When
I first saw her I knew that she was special and the one for me. Her
lovely looks and her sweet smile had me transfixed. I chose to marry
her because I wanted to spend my life with her and I made a vow to
myself that I would take great care of her so that she never lost her
smile. She was always very health conscious and took great care of
herself. She used to go for walks and actively played badminton to
keep herself fit.
We
got married and started a life that was full of love,fun and hectic
activity. A newly married life involved lots of parties and eating
food that was not always healthy. We started relishing the wrong kind
of foods and soon this began to take a toll on our health.In a few
years time my wife started gaining weight. In the beginning this
weight gain was not much apparent but slowly her dress sizes began to
increase. She started keeping away from activities that required
physical exertion. Not that she was shying away from any of her
household duties. It is just that she never seem to have the time and
energy left for herself. Now she was a dutiful wife, a daughter in
law, and a mother and each role was being played to the hilt by her.
However when it came to looking after her self something was
missing. I realized that she was no longer going for her morning
walks. As that time had been taken up by getting the kids ready for
school. The evening time in which she used to play badminton was now
being used for cooking the family dinner which she so painstakingly
prepared to keep the entire families likes and dislikes in mind she
also took great care to incorporate the healthiest of ingredients to
make every meal not just tasty but also as nutritious and healthy as
possible.
One
day when we came back from the market we found that the lift was not
working and we had to take the stairs to reach our first floor flat.
We started climbing the stairs and I found my wife to be soon out of
breath. We stopped for a while and then resumed our climbing the
stairs again.
When
I saw her stopping at very short intervals to catch her breath, a
warning bell rang in my mind. A vision flashed before my eyes when
she laughingly used to run up the stairs and not take the lift. This
moment made me realize that I was not taking good care of her or she
would not have come to such a state. I decided to take active
measures to bring her back to her slim trim self and to bring back
her loving smile which was now steadily turning into a frown.
Together
we visited the site www.saffolalife.com
and took the Weight-Heart Test.
Upon
seeing the results we were shocked that her BMI was way beyond the
normal as she had put on a lot of weigh.
The
site suggested two plans to get back to health.One was a walk plan
and the other was a diet plan.
From
that very moment I made a pledge that I would take her on a morning
walk every day. I made it a point to play a game of badminton with
her on weekends.As per the diet plan we worked out a diet chart for
both of us and started following it. This was our plan to
#ProtectHerHeart. I also started following a diet plan similar to
hers to gave her company and also to stay fit. These efforts bore
fruit and she started losing weight and in a few months she was back
to her old self and I was also fitter and in a better shape.
“I am joining the Saffolalife #ProtectHerHeart initiative and pledging my support to better heart health in Association with BlogAdda.”
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