, get cancer and die. Those folks chose to let others make a poor choice available to them.
Everything happens because we made a choice.
On June 12, 2006, I made a choice to be healthy. Why? I talk to myself and on that day said “If I keep on drinking and eating like I am right now, I will be dead in 5 years.”
I am a data guy. I track how many steps I walk every day, then. walking every day became a habit. I have walked every day since. A couple years later I drank a little more water and a little less sugar drink. I started to tweak my habit with a lot more water and a lot less sugar drink. Today, I drink no sugar drinks.
It is a habit
Our body requires food. We are losing the battle of sugar diabetes type 2. and it is mostly caused by obesity. Obesity is caused by sugar drinks
Sugar is a drug and the choice is ours to quit or chose not to quit.
I put another habit into play. I chose to eat six or more fresh or fast frozen fruits and veggies and nuts before noon every day. The combination of lots of water and fresh fruits and veggies slowly changed my way of eating. I eat slower, more often and chose smaller servings. It is a series of newly formed habits.
This has been a series of very simple, doable choices, that started very slowly, then just took off. This called the Compound Effect.A best seller The Compound Effect by Darren Hardy has been a part of this journey since November 8th, 2011. This is the fourth reread.
Tracking steps daily is a habit. Today it is done on a smartwatch that wasn’t around in 2006. The daily average is almost 8000 steps daily, but still under 10,000 steps a day. I am not there yet. A daily routine of healthy habits is all that separates the old me from what I am today. If I can you can choose to
BEE HEALTHY AND HAPPY
YOU CAN DO IT
? HAPPY & HEALTHY ?
I am 88 years old, but the body is better right now than 66 years ago when Uncle Sam drafted me into the US Army.
I once weighed 254 and my blood pressure was as high as 204 /105. On June 12, 2006 I asked me this question.
If I keep drinking and eating the way I do now where will I be in 5 years?
I will be dead.
I HAVE WALKED EVERY DAY SINCE JUNE 12 2006
NOT BEEN SICK-BLOOD PRESSURE YESTERDAYS WAS 122/72
WEIGHT WAS 147. SAME AS IT WAS THIS DAY LAST YEAR.
THESE ARE MY HAPPY HAPPY DAILY HABITS
THIS IS WHAT
BEEFITBOB IS ABOUT
SIMPLE AND SIGNIFICANT
IT WILL WORK FOR YOU
HAVE A HAPPY HEALTHY DAY
WHAT IS THERE TO DO TODAY ?
TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO ASK QUESTIONS, LISTEN, AND REMEMBER NAMES -PLACES AND FACES.
I DO ALL 10 OF THE 2 DO 2 DAY LIST EVERY DAY
MY GOAL IS
EVERYBODY CHOSE TO BE HAPPY AND HEALTHY
I ASK THIS QUESTION. "IF YOU DRINK - EAT - WALK SLEEP LIKE YOU DO NOW
WHERE WILL YOU BE IN FIVE YEARS ?
IF YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION AND DON'T LIKE YOUR ANSWER
I LISTEN
THEN
CHOSE TO INFORM -TEACH-INSPIRE
ABOUT HAPPY HEALTHY LIFE STYLE
REMEMBER NAMES FACES AND PLACES
I BETTER DO IT NOW
DO IT
NOW DO IT BETTER
ABOUT 2 OF EVERY 100 CHOSE TO CHANGE BEHAVIOR CONSISTENTLY UNTIL IT IS A HABIT.
THAT IS WHERE THE MAGIC OF THE COMPOUND EFFECT COMES IN. WE WILL TALK ABOUT COMPOUNDING NEXT TIME.
HAVE A HAPPY HEALTHY LIFE
THERE ARE SIMILE ANSWERS
WE ASKED AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS YESTERDAY. .WE DO IT EVERY DAY
PUT THE POWER INTO ACTION
I BETTER DO IT NOW
DO IT
NOW DO IT BETTER
I CHOSE TO ASK QUESTIONS TO FIND WHAT I OR SOMEONE IMPORTANT TO ME REALLY WANTS TO DO , BECOME , OR DECIDE
THEN I LISTEN AND ASK MORE AND MORE QUESTIONS
AND
REMEMBER NAMES PLACES AND FACES
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO START. i POTTED AROUND TILL JUNE 12, 2006. I WAS 76 YEARS OLD
THIS WAS MY QUESTION
IF I KEEP ON DRINKING AND EATING LIKE I AM RIGHT NOW- WHERE WILL I BE IN
5 YEARS
I WILL BE DEAD
I CHOSE TO WALK - KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS - I CHOSE TO EAT 7 OR MORE FRESH OR FRESH FROZEN FRUITS AND VEGGIES- I CHOSE WALK 7000 OR MORE STEPS -I CHOSE TO GET 6 OR MORE HOURS OF SLEEP EVERY DAY
THIS "ASK"QUESTIONS -LISTEN - REMEMBER NAMES PLACES FACES" PROCESS STATED 14 YEARS A GO. I HAVE NOT MISSED ONE DAY
THIS IS NOT INSTANT GRATIFICATION.
IT IS CHOICE-BEHAVIOR -HABIT
HERE ARE SOME RESULTS -SO FAR
WEIGHT WAS 256- NOW 149 LAST THREE YEARS
BLOOD PRESSURE 204/105 UNDER CONTROL WITH MEDICATION
WAKING AVERAGE 8900 STEPS PER DAY WALK EVERY DAY
THEN
NOW
HAVE A HAPPY HEALTHY DAY
GET GOOD AT ASKING QUESTIONS
ASK QUESTIONS & LISTEN & REMEMBER NAMES FACES & PLACES
ASK YOURSELF AND ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS
"THE MORE THINGS I FIND OUT THE MORE THINGS I KNOW"
IF MONEY DID NOT MATTER WHAT DO I REALLY WANT TO DO ?
IF I KEEP DRINKING & EATING & WALKING & SLEEPING LIKE I AM RIGHT NOW- WHERE WILL I BE MIN 5 YEARS ?
WHAT DO I LIKE ABOUT WHAT I DO ?
ASK YOURSELF AT LEAST FIVE MORE YOU HAVE BEEN PONDERING
NOW PUT THE 5 POWER WORDS INTO ACTION
I BETTER DO IT NOW
DO IT
NOW DO IT BETTER
THIS STOPPED ME FROM PLAYING INSTANT GRATIFICATION AND QUICK FIX GAMES
THIS IS ME WHEN I STARTED ASKING ME QUESTIONS
TAKE SOME TIME. WE WILL STAY ON TARGET
ASK QUESTIONS -LISTEN - REMEMBER NAMES FACES PLACES
HAVE A HAPPY HEALTHY DAY
&
KEEP ASKING QUESTIONS