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Theme: Do you consider yourself fit / healthy?
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To me this week's prompt goes beyond just writing to participate in a contest. It calls for self reflection and personal examination centring on one's lifestyle and practices. Before I delve into the question properly, it's necessary we understand what being fit/ healthy is. Being Fit and healthy are interwoven. Though, one may be healthy but not physically fit as a result of age, pregnancy, child birth, laziness, e.t.c. On the other hand, one may also be physically fit but not healthy. This may also be as a result of underlying ailments, unhealthy lifestyles, depression, mental illness e.c.t.
Being Fit
By research, study and personal experiences, being fit encompasses physical fitness, the ability for one to engage in daily activities with vigor and vitality without easily getting tired unnecessarily. It entails actively carrying out one's daily physical routine and unexpected activities that may come up in the process of doing that. Being Fit demands having the muscular and cardiorespiratory strength and endurance required to live actively and healthy.
Being Healthy
Being healthy on the other hand is a state of complete well-being, which includes physical, mental and social health. The ability for one to manage stress on a daily basis while carrying out one's day to day activities, the type of lifestyle one engages in, the type of food one eats, is it junks or healthy foods, fruits and vegetables, one's ideal weight, relationship with others all determine whether one is healthy or not.
For me to consider myself fit / healthy I have to measure myself with a yardstick putting into consideration some of the points I raised above.
Having the ability to walk out 30 minutes almost on a daily basis without panting, being able to stand for 30-35 minutes without strain or falling, being able to carry out both planned and unplanned daily physical activities and being in my ideal Body Mass Index (BMI)( a situation where one's height equals one's ideal weight). I am 5’5”( 165 cm) in height and weigh 67kg presently. This is a clear indication of being fit. Sometimes I ask myself if I'm normal at all, lol.
As a person I try as much as possible to maintain a positive outlook, managing my emotions and see challenges as a phase that will surely pass in order not to allow it to weigh me down for my mental health.
I socialize and identify with people in my neighborhood and wherever I find myself. So intentional when it comes to what goes into my mouth. I eat not necessarily for taste but nutritional value. I drink the required quantity of water daily, which is 6-8 glasses. I hardly fall sick.
These are some parameters to measure being fit/ healthy by standards. So, to answer the question now, I can comfortably say I consider myself fit/healthy.
In conclusion, not falling ill is not a yardstick to measure being fit/healthy but by consciously practicing a healthy lifestyle which encompasses engaging in physical activities, maintaining a healthy diet, managing one's emotions, getting involved in social activities and maintaining a healthy relationship with people. The ability to strike a balance determines one's well-being which translates to one leading an active and healthy lifestyle.
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On this note, I invite my friends @cagolistic, @smartteacher and @whykay to participate in this contest.