THE
SEDENTARY LIFE OF A BOSS.
BOSS wakes up in the morning on our luxury bed in an airconditioned
room. He just manages to brush our teeth and shower in the Jacuzzi. Sit on the
dinning for breakfast. Manage a walk to the car, Driver opens car door, He sits
at the back seat and read papers. Gets to the office, driver open car door and
carry his briefcase for him. Boss takes
elevators upstairs, He sits at his desk, attends to files, attends to visitors
and clients, too busy in the afternoon for lunch, managed a cup of coffee/tea
prepared by secretary/staff. Sits at the computer whole day, Closes at 7pm, Too
tired to take stairs, takes elevator downstairs with personal assistant holding
his briefcase. Driver opens car door again, He sits at the back, reading papers
or probably dozed off now. Too tired. Managed to come out of the car, walks
tiredly into the house, driver opens front door, enters the sitting room and
flops on the sofa. Watch CNN briefly, Wife beckons him to the dinning table for
dinner. Eats a plateful of pounded yam, with turkey, chicken, snail, etc with
Five alive (artificial fruit juice) to wash it down his big tummy. Remembers
his late night dose of a bottle of beer and perform his ritual. Remenbers his
drugs too and quickly take them. Yawning, walk tiredly into the bedroom and
flops on the bed. He tries to sleep but the back pain, neck pain, internal body
heat etc are still there. Hissing...Hissing....”these drugs are not working” He
hissed, tossing round the bed. Hmmmm.......... Life of a Boss.
Envious lifestyle you think? Hmmm....this is rather wretched life of a
boss. No wonder a lot of Bosses battle day in day out with common health
related problems. No wonder so many public servants today suffer from self
inflicted health problem or better put, lifestyle diseases.. Our various jobs
and lifestyles have, unknowingly to many, caused us so many untold hardship.
Many are not aware while those aware feel helpless.
In the broadest sense, the
roots of lifestyle diseases are embedded in our culture and are manifested in
damaging personal attitudes and habits.
Hypertension, diabetes, lumbago, cervical pains, arthritis,
Sleeplessness, degenerative changes, sexual impotence, too many to name, are
directly/indirectly connected to our lifestyles. Most of these body anomalies
can be corrected by simple change of lifestyle.
Living a healthy lifestyle is really not all that difficult. You have to
be willing to make some changes gradually to your current life to reach the
point of living healthy. To help you get there, you need to focus on these four
major areas.
1. HEALTH
2. DIET
3. EXERCISE
4. BEHAVIOUR AND EMOTIONAL WELL BEING
If you eat nutritious food, exercise regularly,
make behavior changes, and take effective steps to manage your emotional
stress, you will be living a healthy lifestyle.
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