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Today's Affirmation: I Choose Me.

Aug 27, 2022
1 min read


PERSPECTIVE: a particular attitude toward or way of regarding something; a point of view.

Eric was lifting two 5 gallon water bottles; approximately 44lbs each. I often lift one when changing the water cooler. We want you to keep in mind, these bottles are transported & delivered by a large truck.


Take a moment and think about this:


Can you imagine walking around with 9 of these–approximately 400+ lbs? What about walking around with 6 of these?


The sad truth is, many of us are doing exactly that! We are walking around with a lot of weight & pressure on on all of our limbs and organs. Yet, day after day, we wonder why our hearts are working twice as hard doing menial work. We wonder why our knees struggle to support us. We wonder why our backs are killing us OR we are trying to understand why we are struggling just to catch our breath…


All of these aliments are little signs & messages that the things you are doing (or not doing) MUST change!


Taking back your health is not something you can wish will happen. You have to make it happen.

  • You have to do the work.

  • You have to make the commitment to yourself.

  • You have to decide that you are sick and tired of being sick and tired.


The first step to changing your life is making the CHOICE to change your life. Today is the day that you finally CHOOSE YOU.

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Author Bio:

Eric & Maleka Beal are health coaches and nutritionists with B.S. and M.S. degrees in Human Nutrition and Human Environmental Sciences from the University of Alabama and a Master of Public Health in progress. Together they've coached 100+ Black women over 40 toward lasting health and maintained their own 300+ lb combined weight loss for 19 years through the same evidence-based, culturally aware approach they teach.

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