Health Tips Based on Experience

My diabetic journey has been one of the greatest teachers in my life. It didn’t just teach me about sickness and healing it taught me about discipline, consistency, and the power of small daily habits. What surprised me the most is that the discipline I learned from managing my food intake slowly started influencing other areas of my life, including my finances.

I remember reading Robert Kiyosaki’s book Think and Grow Rich. One idea stayed with me: dreaming of becoming rich and dreaming of having a healthy, strong body follow the same principles. At first, I didn’t fully understand what that meant. But after going through my diabetic journey, I completely agree. The mindset, discipline, and daily habits required to build wealth are the same habits required to build a healthy body.

This is my story how diabetes forced me to change, how discipline became my medicine, and how the same discipline is slowly guiding me toward financial freedom.

Before Diabetes: A Life Without Discipline

Before diabetes entered my life, I lived without discipline. I ate whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. I didn’t care about sugar, timing, or portion control. I didn’t think about consequences. I believed I was strong and nothing could happen to me.

But life has a way of teaching us lessons when we least expect it. And diabetes became my wake‑up call.

My body started sending signals tiredness, thirst, discomfort but I ignored them. I thought everything was normal. I thought I was still in control. But the truth was, I was losing control slowly, day by day, because of my habits.

The Turning Point: When Discipline Became Necessary

When diabetes hit me, I had no choice but to change. Suddenly, discipline was not optional it was required. If I wanted to live longer, if I wanted to avoid complications, if I wanted to recover, I needed to take responsibility for my health.

I started with the basics:

• Eating healthy food
• Reducing sugar
• Controlling portions
• Eating slowly
• Drinking more water
• Avoiding late‑night meals
• Being consistent

At first, it was difficult. My cravings were strong. My habits were stubborn. My mind resisted change. But slowly, discipline became part of my daily life.

And that discipline changed everything.

Healthy Food Intake: The First Step Toward Discipline

Food became my medicine. I learned to eat slowly, mindfully, and with intention. I learned to choose what nourishes my body instead of what destroys it. I learned to respect my body by respecting what I put inside it.

Eating slowly taught me patience. Choosing healthy food taught me awareness. Avoiding unhealthy food taught me self‑control.

These small habits built discipline not just in my eating, but in my thinking.

How Discipline in Food Became Discipline in Life

Something amazing happened as I became more disciplined with my food: I became more disciplined in other areas of my life too.

When you learn to control your cravings, you learn to control your emotions. When you learn to say “no” to unhealthy food, you learn to say “no” to unhealthy habits. When you learn to be consistent with your meals, you learn to be consistent with your goals.

Discipline is like a muscle the more you use it, the stronger it becomes.

My diabetic journey didn’t just heal my body it strengthened my character.

The Connection Between Health Discipline and Financial Freedom

This is where Robert Kiyosaki’s idea suddenly made sense to me. He said that dreaming of becoming rich and dreaming of having a good body shape follow the same principles.

And he was right.

Both require:

• Discipline
• Consistency
• Patience
• Sacrifice
• Awareness
• Long‑term thinking
• Daily habits
• Self‑control

When I disciplined myself with food, I realized I could discipline myself with money. When I learned to avoid unhealthy food, I learned to avoid unnecessary spending. When I learned to eat slowly, I learned to think slowly before making decisions. When I learned to be consistent with my meals, I learned to be consistent with my financial goals.

My diabetic journey became the foundation of my financial discipline.

Small Daily Habits Lead to Big Results

Just like healthy eating, financial freedom is built through small daily habits:

• Saving a little every day
• Avoiding unnecessary expenses
• Investing slowly
• Learning new skills
• Being patient
• Staying consistent

The same way I lost weight slowly, I can build wealth slowly. The same way I controlled my food intake, I can control my spending. The same way I healed my body, I can heal my finances.

Discipline is the bridge between dreams and reality.

The Power of Consistency

Consistency is the secret ingredient. Without consistency, discipline is useless. Without consistency, goals remain dreams.

My diabetic journey taught me that consistency is more important than perfection. Even if I fail one day, I can succeed the next day. Even if I make mistakes, I can correct them. Even if progress is slow, it is still progress.

This mindset is the same mindset needed for financial freedom.

Willingness: The Heart of All Change

Discipline and consistency are important but they mean nothing without willingness. You must want to change. You must want to be healthy. You must want to be financially free.

No one can force you. No one can do it for you. No book, no medicine, no program can replace your willingness to change.

My diabetic journey taught me that willingness is the first step toward transformation.

My Journey Toward Financial Freedom

I am not financially free yet but I am on the way. And I know I will get there because I now have the discipline that I never had before.

My health journey became my training ground. My discipline with food became discipline with money. My consistency with meals became consistency with goals. My willingness to heal became willingness to grow financially.

I now understand that financial freedom is not luck it is discipline. Just like healing from diabetes is not luck it is discipline.

My diabetic journey taught me discipline in the most unexpected way. It taught me to control my food intake, to eat slowly, to choose healthy habits, and to be consistent. And that same discipline is slowly guiding me toward financial freedom.

Robert Kiyosaki was right dreaming of being rich and dreaming of having a healthy body follow the same principles. Both require discipline, consistency, and willingness.

If my story inspires you, let it remind you that change is possible. Start with your health. Start with small habits. Start with discipline.

Your body will heal. Your mind will strengthen. Your finances will follow.

Thank you once again for your time reading my diabetic journey. I’m happy to share my story, and I hope it encourages you to live with discipline in health, in finances, and in life.

Reynaldo M. Oliva