By As some of you might know, my favorite little treat is a chocolate covered peanut butter malt ball. I love them! Now, hey, I’m human and if you put 10 in front of me, I’d eat all 10! So, how I work it is when I am at my favorite grocery store, Whole Foods, I buy one. Yep, one. So, I was at the checkout and the cashier was giving me a hard time (in a fun way) about only buying one, so I told him I buy one at a time, but I do this nearly every day! The cashier then enlightened me that at the end of the year, I could pile up 365 malt balls to show how much I had eaten! Wow, now that was depressing! I quickly bantered however that if I piled up how many vegetables I had in the course of a year, I could fill up a room (or two!). When I put that in perspective, it didn’t seem so out of balance; especially when I add on the hours of workouts each week I am dedicated to.
This is life, we make small choices every day which we don’t think mean much, but when we make the choice say to go for a 10 minute workout, thinking it won’t add up to much, in the course of a year that’s over 60 hours of training and could equal as much as 10 pounds of calories burned!! The flip side is when we choose NOT to workout, thinking it doesn’t add up, that could potentially tack ON 10 pounds in the course of a year!
These little choices appear every day. How many nibbles do you have of your kids’ leftovers (every day)? Do you conversely take the time to workout to balance out the added calories? How often do you leave a meeting early, learning a little less than your coworkers? How often do you take steps 2 at a time instead of one at a time? There are so many paths we can take towards health, vitality, healing, energy and so many paths we can take towards sickness, obesity, lethargy and laziness.
Now I can tell you I am savoring each delicious daily malt ball, and to be honest, I did take some time out during the holidays when I wasn’t having any treats at all, so my malt ball pile might be a little smaller; but I do try to be more focused on the nutritious food I eat and the healthy choices I create in my life. This isn’t always easy, it isn’t always without struggle, but it is a lifestyle and one I hope all of us can dedicate a little attention to; one which needs patience and daily care.
