Yet Another Reason to Get Healthy - NOW!

Each of us had our own reason for making the decision to lose weight and get healthy.  For some, it was realizing that a favorite pair of jeans would no longer zip.  For others, it was a sobering doctor's office visit.  Or perhaps it was not being able to fit on a ride at an amusement park . . . the moment that motivated us to finally get started is as individual as we are. 

Once we've started, the challenge shifts to STAYING motivated.  Anyone who's been on any weight loss program knows what I'm talking about :-).  That's why it's so important to shift our focus from the problem we want to fix and looking ahead to what we want to create.  (In Chapter 3 of his fabulous book, "Dr. A's Habits of Health," Dr. Wayne Scott Andersen discusses this in depth.)

In addition to getting into a fun, small size and getting healthy, would you be motivated by knowing that getting healthy is the best thing you can do for your finances?

In her latest book, “Money Rules,” personal finance coach Jean Chatzky writes, “ The big­gest threat to your financial se­curity is your health. Medical debt is the leading cause of per­sonal bankruptcy in the U.S.”

In “How To Retire The Cheapskate Way” (due out in December), Jeff Yeager says the single most-important piece of financial advice you’ll ever hear is, “If you aren’t healthy, work to get healthier. And if you are healthy, work to stay that way.”

Did you get that? The biggest risk to your finances and future retirement is not stock market volatility, but health care costs.

We can either invest a little bit of time and money now to get healthy and learn the habits of health needed to stay healthy, or we can spend all of our time and money later trying to manage disease.  The choice is ours . . . choose wisely :-)