I thought this photo was appropriate for my Labor Day today. I just went to visit a friend in the hospital yesterday that was having a hard time breathing due to too much fat on his body. His heart can’t handle his fat levels. His diagnosis so far is a fatty liver, fatty gall bladder and fatty blood!

I didn’t even know fatty blood was possible. When his blood was drawn, it hardened which means he can have a huge blood clot at any time and die. The real interesting thing is that he is only 20 years old! He is a son of one of my very good friends. He was a football player in high school but now that he is not playing, he isn’t very physically active anymore.

His doctor said If he doesn’t change his diet immediately, he will not live very long. Talk about a serious wake up call! I read over the nutrition plan that he was given and was very excited to learn that our family has been eating much of what was on the nutrition plan. It feels good to know that although we never know when our time will come, that at least we are doing our best to take care of our health.

The hospital visit also motivated me to get back on my exercise plan and get started with my last fitness challenge of the year. It’s been so exciting to lose so many inches this past year and watch my body transform back into the fit athlete body that I’ve had before my kids were born.

Be sure to safely labor your way to fitness by reviewing your fitness plan over the past year. What do you need to change? What do you want to do differently into the new year? Take this labor day to reflect on what you can do for the next 3 months and into the new year. Happy Labor Day!

Naomi Trower AKA
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