This time of year, many of you are fortunate to have your children, relatives or family friends graduate from school. Attending these functions, you bear witness to that huge smile that appears on their faces as they traverse the stage to get their diploma. Their entire life is ahead of them with great aspirations and goals to make an impact on this world.
The pride you feel brings tears to your eyes and you feel so incredibly lucky to be a part of this.
Futuristic weddings, births of grandchildren, anniversaries and other major events of you and your loved ones' lives are times that we cherish the fact that we healthy enough to be there.
As a practicing internist for over 25 years, I have unfortunately seen too many cases of people whose lives are shortened by catastrophic illnesses such as heart attacks, cancers, etc. Those affected have missed out on many of these occasions.
Your choice to lose weight, which will require you to give up some of your favorite food sources will raise your chances of being able to be a part of all of these great occasions. Lowering your risk of heart disease, cancer, etc. all occurs when you lose weight.
The next time you are a part of a wonderful event, such as a graduation, try to "bottle up" the wonderful thoughts you feel, and the next time that chocolate cake, bottle of wine, bag of nuts tempt you, remember what is more important. The choice is obvious.
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Such an appropriate topic for today. Hubby and I are in Ocean City celebrating the anniversary of our wonderful 41 years of marriage. Since living a more healthy lifestyle (viva the SP Weight Management program) we look forward to many more years and seeing our grandkids grow up to be adults and maybe one day be "great" grandparents....yikes!
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