Now I can say the year 2006 is officially over.  I finally put away the last of my Christmas decorations after enjoying them for the past several weeks.   The tree, the ornaments, the lights are all safely tucked away in the garage until next season.  And after delaying the close of 2006 for the past nine days, I say it’s high time that I get focusing on the year at hand. 

Stop proscrastinating in making those doctors’ appointments and start taking control over your health.  Let me say it again, it’s time to start taking control over your health…and that means taking care of business.

The business at hand is baggage control.  What I mean by baggage control is getting rid of all the old memories,  all the old habits, and all the old behaviors that are holding you back from achieving extraordinary success in getting healthy and staying healthy.  This means putting away those comfort items that you rely on to avoid moving ahead.  Throw out those pair of too loose sweatpants that you think people don’t know you use to cover up those love handles and take a real, hard naked look at yourself in the mirror.  You can do this literally or figuratively….either way, take off those blinders and take a good look at yourself. 

Do you need to start an exercise program?  Do you need to cut out the junk food from your diet?  Do you need to get a family member or yourself to start taking better care of themselves and their health?  Do you need to make that appointment for the doctor or the dentist that you have been putting off for months? 

Have you tried working out but failed to keep up with it for more than a few workouts?  Do you have a gym membership that is going to waste?  Do you find yourself wondering how you’re going to get rid of all the “holiday weight” you put on over the past two months? 

Are you afraid to go to the doctor’s for fear that you’ll have to come face to face with yourself and all the bad habits that you’ve developed over the past years?

Well, I’m here to tell you to stop procrastinating, stop living in the past, stop remembering the good ole days when you could eat a whole pizza by yourself and not gain a pound, when you could stay up all night and still function in the morning, when you didn’t have to try so hard to look presentable.  Get over it.  Stop trying to do the same things you used to do and get serious about your health.

I had to put away that after lunch cake or cookie and instead pick up a protein bar or piece of fruit for my afternoon snack.  I also had to stop waiting to make that dentist appointment that I dreaded and am scheduled to see the dentist later this month. 

So whatever is at the top of your To Do List, take time today to check it off your list and get starting on living healthy and staying healthy.

To your wellness,

The Health and Wellness Queen

Dr. Traci Ferguson

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