A Key to Healthy Living....Be Appropriately Selfish?

The other day I read a post on the Burn That Fat Blog, Tom Venuto discusses Oprah's struggle with weight loss and quotes her magazine where she says she didn't put her self on her priority list.  Me...I'm pretty quick to say "no, no don't be self centered" but upon thinking about this, it rings true to a certain degree. 

So let's think this through...it's appropriate to make sure you are healthy so that you can live past your 50's and not die of heart disease or some other weight related illness.  It's not appropriate to spend 2 hours a day in the gym while your kids park it in front of the TV or your spouse freaks out with the stress of you being gone to tend to the household chores. 

To quote Dr. Suess in O the Places You'll Go"life is a great balancing act."  If you've got lots of things on your schedule, try to cut down you're exercise routine...check out this Alwyn Cosgrove post where his colleague discusses how you can get your workouts done in 15-30 minutes 3 times a week. Truly that is all you need.  Speaking of priorities, my baby needs me.  Until later!  BD