Last night, the West Virginia University (WVU) Mountaineers and the University of Kentucky (UK) Wildcats squared off to see who will move on to the Final Four of the NCAA Championship. This presented a very difficult choice for me – do I choose WVU , having been born and “raised” in West Virginia; or do I pick UK – the team from where I have lived for the past 10 yrs, and the reason I have become more of a basketball watcher to begin with? UK has been so exciting to watch this year – flashy players with jaw-dropping moves……….so appealing. West Virginia – the powerful, defensive workhorse -not quite as flashy and much less hype than UK.
All of this made me think of the challenges that we face when making decisions for our own health. Do you choose the luscious-looking food loaded with fat and calories or the less attractive “workhorse” food that is better for you? Do you choose the processed foods over “real” food? Do you choose inactivity over activity?
Well -WVU won. How did they beat the Wildcats? They had a plan, a strategy that worked for them; if it stopped working, they changed it. They were committed to winning and made it happen.
-WHAT STRATEGIES OR PLANS DO YOU HAVE TO MAKE BETTER HEALTH CHOICES?
-ARE YOU COMMITTED TO WINNING WITH REGARDS TO YOUR HEALTH?
-ARE YOU WILLING TO CHANGE YOUR GAME PLAN IF IT’S NOT WORKING
or GET BACK ON TRACK WITH THOSE THAT WORKED IN THE PAST?
By the way, good food doesn’t have to be ugly,unappealing, taste bad, or be complicated. Check out Jamie Oliver’s new book.
Jamie’s Food Revolution: Rediscover How to Cook Simple, Delicious, Affordable Meals
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Love this sports analogy Christine…so often, in our daily lives we say we want something, but seem to think that it will just magically manifest itself without us having to do any work. And many people are willing to do the work, but they have no plan to help them do it effectively.