Working on Food Combining with Widyanti Yuliandri

Hidup sehat?
Bebas penyakit?
Dan bahagia?

Semua pasti berkeinginan yang sama.
Saya juga :).

Walaupun menulisnya mudah, namun menjalani hidup sehat agar selalu sehat dan bahagia bukan tanpa tantangan. Sebagai seorang survivor kanker, saya dituntut untuk menjalani hidup sehat secara berkesinambungan. Selain untuk mencegah sel-sel kanker kembali bersarang di tubuh, saya juga harus pastikan bahwa 'makanan' kanker seperti gula dan stress bisa diminimalisir.

Since being diagnosed with breast cancer back in 2014, I have been striving to live a healthier life. Reducing stress, watching my diet and doing more exercises are on top of my priorities. 

Not that easy though.

With the line of job that I have now, I really have to work on managing the stress level. 
It's quite challenging, noting that the United Nations will always have all those surprises as you read on the headline news. 

But one thing for sure, I am much more careful with what I eat.
Stress and sugar are deadly combination.
One thing I carefully work on is my diet. I have always love vegetables and fruits but this time around, I eat more veggies and fruits properly.
Food combining is one of the fun ways of staying healthy for me.
Have you tried it?

Salah satu referensi penting mengenai food combining yang saya dapat di blog antara lain blog mba Widyanti Yuliandari. 

Coba deh cek blognya http://www.widyantiyuliandari.com

Blog Mba Wid, salah satu anggota Arisan kelompok 6 bersama saya ini, berisi banyak tulisan terkait Food Combining, mulai dari informasi penting mengenai aneka bahan makanan, tips dan tricks memulai dan menjalani food combining, sampai aneka resep food combining yang lezat dan sehat. 

Bahkan lately, she has just written about food combining friendly hotel!  Juga ada ulasan mengenai food combining untuk anak. How cool is that :)

Saya banyak mendapat informasi penting tentang FC di blog mba Wid. Dan tentu saja, ini sangat penting untuk saya yang mencoba untuk terus faithfully stick to food combining.

But that's not all.
She writes a lot of fun materials as well, seperti review hotel-hotel keren, perangkat elektronik seperti smartphone, maupun catatan perjalanan bersama keluarganya.
Seru kaaaan.

Memiliki blog yang gado-gado namun tetap fokus pada FC membuat blog dan tulisan-tulisan mba Wid banyak dibaca. Keep the great work ya mbaaa :).

Oya, jangan lupa juga baca bukunya Mba Wid, food combining, yang pasti memberi lebih banyak informasi mengenai FC dengan segala kebaikannya.

Selamat kenalan lebih lanjut dengan mba Wid dan FC yaaaa.

See you on the next arisan :).

International Day of Yoga

Anybody enjoys yoga here?

I can hear some say yes and nod their heads :). 
Even those who haven't tried yoga before, have probably heard of it. 

Yoga has been known as a unique set of exercises, derived from the ancient practices in India, aiming at finding the balance for our mind, body, and soul. Even more, yoga offers more "as a way to discover the sense of oneness, with yourself, the world and  nature," as quoted from H.E. Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India. 

                       

And the 21st of June has been declared as the International Day of Yoga. 

The international day of yoga

                           

With the unanimous adoption of the UN Resolution on the International Yoga Day, June 21st, which happens to be the solstice,-the longest day during the year, is declared as one. With solid supports from 175 Member States of the UN, GA Resolution 69/131 was successfully adopted. And last weekend was the first inaugural  of International Day of Yoga.

                              

The celebration took place at the United Nations Visitor Center as well as at Times Square.

Bo, Obi and I decided to come to the UN and Bapak dropped us there. It was a bright sunny Sunday indeed and as we arrived there, many have taken the seats and mats provided for the first celebration of the international day of Yoga. I was lucky I could squeezed myself in there between the students while Bo et Obi happily sat in the reserved section.

The celebration started with many speeches, I have to say :). 

some of the dignitaries...

With dignitaries like the Indian Minister of External Affairs, the 69th UNGA President, congresswoman, and the UN Secretary-General, the proceedings highlighted how yoga has and will continue to bring health, joy, peace and happiness to humankind.

Keynote address from the UN Secretary-General

We also saw some videos showcasing the beauty of yoga and its endless benefits.

After that, we had the priviledge of having Sri  Sri Ravi Shankar, one of the most renowned yoga gurus and the founder of the Art of Living, led us with some basic postures of yoga. Even the UN SG and Madame Ban joined us on their mats :).

Mr. and Mrs Ban Ki-moon were ready on their mats :)

It was a great celebration indeed.

Although it was a sunny bright morning and Bo and I were fasting, but we managed to enjoy this light exercise which suited our Ramadhan day.

It was too hot for Obi :)

As for me, I was introduced to yoga while I was studying in Melbourne back in 2007. 

Since then I have been a great fan, trying to work on it although I have some time off.

I am still amateur for sure, but always enjoy my yoga sessions at home as well as with some friends and instructors, especialy after series of treatments that I have to go through with my breast cancer. It certainly brings health, peace and joy for me. My hubby, Udi, ocassionally joins me and has the yoga session together. It's fun indeed..

So, do you like yoga as well? 

National Wear Red Day

As I bloghopped to NC Sue ' s blog, I just notice that the 6th of February was the National Wear Red Day.

Have you ever heard of it before?

To start with, you can check this website.

National Wear Red Day is one of the programs initiated by American Heart Association to raise awareness about heart disease and stroke that kill women. Often regarded as the men's disease, the staggering fact told us that 1 in 3 women were killed by heart disease and stroke! Well, what saddening is that all these diseases are 80% preventable...

So, since 2003, this initiative has been started and many progress have been achieved as well, including the changing behaviours towards healthier life. And this campaign of National Wear Red Day continues till now...

Here's what I copied from the official website:

"National Wear Red Day® — the first Friday each February — is our special day to bring attention to this staggering fact. We encourage everyone to wear red, raise their voices, know their cardiovascular risk and take action to live longer, healthier lives."

And here's our support by wearing red :)..

while visiting the pediatrics last Friday..Obi in Red :)

Obi et Bapak in red...

red, red, red...

Watch the video, Go Red For Women, and we can learn more about it... 

Some other things we can do to help is by donating, creating fundraiser page and getting free tools and resources about combating these diseases. Again, the complete information is available on Wear Red Day.

So, let's take care of our health...get more information to lead a healthy life :)

Go women, go...