I am starting a series of post for Thanksgiving. Since this week is Thanksgiving week, I feel like enumerating the things– big and small, that I am thankful for. As a way of counting my blessings, it will give my heart a reason to rejoice, my mind a logic to keep going, and my overall self a boost to maintain the good progress and set aside the negative vibes that won’t help me thrive in this world.
For the series’ first post, I’ll start with my gratitude for a better health condition. Currently, I feel like I have restored my outstanding health condition that I used to have back when I can say I was really healthy. You see, when I was diagnosed with hypertension five years ago, my health has never been at its best. The highest number I got was 195/110. Not so normal at all for someone in the late 20′s. I was prescribed with medication and I never liked being on it. I have gained weight even after I gave birth to our second child which was a disappointment because I thought losing weight post-birth was just easy. It wasn’t. But Spring of this year, I decided to really be firm with my diet plan. I weighed 145 lbs when I started with my weight loss saga in May and now, 6 months after, I am 118 lbs. My 7-year-old daughter keeps telling me I don’t have a big tummy anymore and my biased husband says I look cuter now more than ever. Even if they’re not truthful, I still am thankful because for real, I now can wear small and medium sizes of clothes. Most of all, my BMI shows I am at the normal weight already so there is no reason to sulk myself in the corner and frown.
My latest BP and BMI test results
My blood pressure is still not the best but at least it’s been manageable.
I haven’t had asthma episodes in the past few months and migraine headaches are minimal. Most of all, I am maintaining a joyful and contented heart brought by the love, care, and support of my housemates and my mind has been really optimistic that I can make it through despite all the odds around me. My time management is at its worst right now but life goes on. Despite the sadness and heart-brokenness I felt over the super-typhoon Yolanda’s cruelty, despite the death of some relatives and people I personally know, I still am thankful that the survivors are healthy and thriving.
Health is wealth. This Thanksgiving season, my health is one of the many reasons to be grateful for.
328/365 BPC