all of our lives we are told to eat our vegetables. get exercise. stay healthy.
it all seems like a simple enough concept using resources like the gym and eating from the four food groups.
easy right? well..not really.
its something i have been noticing for quite some time and it has officially made its way to my metaphorical 'hit list' (via blog of course!)
gym memberships..expensive.
fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat...expensive.
vitamins, supplements, etc...expensive.
being healthy is TOO expensive.
i grew up in a household that was crappy food free-to put it bluntly.
we didnt indulge in pop or chips-EVER.
we lived on 8 acres, so there was always some activity to be doing to get some daily exercise.
we had a family gym membership to get in strength and cardio training.
we had a pool, theres an abundance of benefits to swimming, as we all know.
but now that im a university student, toughing it out in the trenchs-i dont have the luxuries and benefits of living at home, where food was supplied and consumed-no questions as to how expensive the entire pint of blueberries i had just eaten were, where we had a family membership to the gym, me never taking into account how expensive an individual one would be. i find now that maintaining a healthy lifestyle has become an empire within itself, as if all the components of healthy living were integrated into one mutual and collaborative decision to rip us off, whilst we attempt to make educated, healthy decisions that will further benefit our lives.
sure, i take advantage of every day life opportunities to be healthy. i walk when its nice out, drink plenty of water that is readily available to me, and i am even in the middle of a wickedly aggressive training regiment for a marathon in just a few short months-persisting me to run a couple km's every few days. but its not enough taking into other aspects of 'healthy living.' how much strength training do you acquire from a sundays mid afternoon walk across campus and where in h2o is the health benefits provided in the four food groups?
we are told to be healthy, that our very existence depends on it.
so why do they make it unsparingly difficult for us? so seemingly impossible?
MAYBE, just maybe if roles were reversed and healthy food was cheap, gym memberships were cheap and vitamins were cheap, we'd see a healthier, happier nation with less hospitalization, less treatment, less medication, less illness....ultimately equaling in less money from the taxpayers to provide for the backlash of this indubitably expensive lifestyle we call healthy.
just a thought.
it all seems like a simple enough concept using resources like the gym and eating from the four food groups.
easy right? well..not really.
its something i have been noticing for quite some time and it has officially made its way to my metaphorical 'hit list' (via blog of course!)
gym memberships..expensive.
fruits, vegetables, dairy, meat...expensive.
vitamins, supplements, etc...expensive.
being healthy is TOO expensive.
i grew up in a household that was crappy food free-to put it bluntly.
we didnt indulge in pop or chips-EVER.
we lived on 8 acres, so there was always some activity to be doing to get some daily exercise.
we had a family gym membership to get in strength and cardio training.
we had a pool, theres an abundance of benefits to swimming, as we all know.
but now that im a university student, toughing it out in the trenchs-i dont have the luxuries and benefits of living at home, where food was supplied and consumed-no questions as to how expensive the entire pint of blueberries i had just eaten were, where we had a family membership to the gym, me never taking into account how expensive an individual one would be. i find now that maintaining a healthy lifestyle has become an empire within itself, as if all the components of healthy living were integrated into one mutual and collaborative decision to rip us off, whilst we attempt to make educated, healthy decisions that will further benefit our lives.
sure, i take advantage of every day life opportunities to be healthy. i walk when its nice out, drink plenty of water that is readily available to me, and i am even in the middle of a wickedly aggressive training regiment for a marathon in just a few short months-persisting me to run a couple km's every few days. but its not enough taking into other aspects of 'healthy living.' how much strength training do you acquire from a sundays mid afternoon walk across campus and where in h2o is the health benefits provided in the four food groups?
we are told to be healthy, that our very existence depends on it.
so why do they make it unsparingly difficult for us? so seemingly impossible?
MAYBE, just maybe if roles were reversed and healthy food was cheap, gym memberships were cheap and vitamins were cheap, we'd see a healthier, happier nation with less hospitalization, less treatment, less medication, less illness....ultimately equaling in less money from the taxpayers to provide for the backlash of this indubitably expensive lifestyle we call healthy.
just a thought.
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