So what about my first car? Somewhat strange that title is it not? What about the car or what are you driving at? Well, I thought I would ask you about that first time you got behind the wheel and drove away on your own. Remember that feeling, you could crank the stereo or simply drive wherever you wanted to go. I am going to take you way back now as some of you may remember being allowed to get behind the wheel and not have to put on the old seat belt. Seems like a really bad idea now does it not? Well as you got better at driving, maybe more adventurous you maybe drove a little fast or did something silly/stupid with your car, maybe drove it a little harder than you should have? Maybe you did not change the oil or fill it up with gas? Low tire? Do I have you wondering where I am taking you?
Well what eventually happened to that car? Did it breakdown? Did it go to the junkyard or maybe you just sold it and got something newer a little nicer? Upgrade those options?
Well let's say that car is your body the shell or physical being that you call self. Would you drive it harder than you should, push the limit or maybe even do silly things? I spent some time last night watching a video on sugar. The fact is that I am one of those people that do some of those silly things with my body. I went to hockey tonight and skating felt like I had lead for legs. Maybe it was the pizza I had on Wednesday? Maybe it was not enough sleep? I keep coming back to this video on sugar. How does the food industry get away with putting HFCS (high fructose corn syrup) in everything? Fructose and Sucrose not good things for you or your body.
So more to the point I have lived in denial the last year and half or so. I fell off the wagon and have had a very hard time curbing my love for an ice cold soda. Not that I drink 5 or 6 a day. I am more of a 1 a day sort of guy. I like one during the lunch or maybe on the weekend. I am tired of fighting this craving. I have spent the past 2 months working to cut back this intake. I have cut it by half. but Now I am going to cut that back again. I am working towards maybe one every so often. I think a person can still have one every now and again. But the daily intake will stop. It is one of those things for me, I know what needs to be done and I had it under control and then boom stress or work or something pushed me and off the wagon I went. So time to get back on. That is right I have this first car, my body. I have certainly not always treated it the right way but it is time. Taking control and putting an end to this out of control desire. I hate it and I know it is simply mind over matter. So this weekend I will focus on cutting back so that next week we will reduce the intake by half again. and then in March it will be half again. and so on.
So as for the title of this post? Me, my body, the physical being that is me is my first car, it is also my only car, I will continue to work on improving what is happening to it. Yoga, healthy foods, hockey, biking, calm positive thoughts and grateful feeling for who I am and what I have.
Make sure you are taking care of that first car. It is amazing what can happen if you do.
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You are most fortunate to have great memories of your first car. Mine are not near as sweet. I bought my first car shortly afer starting my first nursing job. 1975 two door candy apple red Austin Marina. Paid 2300.00 brand new! True! I had no place to park it at work so I only drove it on days off. I had maybe managed to drive it 3 times... 2 weeks after I got it, my Dad and youngest sibling took it for a drive, they were going to get haircuts. They smashed it up to the point it was written off...never saw it again.
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