UBBT Week 16

Not a good week for me. I was sick all week, and my energy level was real sucky. I find that as I don't work out, my arthritis is bothering me more. I usually don't even remember I have it, but I have felt it this week. Sure shows the importance of working out in relation to health issues. I am grateful every day for being able to do the things I do, and for the strength I have to do them.
I always go back to thinking about my mother. She is around 300 pounds and has arthritis, diabetes, blood pressure problems, blood clots in her legs, fibre mialgia, deteriorated disks, you name it. I know how much healthier she would be and that her quality of life would be increased 100 fold, if she would just eat healthy, and at least go for walks. She admits that she can't give up her McDonald's, and A & W. It is really sad actually. I have talked to her several times, and once in awhile she will take a step and not eat after 7, or walk a few minutes a day, but it never lasts. She has to want to do it. I can't make her. What I find the saddest, is that she can rarely even travel to see her family, grandkids included, because it is too painful. That in itself would be enough to make me want to get healthier. She is a part of what drives me to do the things I do to stay healthy.
A friend of mine is in the medical field and he sees this stuff all the time. We talked about it just a couple of days ago. People who have the start of diabetes, but can control it and even get rid of it, by a healthy diet, and a few pounds lost. They don't and then eventually end up on insulin. Why? I wonder of the root of this type of thinking. Is it simply lack of will power? The lack of strength to change, lack of self esteem, or respect? I like to see people happy and at peace, and when I see that they aren't, it bothers me...a lot.
I look back now at when I used to run a fitness studio. I did great things, helping people to stay healthy, and have fun while doing it. I miss that. I do still try to help others by my example and just even a friendly smile. I know that there are people at work that have started to work out a bit, just by hearing me talk about it all the time, and what they see in me. My desire to eat healthy, stay fit, and the cheerful disposition I always carry with me. They say, they see it, they like it, they want it for themselves.