I've been walking - and yesterday I worked out for the first time since the big health debacle. It really does not take long to lose muscle tone, as I learned again yesterday. Even though it was a short workout with baby weights (5 lbs) it felt great! Still no breathlessness...which lends credence to my "stress and meds" theory. What has left me breathless are the doctor's bills that have started rolling in. Oh my...
I've been reading about the Obama wellness initiatives for the workplace. No one really seems to know much about it yet - but I plan to keep on top of this as it develops. It's hopeful that we are maybe actually going to start paying attention to prevention. There is some controversy too. Some believe that giving reduced health insurance costs to employees who don't smoke or have a healthy body mass index is unfair to poor, uneducated and or fat people. Seriously? I just don't buy it that most folks can't figure out a way to add a little healthy movement into their lives without having to join a gym, and it does not cost any more to buy decent food, actually probably less, than cheetos and twinkies... so let's educate people about exercise and good nutrition, offer smoking cessation programs, and then let them decide for themselves whether the economic incentives make it worth changing their habits. Let's treat people like grownups, and perhaps they will live up to our belief in them rather than discouraging them by insisting that the poor things need special treatment because they have been disadvantaged in the past.
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