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Health

/helTH/

noun

the state of being free from illness or injury.

- a person’s mental or physical condition.

-used to express friendly feelings toward one’s companions before drinking.

For me, health means that I am free from prescription, physical test, bed restrain, needles, and healthy food diet. I remember I was 27 when I first got admitted into the hospital. The cause you may ask is rather unrefined, I got Salmonella, yep those bacterial disease instead of fancy tonsil removal. I know both are equally bad, but being admitted because of diarrhea is not a good story to tell to my kids one day. After the Salmonella incident, the word Health has become important to me. I realized I had underestimate the important of it, I wish I would’ve taken better care of myself.

I have always been the one who think that I would never ever be admitted to the Hospital, at least not until I give birth to my child. I always consider myself as one of the healthiest person among my friends and family. I never needed a regular visit to the dentist like my friend did which makes me think I have a better teeth condition than them. I did however have a minor problem with my eardrum because my Nanny accidentally poke it hard and torn the eardrum. It was an unforgettable traumatic surgery I ever had. But that is it, never again, so I thought it is not a big deal. I never been hospitalized because of dengue or typhus or even chicken pox none of it like other kids my age. But when I got hospitalized on age 27 I realize that my body finally reach its limit. I can feel my organs are aging and it is all decreasing,

I came to accept that I am finally getting older. My mom reminds me right after I was discharged that I need to apply for a Health Insurance (since it’s my country it is an option instead of obligation to own one) and so I start to apply for one. Health Insurance is not a preventive step to being healthy, it is more of a damage control. When I realize the truth that I am getting older and so is my body, I started to think of a way to prevent the preventable, health issue.

Np more being hospitalized..

That Health Insurance is not cheap..

I need to find a way to give my body and its organs a break...

All these thoughts came into my mind and I come to a solution of doing any preventive measure so the worse does not have to happened. Then I started to draw down some of simple to-do list for my greater health.

TO BE HEALTHY I NEED TO....

1. Find a good and strong motivation.

    A good and strong motivation has to be the right one, what I mean is that it 

    must contain a real reason and a reason that has a long term meaning in 

    your life. I spent my teenage year being an overweight, low self- esteem,

    nerdy girl. I know the drill, it means my teenage life were kind of boring

    compare to most of my friend, back then I blamed a lot of people for making 

    me feel so insecure instead of understanding the fact that it is  more of what 

    happened inside me that keeps me from all of great adventure I could’ve

    accomplish as one happy teenager.  

2. Find the perfect Goal for yourself.

   Now that you have your motivation, you need the perfect goal to seal the 

   deal/ the journey itself. Back then it is always about revenge for me, reve

   -nge on the people who bring my insecurities, who i thought belittled 

    me. As you can guess, it did not end up well, I do lost my weight, but 

    the confident I am yearning for, I never gained. Now that I am an adult, I 

    come to realize that my real goal has to be something bigger, some

    -thing word achieved and the answer is a healthy lifestyle. I shift my 

    goal from something so negative to something so liberating. What most 

    important is that this new goal will change the whole purpose of my diet

    to more than just receiving the body I am so eager to have but also to 

    make me a better person.

3. Find a proper diet to support your health.

    Life thought me that it is in the journey or process that we achieved

    so much more, rather than the destination. The journey  comes in two

    form , one of it is a proper diet. My Personal Trainer, when we start to 

    arrange our weight-loss program, he told me that diet plays 70% part  

    from the whole weight-loss program. It is a big part all right and that is 

    why I put it in to this healthy steps.  The key to a healthy diet is in our 

    ability to maintain our body metabolism, for that,  you need to balance 

    your diet with proper sleeping time. The next step to do is what kind of 

    diet you want . There are so many different kinds of diet nowadays and 

    believe me, I try almost all of them. No matter which kind you choose, 

    your diet needs to be well- balanced and easy to maintain. Our goal is to 

    change your lifestyle for a long term, not a short one. Don’t do an extreme 

    diet just so you have an instant result, you might loose your weight  but a 

    might end up in the hospital. I will recommend for you to choose a proper one 

    that will help you loose the bad stuff (in your body) for more of a moderate 

    time, this I guarantee will have more lasting effect in your overall new healthy

    lifestyle.

4. Find a good exercise regime which you will enjoy.

   A good exercise will boost up your change to reach out to your goal. 

  Same as the one before, a good exercise need to be done in a long term 

   period even after you manage to reach your goal. After all, we are talking

   about changing one lifestyle for a better one. I haven’t always been good

   with sport, I always have to do a remedial for my PE subject back in 

   school, was always the last one to be chosen into the team. It is not until 

   I was determined to loose some weight during my senior year in High 

  School that I finally found an exercise regime which I actually love. 

   Circuit training, yep, I know it’s actually just some enhancement version

   of what my PE teacher told us to do, but somehow when my Personal 

   Trainer  made me do it, it seems like I can have more fun and actually 

   like doing it. Until now, I cannot leave a day without doing at least one

   hour of treadmill. So I guess this also applies to all of us. The point here 

   is to find an exercise regime that you will enjoy for a long term without 

   getting bored of it. Whether a normal gym session, HIIT, cross-training, 

   yoga classes, swimming, try to find what you really into. It might take 

   some time but it worth for quite a long time.

5. Find as much support as you can get.

    These two step above will be perfectly finished with the power of 

     support. I think support play a huge role in your mentality wise, whilst 

     diet and exercise is for our physicality. Both needs to be balance to 

     reach your goal, both supports each other. To be honest,  doing your 

     diet and exercise routine are not an easy things that is why support

     play an important role. You need support from people around you to 

     remind you why you do this and that what you do is matter and inspire

     other. For all my 20 more years of life pursuing a healthier lifestyle it is

     not always an easy ride. I found myself having some drawbacks or even

     reaching some point where it is more sensible to just give up. However, 

     the support, the reminder, the encouragement from people around me

     and even from myself gets me back up and start again. I know and you 

     know this is make sense. So try to surround yourself with supportive 

     people who will help you reach your goal.

This is the 5 main thing which helps me reach my healthy life and I must say that it is still a huge challenge to be done. Obstacles will come in forms like temptation, anger, emotional conditions or even wrong  understanding. Took me 3-4 years until I finally found my perfect understanding of “Health”. My point is that, it is important that during our life, our health journey must be maintained. They both go side by side, supporting each other, after all, good health promotes a good long happy life. Doesn’t matter when do you start to be aware of its importance as long as you are now aware of it.