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A Running Doc’s Life: Control Your Own Health!

You are in the driver’s seat. You have a lot of control of your own health issues. You need to make good choices when it comes to diet and activity. We will all come down with health issues at some time, and you will learn to have to deal with it. Right now, with COVID still going on, you also have the choice to help yourself and get vaccinated. Sure, you can take your own chance and see what happens by not getting it. But, when it comes to trying to optimize what potential you may have to help your self stay healthy, why would you not get one? Why would you not try to do something that will help yourself? I can guarantee you all of the people who have died from it would have been more than willing to get vaccinated. You have a choice. Choose wisely. Life is all about choices. We all have to learn to choose wisely, and be prepared for the ramifications.

There is no price tag on your health…your life. Invest in it, and do everything you can to enjoy your return on your investment. After all, it truly is an investment. You are investing time, energy, and knowledge into helping take care of yourself. Don’t let your guard down!

We all need to learn to get as excited as our dogs when it comes to doing activity. Dakota especially! We can hardly contain her enthusiasm long enough to sit still to take a picture before going for a run yesterday morning. Dakota and Dobby are both ready to go, anytime, anywhere, under any condition! We need to do the same! They watched Sarah and I working out in the Reiflex Center before we went for a run, and they were ready to go!

We all have the same amount of time in a day, you just need to learn to prioritize things. What is important to you? What can you do to help yourself? Do you need to work on your diet? Exercise? Preventive things, like vaccines? What? The bottom line with all of this is we all could do things to improve our own health. What are willing to put into it? That is the real question!

We all have time constraints. We all have obligations. We all have things to do. Make the time to make improvements in your health. Invest in yourself and reap the benefits of it. NEVER GIVE UP on yourself!

Take control of your life. If you don’t, your health problems will take control of you! Guaranteed! Things can still happen, but at least you can say you did everything you could to help yourself. If you do this, you won’t have as many regrets. Remain in the driver’s seat. Steer your life how you want it to be. There may be some winding roads to maneuver through, but you will still get to where you are going. Continue to keep working on goals. It is a great way to keep motivated. This way, you can reap the benefit of achieving those goals in your life.

Come on, show yourself who the boss is! Prove it to yourself! You can do this. We all can do this. Get past the obstacles we create in our own mind, and get rid of all of the self doubts. Read reliable information when it comes to what you can do to participate in your health decisions. Stick with facts, not gossip. Listen to yourself. We all have a brain. We all can make decisions. We just all need to choose wisely! Stay safe, and keep moving everybody!

Dr. Dan

Consecutive Exercise Day of New Streak: #742

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