You see them all the time. Commercials for wonder-products guaranteed to help you drop pounds and firm those abs. Is it really worth all those bucks for just a few pounds?
Health is not about Ab Rollers, NordicTracks or the Thigh Master. Health is not about overworking your body in order to look like Barbie. In today's society, we are bombarded with images of the perfect person.
Models advertise everything from breakfast cereals to toilet paper. They plant images in our heads of what corporate America thinks we should look like. In the quest to attain this perfection, people use artificial methods to produce artificial results.
Perhaps good health involves a rigorous game of RISK or Pictionary. Perhaps good health involves finishing one of Mr. Lakin's cross country workouts without spilling your lunch. Perhaps being healthy means remaining true to your beliefs.
Health is about being who you are and being comfortable with your condition. It's about accomplishments and the sense of achievement and self-confidence that comes with them. Quit trying to impress everyone else and start worrying about your own happiness. | 
