Jordan Blackwell
5-13-13
Mr. Andrews
I Believe In Staying Healthy
There are many reasons why I believe in staying healthy. One of the main reasons was that I know how it feels to be unhealthy. As a child I had many sicknesses and was diagnose with many stuff weather it was eczema, ADD, ADHD and asthma. Having these things growing up as a kid make it hard to play sports stay focused in school and be self-conscious about my own body. Eczema is having feeling that you have to itch or like you will just go crazy. It’s like having poison ivy everyday you scratch until you take your medication. Also for me I have a lot of food allergies so if I ever ate the foods I was allergic to it would make me scratch even more. I was allergic to a wide range of foods. For example peanuts, eggs, seafood and tomatoes. And the worst out of it was bee stings. One time I got stung by a bee and my leg swelled up and I was scratching for days. It made me want to kill every bee I saw from that point on. To avoid scratching at night I had to put socks on my hand to avoiding tearing my skin. But it was not that bad since my family could afford the non-scratch grease and the asthma pumps so I was well taken care of. Also another big part of me being taken care of was my family was very religious and it had a great impact on me.
So every time like a part of my body would heal my mom and dad would say praise God. But I also believe that God expects us to do our best in being healthy. so that’s why I take weight training at school block four on A days, also I go to the YMCA every Saturday in Hartford to exercise. My dad says I work myself to hard. But I know that as you grow older your metabolism slows down and that gives you more of a risk for high blood pressure or obesity. That’s why I bug my mom and dad to not eat so much of fating foods like cakes pies etc. I don’t get tempted by that food anyway since most of it has eggs in it and I’m allergic and I grew out of the temptations. But a topic that does get me tempted to help is that the kids in Africa or other poor countries that have kids who had the disease that I have and they can’t afford the medication. I am very sensitive to that topic because I know how it feels. Its hard to explain but it’s the feeling that you absolutely have to scratch, you know it not good to scratch since once you start its hard to stop and you watch your skin getting torn off layer by layer. So basically you are your own worst enemy. So what I do to help is those donations at stores I put spare change in the box when ever I get the chance.
The Essay on Staying Healthy and Eating Right 2
Staying healthy and eating right is a lifestyle that many people should consider. A juicy hamburger from McDonalds dripping with special sauce topped with cheese is not exactly considered a healthy meal. Our society today is busy and on the go at all times. It is so much easier to stop and get fast food and then continue on. However, we should stop and think; is it really worth it to not eat ...
