Hypertension is gone

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In the past few months, I have experienced a weird and unusual feeling that I didn’t get to experience before in my entire life. I have had pain at the base of my back head, and I felt angrier than usual. 

I do not know but I simply forgot to get stressed over it until I felt that pain no more. Or I just had the hope that it will get back to normal so I didn’t fuss over it after talking about it here and there. 

Whatever caused my hypertension before should not be a problem anymore for as long as from now on, upon learning that I have it no more, I do the basic things that one can do to remain healthy. 

Getting enough sleep. 

Exercising. 

Eating healthily. 

Listening to one’s body. 

Maintaining a positive outlook in life but not suppressing the processing of emotions if needs be. 

Probably, the cause was a combination of not doing the above. But as I have already stated, the cause is not my concern anymore for as long as I take care of myself. 

I just woke up one morning and I noticed that I had no more tingling at the base of my neck. No more pain on my shoulders and I felt light for one who is still overweight. 

Ah, yes, I still have this weight to deal with. Still, I know that this is only temporary. At least I still have this confidence that in time, I will be fit again. 

For now, I will have to cut down on coffee (once a day or once in two days) because it adds to the caloric consumption. I will also have to simply stop eating when I am full. No need to act like a superwoman who could eat up all my children’s leftovers. Besides, we teach our kids to only put on their plates what they can consume. 

Just to confirm that I do not have high blood pressure, I went to a nurse’s house to have my BP checked. I became nervous as she was attaching the tool to my arms but gladly, she declared a 110/70 reading. 

I still tend to gulp down sweet drinks, especially soft ones but I could feel that I have it under better control than before. As for the greasy foods, I see to it that I consume them mindfully. From time to time, I do have unusual cravings for fried foods and I won’t be suppressing myself but I will be mindful of my actions. 

I am glad I have no appetite nowadays for chips like those containing a lot of sodium. I only consume it sparingly like when someone offers it to me, I just get one or two then I say that I am good. 

Geez. I ate street foods just yesterday. It ate really deliciously. Haha. I guess I will have to cut down on that as well. 

Maybe, the only food that I may never let go of is rice. The more they say that I should lessen my rice intake, the more my appetite increases. It’s in our culture to consume the staple in high volumes. Especially if our viand is something like adobo. 

I remember years ago (probably a decade ago) when I told my silly self to stop eating rice and substitute it with other staples and pasta. But as soon as adobo graced my dining table, I forgot my supposedly new ‘diet.’ Well, I knew then that I can never really get away from rice. Besides, rice is really needed as I see it when I needed to take on challenging academic tasks. 

Overall, I am happy with how I am tackling things now and I just do hope that there will be additional good things that I will do for myself.

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