Hi! My name is Melissa and this is How to Adult.
Today's video is the beginning of My Journey to a Healthy Lifestyle.
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This is me. I'm 35 years old, 160cm tall and weigh about 85kgs.
This makes my BMI 33,
which puts me in the obese range.
But the worst part is my stomach.
I'm not pregnant but my large stomach makes it look like I am!
This is concerning because belly fat increases your risk of type 2 diabetes,
high blood pressure, heart attack, dementia asthma and cancer.
Besides my weight, I also have other factors, that increases my chance of getting type 2 diabetes.
I have a poor diet,
barely exercise,
I have the apple shape,
I had gestational diabetes while I was pregnant, and
I have polycystic ovary syndrome. (PCOS)
My PCOS also makes things a lot harder for me.
One of the treatments for PCOS is to lose some weight,
but it makes it so much harder to lose that weight!
It also has many other symptoms including,
irregular periods,
excessive body and facial hair,
acne, obesity,
reduced fertility and the increase of diabetes!
I didn't get acne, so that's one thing. I don't have.
The worst part for me though is that it's so uncomfortable to have such a large stomach.
It's heavy,
It gets in the way,
and sometimes it just really hurts.
It's messed up my posture,
nothing fits me nicely,
and yes it makes me insecure.
I have depression and anxiety and this doesn't help at all!
So I've decided to change, because I'm unhappy with this.
I know there are many other areas of my body that aren't perfect,
but I don't need to be perfect.
My Journey to a Healthy Lifestyle isn't just about losing weight.
I'm not worried about what people think of me, my husband thinks I'm beautiful
and I'm happy with the person that I am.
I want to be happy and healthy, so I'm going to include other care.
Such as taking care of my mental health,
diet, exercising more,
exercising my brain,
spending more time with my loved ones,
and teaching my daughter how to have a healthy life too.
I know it's not going to be easy, but I'm going to change things bit by bit.
I've already started my journey.
I saw my doctor and talked to him about what it was that I wanted.
We did some tests and found a few issues that was affecting my health in a very negative way.
He explained to me that my body was in distress,
therefore it would be almost impossible to lose any weigh while this was happening.
So I've had some treatment, such as an iron infusion,
and now I'm starting from a much better place, both mentally and physically.
I'm going to set challenges for myself, that you can follow too, if you wish to join me.
My first challenge is to do two minutes of exercise every day.
10 squats,
10 bicep curls
and 10 seconds of planking.
If these are a bit too challenging for you to do, for physical reasons,
try swapping them with something else.
For example if you can't do the squats,
try doing a lunge
or lift your knees up one at a time.
For bicep curls instead of lifting a weight
put your arms out to the side and make little circles for 10 seconds.
For the 10 second plank, lean up against a kitchen bench or a wall
and just move forward as much as you can until you're comfortable
and hold that for 10 seconds.
The second challenge is reducing or swapping food or drink item.
I'm choosing to not have coke before 12 o'clock, because I drink a lot of coke
and it's obviously very bad for me.
The third challenge is meditating for two minutes every day.
This can be difficult for people like me, who have young children
that need their attention all the time
but also get distracted really easy.
So it's going to take practice for all three of these to be ok.
Now I recommend an app called
Insight Timer
It's free, you can buy a membership with them but I haven't,
and it has thousands of meditations that are free to use
and you can even search by two minute timers for example.
And that's just for this one week.
The next week, I will be upping the ante.
So if you would like to join me on my Journey to a Healthier Lifestyle,
please Like and Subscribe
and feel free to write any questions or ideas in the comments below.
It's going to be a long journey so I'll only update you
in little bits and pieces rather than make it a whole series.
So here is this week's joke.
I was trying to be healthy but then I accidentally
fell down face first into a bowl of mac and cheese!
That would hurt actually. That'd be hot!
Anytime I hear a story about someone finding a living insect in their salad,
I can't help but think
that's what they get for trying to be healthy
Do you know what kills insects?
DEEP FRYING!
You know what's not deep-fried.
A SALAD!
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and I'll see you next time
BYE!