THE LEGACY

Please forgive this for sounding a tad ’sermonette-ish’ but it all came about from a visit to the grocery store. A young lady came up to me with her 6 year old and questioned with “Aren’t you the anti-aging doctor?”. I responded with my usual retort of “No, I’m all for aging. I’m anti-olding!”. Aging is the passage of time, olding is forgetting my wife’s first name or just not having the energy to do anything. (and, of course, a host of other symptoms!)
Anyway, where was I (?)–speaking of aging. She asked me for a secret to encourage her to start her exercise resolution for the year. I told her that the greatest motivation was right before her eyes. The best gift, the best habit, the best legacy that she could give to her child would be to forget “her” exercise plan and work on “their” exercise plan. That’s right,–’their’s’. Why not walk together, skip together, shop for the right foods together and explain why certain foods are the best, and try new foods, and cook together, and do elastic band resistance training together. How about making up rewards like home made t-shirts that match and say “We Do It!”? And what about……well, you get the idea. It’s all about passing on this most important health legacy to your family regardless of their age,–or yours. After all, they can’t help it that they are soooo young. See ‘ya at the check out counter.