Did you enjoy math when you were in school? I did and I didn’t. It really depended on the teacher. I remember doing very poorly in math when I was a sophomore in high school, and then turning around and getting straight A’s in math when I was a junior.
It turns out I’m pretty good with numbers, at least on a conceptual level. I really can’t remember what makes a shape congruent or how to use the Pythagorean Theorem, but I might be able to solve a puzzle that involves mathematics.
There is a show on TV that I watch sometimes called Numbers. It’s decent, although I get a little overloaded with the many math lessons and have found myself rolling my eyes more than once. Math geeks are sure entertaining all right.
Let’s do some math of our own that might help us with our physical health. If you’re anything like me, one of the most painful things about changing eating habits for the better is the “denying yourself” part. Taking away or subtracting good things from my diet makes me want it all the more! It’s excruciating when I want that piece of chocolate and I know I can’t have it.
Here is something I have found that might work for you as well: when you subtract something from your diet, replace it by adding something else. For example, adding exercise to my daily routine actually works in easing my food rationing. So does adding vegetables at mealtime, and adding a food journal to track calories. Other good additions are fitness magazines, motivating books, and of course a good health blog.
Remember at home when I would have something like steak and the rest of you would be eating spaghetti? I found if I was going to deny myself of unhealthy foods, it helped to treat myself to special healthy ones. (The steak scenario was only for a time of serious dieting.) I think the rule can apply. Treat yourself to a special fruit, maybe a baked apple while others are having apple pie. It helps alot! Addition can be fun! :)
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