Exercise, Eat Healthy, Die Anyway

I remember seeing a neighbor wearing a T-shirt that on the front said, “Exercise, Eat Healthy”. On the back it said, “Die Anyway”.  The shirt made me laugh because it spoke a painful truth.  No matter how healthy we are, we are going to get old and die.  Moreover, none of us knows how long we are going to live.  Therefore, is it worth the effort to eat healthy food, limit our intake, exercise, or take vitamins?  I might have gotten the answer.  A friend wrote me recently to encourage my efforts.  She is generally a pretty healthy person, I believe she is a vegetarian.  But she said during certain periods of her life she had really concentrated on eating very healthy food and exercising.  She said that during those times, her body felt amazingly good.   I was recently reminded of the opposite possibility.  I had a drippy cold and I remembered how terrible it is to be sick, how it narrows the world and really limits what you can enjoy.  It is true that even if we are lucky, we will get old, probably experience sickness and then die.  But while we are still here, while we still have a healthy body, why not try to feel as good as possible for as much as we can?

Consumption:
Banana
25 almonds
Chicken pesto sandwich
Breaded chicken breast fried in olive oil
Baked potato pieces
Salad with olive oil dressing, feta and black olives
2 glasses of Champagne

Exercise:

None

My Fitness Pal indicated that equaled  1,386 calories, significantly below my daily allotment of 1,900.    I had a doctor’s appointment today so I could not eat until about noon.