One thing I forgot to add is the psychological component: WHY it's so damn easy to let your health slide one way or the other.
The weird thing about physical bad health (as well as mental bad health - depression) is that it's HARD to see yourself sliding, and it's hard to remember what it feels like when you were in the "good" state.
An example is: in the winter, I always feel like it would be so nice to spend a day on a warm beach. In the summer, when I'm on that warm beach, it would be soooo nice to cool off in the A/C. When you're in one state, you've forgotten what it was like to be in the other state. It's not until you have some contrast that things become clear.
In the case of health, I ALWAYS (DAMMIT!!!) forget what good health feels like until it slips away from me. Then, when I'm back in good health, I'm like, "Why the f--- did I let me health slide. Jesus that's a stupid thing to do." (Same applies to diet, physical exercise, and mental exercise = dispcipline).
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