Eating Your Life Away

I was thinking this morning.... It was the beginning of the long Easter weekend, and I arrived at the offstation location with the first flight of the day. I checked into the guesthouse and went straight for breakfast. Seeing the array of options on display, I fete myself with as much as I desired.

I usually would take my hot chocolate in the morning, snack mid day, and have a good scrumptious meal for dinner. That has been my routine for years except when I travel out of town like this occasion. However, this was different. For some strange reasons, I decided to eat 3 well-rounded meals. I ate like I was celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus. Even me, I tire for myself, as I ate and stuffed myself with starch like a teenager. To make matters worse, I was too busy on my computer to go for my daily exercise.

By the second night, I couldn't sleep soundly. I was constipated, and the next morning, I felt bloated and heavy like bread soaked in water. My whole system was making tu-tu-tu-tu like Hussey College ewa. It was then I understood again that my body was reminding me that I was eating myself to death. I immediately put my body under subjection by going on intermittent fast to detox the starchy poisons from my body while also exercising.

I have long learnt that our bodies are like children. You can not say you love your child so much and feed him or give him everything he asks for. There are some things your child asks for, and you say 'No. This is not good for you.' Don't eat your life away with junks. You can't love your 10 year old child so much, and you give him your car to drive on the highway. In the same vein, don’t drive your body beyond its limit. Moderation is the key.

While it is true that genetics have a part to play with how healthy you are at old age, there are a lot you can do now to remain healthy later in life. If you don't care for your body now, it would betray you at old age. One of the most heartbreaking thoughts about old age is your body not obeying you, and you having to depend on people to feed and walk.

Material things would mean nothing when your health fails. Eat right, exercise more, and stress less. The rate at which people slump and die has become alarming. Be intentional about what you eat and how you live. There is death in the pot (2nd Kings 4:40).

Stay hopeful. God's got our back.

Happy Sunday!

......Just the thoughts of a certain Wey Mey