I wanna live longer

There are all sorts of reasons as to why I wanna live longer. All of which I will explain in marginal detail. If you're reading this, I'm sure you wanna live longer too.

This Blog is the brain child of personal experience and college work. We've been asked to create a video that encourages people to be more active and eat healthier food. The demographic defined in the criteria is low income families, because being active and eating healthily shouldn't cost more than a months supply of big macs. Because I fit the criteria of low income and have the overwhelming idea that it costs money to do anything, I decided to go about it as a bit of a personal adventure. If I really look around, I can find all sorts of fun things that don't cost a whole lot and that give you a hefty dose of all the good stuff that keep you around longer.

As well as being a kick ass idea for a project, eating copious amounts of sugar, fat and bad carbohydrates make me feel f*king awful. After the initial gratification, I feel lethargic and grumpy. I get headaches and no amount of overpriced lotions or moisturisers can fix the state my skin gets in. It's not that I wasn't encouraged to eat well growing up, either. I was fed on homemade meals, lots of vegetables, a strict no-fizzy-drinks rule, and my dad got the eyebrows every time he bought us treats. But when you're bombarded from every angle with advertising for junk food that is addictive enough to make you want more after the first time regardless, it's even more important to make yourself aware of what's going into your body.

To the more personal side of why I wanna do this. I have diabetes mainlining down both sides of my family. My great granddad had a leg off before he died, my granddad has type 2, as did my dad before he died of a heart attack. Along with the various other members of my family on both sides who suffer from the maladies directly caused by a lifetime of drinking, smoking and eating the only way the working class generation in this area knew how, this has made me realise that I absolutely know better. Information on food and how your cardiac system works is at my finger tips. The worlds library is literally brimming with information. Seeing as I've spent the first 23 years of my life intentionally making myself important to those around me, it's about time I started to act like I had the same respect for my life as my friends and family.

So follow me, even join me. I'm going to be vlogging about all the stuff I do to keep active, and what I do to improve my diet, eating healthy, affordable, and just as importantly, delicious food.