How healthy are you? Most likely your sense of well being is told by how heavy you are. However, wellness covers more than just the physical. It covers the nutritional, medical, lifestyle, psychological, vice, and sex aspect as well. All these should be taken into consideration when gauging our wellness.
As a work at home mom you would think wellness would be easier to have and maintain. Having worked at home for 3 years I’ve come across obstacles in keeping myself healthy and happy.
I was introduced to a Wellness Index done by a Top HMO provider in the Philippines, PhilCare, which brought about many realizations. Our perception of what is healthy varies. One person may think that eating fruits and vegetables will give them what they need to be and stay healthy. Another person may exercise yet eat unhealthy food and think that they’re healthy.
Another fact is that we tend to take our health more seriously after we have been sick. Most of us are not consciously providing a change within ourselves to commit to being healthy. I definitely belong to that group. It wasn’t until after I had my gallstones removed that I realized that I needed to take it upon myself to be more cautious of what I eat.
We’ve been lucky to have health cards that are on hand for us to use should we need to seek medical attention. Wellness however, is making sure you take care of all aspects of your life so that there would never be a need to use them.
I learned through a study done by PhilCare that 54% of the respondents believe their weight is ideal for their height and that 54% think they are in overall good health.
However, when respondents gave their actual height and weight, it appears that only 45% of them fit the normal category applying the Asian Body Mass Index range. About 46% are either overweight or obese, while another 8.6% fall below the average BMI.
Definitely, I don’t belong in the right weight range. I’ve been overweight since the birth of my youngest and it has been tough to get back to my ideal weight.
The good news though is that more than 85%—enjoy a good work-life balance. However, 41.1% of them admit experiencing stress slightly.
Since I started working at home and been able to adjust and find the right jobs for me I sleep better, eat a little better (!) and I’m happier all around.
I received a wellness package that I’d like to share with you that we can use in our daily lives to add to our health routine.
Ideal products for taking of your body are organic soaps such as Oatmeal and Calamansi. To get skin back to healthy you can use a Seaweed Mask and Olive Oil Mist all natural, too. For inner health you can detoxify by drinking tea. A little exercise everyday makes a world of difference and a jump rope is a fast and easy way to work that into your daily routine.
When you consider your health and wellness I’m sure you’ll also take other aspects into consideration from now on. Here’s to happy healthy living!
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It’s a bit ironic that as mothers, we tend to neglect ourselves so we could take care of our family, but we also need to take care of ourselves the most, so we would be able to do our duties to the best of our abilities.
A jumping rope! That’s an excellent form of exercise for busy WAHMS like us. 🙂
I need to be conscious about my health from now on. Gained weight after giving birth and I cant go back to the slimmer version of me. I’ll follow your advice. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
I’ve heard about PhilCare before but haven’t really given much thought about it. thanks for the insight 🙂
Oh if only it will be easy to be part of the 85 % who enjoy a work-life balance! That really entails a lot of hardwork and commitment!
I have fallen briefly off the healthy lifestyle wagon this month, but I’m getting back on it again. Thank you for the information!
I really need to start exercising, but I don’t seem to have the time. Reading your article really makes me think about our family’s health!
I got sick recently and I really understand the importance of being healthy for the people you love.If you don’t want to do it for you do it for those that love you and depend on you.
Because I am a work-from-home mom for almost 6 years now, honestly it is not that easy to keep a healthy lifestyle. I think it is because we are at our comfort zone but the good thing is that we always have options to adjust.
Being a work at home mom can really be difficult when it comes to monitoring our health. It’s like we always think that we are on our own bubble of safety and healthy living. The temptation of being idle and uncaring when it comes to exercise is too high!