Comments on: More good reasons to exercise regularly

By: erika hanson brown

erika hanson brown — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:28:38 +0000

I cannot understand why there have been so few responses to this Very Relevant Topic!
I’m a 5 - plus year THRIVER post late stage colon cancer…lucky me! I have been a daily exerciser (swimming) since my mid-30’s (I am now 64). Being strong before developing the tumor almost certainly helped me to go through the trauma of surgery and 6 months of deadly chemo. (My doc, upon diagnosis, looked at me and remarked: “You’d be perfectly healthy if it weren’t for that darned tumor, Erika.”!)Nonetheless, I was very ill and very easily could have slipped over that edge.
What saved me? I had (and have) an innate commitment to live, and that commitment led me to do things - like swim daily - that I might not have done otherwise. I’m very physically and mentally active; I’m not going to just sit back and let cancer “happen” to me. I fully intend to win a gold medal in a swimming meet when I’m 90 –and that’s not many years away!
I think the answer you may be seeking is that deep down commitment - to self- to live life intensely. If we have actually had that “conversation” with our innermost selves, there’s no way we can
1. not exercise,
2. not get enough sleep,
3. not eat in a healthy fashion, and
4. no way that we can smoke (anything),
5. no way that we can do anything (like drink alcohol) except in carefull moderation, and
6. no way that we can work at anything except that which we love doing!!

I love this conversation; let’s do more of this!!

Erika Hanson Brown
The Connectoring®
STELLAR, a Membership Organization
Denver, CO USA
http://www.connectoring.com

By: Alicia

Alicia — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:09:17 +0000

I have enjoyed reading your article about ‘More good reasons to exercise regularly’. Exercise is something that most people appear to have taken for granted when it comes to having a healthy life. I am a women’s lifestyle fitness coach and I have found your article informative and pratical.

All the best.
Alicia Howard
Deja-Fit Lifestyle Fitness Coaching for Women
http://www.deja-fit.blogspot.com

By: Lynne Eldridge M.D.

Lynne Eldridge M.D. — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:32:02 +0000

There is hope! And, you can have a cleaner home at the same time.

A European study of 200,000 women showed that physical activity associated with housework, lowered the risk of breast cancer more than physical activity associated with recreation or occupation! (Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 12/2006)

Some of us don’t have time to head to the club, but I know my windows could stand washing….

Lynne Eldridge M.D.
Author, “Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time”
http://www.avoidcancernow.com