If You Look Good You Feel Good

“If you look good, you feel good.” – Deion Sanders
Everyone has heard this quote at least one time in their life, and no matter how simple or irrelevant that it may seem, I’ve found that it is absolutely true.
Three of my grandparents died of cancer and my father and grandmother have had cancer scares and both currently have diabetes and blood pressure issues, so it’s clear that bad health issues runs in my family. Because of having to deal with watching this happen to my family members ever since a young age, I’ve made it a goal of mine to live as healthy of a lifestyle as I can.
When I was younger (before my dad was diagnosed with diabetes), my parents weren’t too worried about us eating healthy or exercising, so I was used to having soda or candy around the house at all times. Once my dad was diagnosed with diabetes and had to greatly reduce his sugar intake, I decided that I would do the same.
I was used to being able to drink soda or eat food with a lot of sugar in it whenever I pleased, so stopping was extremely difficult at first. I started out small, (I’d go a day without it, then a week without it and so on) but eventually it became a lot easier. I’ve cut soda and candy completely out of my diet, (although I still have a sweet tea addiction and can’t say no to chocolate) and recently I’ve been working on cutting out fast food and most processed food.