Posted by: healthyadvances on: July 2, 2009
“An ounce of prevention is better than a pound of cure.”
So I was introduced to this saying about two years ago and found it interesting how true the statement is, but how rarely we see our everyday situations in this light. When we bum a cigarette off a friend, pop open another beer, go for the extra dessert or forego your workout or your blood pressure meds until tomorrow. And let’s not talk about how easy it is to overlook the daily vitamin!
But the point is that all these things add up. And yes, it’s a lot of work to be healthy, but that takes me to this next quote that I heard Tanya Lewis Lee cite at the D.C. Women and Girls Summit in April:
“Those who think they have no time for bodily exercise will sooner or later have to find time for illness.” -Edward Stanley, Earl of Derby 1873
So we can either put the work in now, or suffer the consequences, good or bad, later. And sticking true to the goal of not using scare tactics, I’ve included a list of good and bad consequences and steps that can be taken to bypass the bad.
The Good:
The Bad:
