My first big health post of 2006

Ok, this is going to be long. So if you need to use the bathroom, get a drink, or eat some food, now is the time…

*waits patiently*

Back? Ok. Good. Now I can start.

As I was driving to work today, I started listening to a song that I hadn't heard in a long time. I downloaded it to my ipod a while ago, but for some reason I just now listened to it. The song is called “Goodbye To You” by Michelle Branch.

Now, I know this song is about lost love, but it made me start thinking about death. And then I started thinking about my funeral, and started wondering what everyone would say about me. I remember back in MN right before we officially opened up Bluer to the public our Pastor Jon had to do this cool exersize. He brought in 5 chairs and placed then in a row, and then had each of us lay down on it, close our eyes, and then hold some flowers. Then everyone else got to go up to the person laying down and say all the things they would say if they had really died. It was kinda like–lets say the stuff now instead of waiting until their dead. And so I thought to myself–that was a really cool thing to do! So I'm going to do it on my LJ. Right now, before even reading the rest of this, I want everyone to pretend that I'm dead. Pretend you're at my funeral, you've just walked by my casket, and you have one final chance to say anything you want. Declare you're undying love for me, or spit on my face and tell me how much you hate me. Good or bad, I want to know. Now, log out of Livejournal, and as an Anonymous User, go ahead and comment on this entry, telling me your thoughts.

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So anyways, I finally found my packet of information from FCS that has my enrollment form for health insurance. And it got me thinking–I havent been to an actual doctor in…over 3 years! Thats a long time. And I kept thinking–I'm on my own now. No going back to mom and dad. Eventually I'll have a family of my own. I need to start taking better care of myself. So I've decided. I'm going to fill out that form, send it in, and start using it. I've decided I'm going to go to the doctor at least once every year for a full checkup(including full bloodwork) go to the eye doctor at least once a year(for an eye exam and maybe a new pair of glasses) and I'm going to go to the dentist every 6 months for a cleaning(and eventually when I save up enough money, a session or two of tooth whitening) Oh, and because the insurance will pay for it, I'm also going to take advantage of my 24 chiropractic sessions a year, and see what they can do for this back/neck pain. I might also manage to get a massage or two out of it.

I'm also going to stop drinking. Not that I'm a big drinker or anything, it's just not a good thing, and when I become a Pastor I won't be able to drink anyway, so why not stop now? I already poured out the banana rum into the sink and am using the bottle for water storage. The aftershock? Well, I'm not pouring it out, but I won't drink it either. I think it just looks cool sitting there in my frig. All red and sparkley looking. *sigh* This is all very exciting.

I am also going to lose weight. I figure I'll talk to my doctor about the options, and try to aim for 10 pounds a month, thorugh a combination fo diet and exersize. Thats safe, and in a year I'll have (roughly) lost 100 pounds. Yes, I'll look better, but thats not the point anymore. I really just want to be healthy. I talk to all my friends about weak points in my life, and one of the first things to come up is always my health. You'd think after my heart attack at 19 being healthy would be on the top of my to do list, but it hasn't. And I don't want to take my chances–if I have another one, who knows? It could be fatal. So I'm going to eat less, start eating more healthy food(like yummy oatmeal) and we'll see what happens. Oh, and if any of you want to buddy up with me to go walking or any other form of exersize, lemme know. It's always a good thing to have a partner with you when starting these kinds of things.

I want to live a long time. Get married, watch my kids(when I have some) grow up, and do really awesome things for Christ. I don't want to die by age 30 and have people standing over my casket saying “he had so much potential, if only he had taken better care of his health”

So. Theres my health update. I hope you all will hold me accountable for it.