At the first of the year, I got on the scale and realized my weight was now almost 250 pounds. Ten years ago I probably weighed 80 pounds less. I realized it was time to make a change. My health isn’t that bad now, but I don’t want to gain another eighty pounds, that’s for sure. So I started on the South Beach Diet and have lost 16 pounds in the last five weeks. This is but a small step in losing some of the weight I’ve gained, but is is a small step in the right direction.
The reason I mention this is there are things we can all do to influence our health. One of my big objections to our goverment being more involved in the health care is that I think that it will discourage people from taking responsibility for their own health. If I stick with the diet, I think my health will continue to improve. My wife and I are now spending more on groceries to do the diet. If the diet leads to better health, and lower medical bills though, I’m all for that.