Don't Wait Until It's Too Late to Get Yourself in Shape

By Jon Herring

Yesterday, I wrote about my father's recent stroke. When I received the call about my dad's condition, it was unexpected. But it was not a total surprise. You see, for the last 15 years, before my dad retired, his business required quite a lot of travel. And while he was away from home, his diet and his exercise routine suffered. Over the years, he gradually gained weight, and his health began to decline.

Since retiring, he has made significant improvements in his diet and his weight. Still, that decade and a half of neglect took its toll.

Fortunately, he now has a chance for a new beginning.

There is nothing like the threat of permanent disability (or even death) to wake us up to just how important our health really is. As you might expect, my father is now totally committed to a diet that will help restore his health and optimize his weight, and an exercise program that will improve his strength and fitness.

I thank God that he still has this opportunity. And I feel certain that with effort and determination, he can be functionally younger and much healthier at 66 than he was at 62. (He's now 64.)

If you are overweight, tired and sore, and becoming more unhealthy with each passing year, I urge you to do something about it TODAY! Don't wait until it is too late, because you might not get a second chance. With a proper diet and consistent exercise - and an early start - there is no reason that you cannot enjoy a health span that is equal to your lifespan.
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It's Fun to Know: The 10 Worst Jobs in Science

When it's your turn to clean out the break room fridge, does it make you gag? If you think that job is gross, take comfort. The "ick factor" for some professions is much, much worse.

Here, according to the Popular Science website, are the 10 worst jobs in science:

10. Whale-feces researcher

9. Forensic entomologist ("solving murders by studying maggots")

8. Olympics drug tester

7. Gravity research subject (where subjects lie in bed for 15 to 21 days at a time so researchers can study the effects of "restricted muscle use and increased blood flow to the head experienced in space")

6. Microsoft security grunt (people who read e-mails and fix kinks in Microsoft products)

5. Coursework carcass preparer ("They kill, pickle, and bottle the critters that schoolkids cut up.")

4. Garbologist (someone who sifts through hundreds of thousands of pounds of refuse to analyze modern consumption patterns and how quickly waste breaks down)

3. Elephant vasectomist

2. Oceanographer (This one doesn't seem so bad, though.)

And the No. 1 worst job in science: Hazmat diver ("Outfitted with fully encapsulating drysuits, these Jacques Cousteaus of the sewers swim into clouds of waste, inside nuclear reactors, and through toxic spills on America's coasts and inland waterways.")
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Word to the Wise: Boulevardier

A "boulevardier" (boo-luh-var-DYAY) - from the French - is a man-about-town, a sophisticated, worldly person who frequents fashionable places.

Example (as used by Tom Gliatto in People magazine): "Oswald, whose idea of excitement is breakfasting with a penguin, is a boulevardier: Hat cocked precariously on his head, he saunters out into the sunny city."

Michael Masterson
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These articles appear courtesy of Early to Rise [Issue #2110, 08-02-07], the Internet's most popular health, wealth, and success e-zine. For a complimentary subscription, visit http://www.earlytorise.com/.