Step 2: Get Sick Early and get Healthy Fast

Getting sick SUCKS! Especially at the beginning of summer break (it's weird - I'm a college graduate, but I still consider this time of year the beginning of summer break). Getting sick early on does have its advantages, though. First off, you can take that time as another excuse to rest and relax (thus extending Step 1). But you can also use it to think about ways to get healthier.

Graduation is sort of like New Years Eve - it's a time for you to make resolutions. One resolution that a lot of people tend to make (both on New Years Eve and at the beginning of life after college) is to get healthier. Unfortunately, this resolution always seems to fall by the wayside. When you get sick right after making (and possibly breaking) your health-kick-resolution, though, it reminds you just how important it is to live a healthy life.

There are all kinds of things that you can do to get and stay healthy, the obvious being eating better and getting more exercise. This doesn't mean that you should spend every spare minute that you have at the gym only surviving off of Gatorade and carrot sticks. Those types of people will get sick too. You need to have a good balance of doing some sort of physical activity that you enjoy (running, basketball, swimming, walking your dog, jump roping, yoga, horse back riding, karate, water polo, thumb wrestling, regular wrestling, dancing, hell even safe sex) while eating on the healthier side of things (anything that comes from the ground is good, but don't forget to get your proteins and healthy fats in too).

So, my question to you: What's your health resolution for this summer?
And my challenge to you: Try some new form of physical activity this summer and let me know what you think of it. I'm a runner personally, but I'd love to try some new stuff, work some new muscles!