If there is one financial woe that my family is constantly dealing with, it is medical bills. It seems just when we are on the verge of making a dent, something happens to bring us back down.
What does this have to do with fitness? Well, I was recently reading that medical costs in later years could be significantly diminished by living a fit lifestyle in your middle ages.
Now that my first child is about to leave our home, there is that bit of relief that we will be no longer financially responsible for him. I’m just keeping it real here.
But at the same time, even though my children are moving toward independence, my husband and I are also in those middle-aged years. Oh, that hurts to even type that.
Yet it is reality and our health is something we need to take very seriously if we want to not only reduce the chance of having more medical debt in the future but if we want to just enjoy life period. Let’s face it; health problems bring the quality of an individual’s life down a few notches.
The “American Heart Association” recently shared findings from a study that said healthcare costs could be drastically reduced if middle-aged adults were able to stay in shape. They also found that even those individuals who had risk factors for health problems, such as smoking, were still likely to have lower healthcare costs if they exercised.
So imagine if you cut out all of those unhealthy lifestyle behaviors, ate better and exercised more often? Now you can look at this in the way of dollars and cents.
I am constantly sharing the benefits to a fit lifestyle. But this is probably the first in which we can look at it from a financial point of view. If money is your motivator, then think about how much you will save if you decide to stay fit.
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