I have to agree with you to a point, but I don’t feel that all the vitamins out there are as good for you as real food. My parents lived good long healthy lives and they ate food, not vitamins. Everybody is trying to sale something these days, so you just have to be careful in what is really good for you. I had a doctor put me on some medication for my bones and it was affecting my right arm so much I was having trouble using it. Vitamins are like anything else little may be good for you, but if it is over used it is no longer good for you.
Thanks for your input.
Debbie

One other things you did not mention.

As Reader’s Digest is heavilly backed by Big Pharmaceutical Companies, you cannot trust an article telling you vitamins are no good for you….. me thinks

http://just-me-in-t.blogspot.com/2010/04/obituary.html

Hi Teagan,

I do agree that diet and exercise can affect our happiness. What I really get tired of is people always telling what is good for us. One month it is one thing and the next month it is something else. I was always taught to eat a balance diet of meat, vegetables and fruits. Now they tell you what meat, what vegetables and what fruits you should eat and not eat. When it comes to exercise you are not with the program if you don’t ride a bike, belong to a gym, etc.

What I am saying is what works for one person may not work for the next person. I don’t mind someone telling me what works for them, then I will decide if it is a good idea for myself.

Obesity is definitely a problem. My hubby has a problem with weight, but he is the one that has to do something about it. By the news reports, TV ad’s, etc. and shoving ideas and reports down peoples throat all the time is either going to get them to say heck with it all or confuse them so much they don’t know what to do.

At one time they reported that eggs were bad for you, about a year later they said, oops eggs are good for you. I do not listen to all the ad’s and reports out there I do what makes my body feel good not what society tells me is correct.

Yes, i do agree with it affecting happiness, but isn’t it time to listen to your body and not to society?
Thanks Teagan appreciate you input.
Debbie

Interesting posts, and I agree that we each need to think for ourselves and do what makes us feel good. However, I also agree with John that we’re not going to feel very good without a good diet and exercise. Eating what makes us feel good emotionally all the time may not be what is good for our physical body, Obesity has become such a problem and has such an impact on our health. I can’t help but think that impacts our happiness too.
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I do agree with you John that one is happier if your healthy. However what is good for one person to keep there heath may not be good for another.
I just feel it is wrong for people to keep pushing what helps them onto other people, just to make money.
And that is what society is doing.

There are many ways to get some exercise besides a gym. As for food what taste good to one person may not taste good to another. When it comes to organic food I do believe they are just putting a new label on a product and upping the price.

Thank you for your comment, it is really appreciated.
Debbie

I do agree with you John that one is happier if your healthy. However what is good for one person to keep there heath may not be good for another.
I just feel it is wrong for people to keep pushing what helps them onto other people, just to make money.
And that is what society is doing.

There are many ways to get some exercise besides a gym. As for food what taste good to one person may not taste good to another. When it comes to organic food I do believe they are just putting a new label on a product and upping the price.

Thank you for your comment, it is really appreciated.
Debbie

You have some good suggestions here, but I disagree on some points.

It’s much easier to be happy when you have your health. Regular exercise at a gym and a good diet can go a long way to make you healthy.

Hi Tom,

My hubby is a big one in living for the future and forgetting about the present. I give him a bad time about it every chance I get.

Those little ones grow up fast enough, so taking a little time every day for them helps when they become teenagers. If they know you are their for them when they are little, they will remember that when they teens and come to you when they need listened too.

Thanks for your comment.
Debbie

Really great one. What I like the most is to stop saving for the future. I’m not saying to live for today and be irresponsible, but I spent so much time securing the future that the time of present slips through my fingers. Right now my biggest happiness is my family, watching my daughter growing up.

Good point Beat and I feel society does try to choice our happiness. If you are doing the things that I state for the wrong reasons it will bring you unhappiness.

Say for example that you do sign up for a gym membership, but you hate exercising. No matter how hard you try you just can’t get into it. On the other hand it is politically correct to be long to a gym and exercise, because that is what the society says. You will lose your happiness because you are trying to follow society rather then who you really are.

Happiness is a choice, so if you follow what is politically correct you may be happy for a while because you are fitting in, but then wake up on day and realize this isn’t me.

Debbie