National Girlfriends Day
Hello everybody!
August 1st
is National Girlfriends day, which celebrates friendship. Because of that I’ve
decided to come up with three tips on how can you and your girlfriend together take
your health into your own hands and live a healthy and adventurous life.
1. Be active
When you hang out
with your girlfriend it’s always fun to watch TV for hours, eat pizza and other
junk food and just do nothing. But you can also have fun and be active at the same
time. Go to the gym and if you prefer nature you can go cycling, running or
hiking- you can enjoy in the nature, do something good for yourself and at the
same time be with your friend. If you and your friend are more of artistic type
you can dance while listening to your favourite music. Or if you both usually
spend most of your time on YouTube watching your favourite YouTubers- maybe you
should try to do the Yoga Challenge and have an amazing time while being
active. There are so many ways to be active while hanging out with your
girlfriend, so instead of inviting her to a movie marathon, you should invite
her to the nearest meadow where you can play volleyball, a game of badminton...
2. Eat healthy
I admit that bag of
crisps, ice- cream, gummy bears... are a must- have when I invite my friends to
my house. But have you ever realised how you feel somehow useless or you feel
too lazy to even stand up and do something when you eat all the sweets? Maybe
next time you and your friend can together buy or even make some healthy
snacks- beside eating healthy and again doing something good for yourself,
you’ll spend some time together, talk and have fun- and that’s all that
matters, right?
And if you’re
wondering what snacks could possibly be healthy
and delicious you can find many
different recipes on Tumblr and Pinterest. Here are some really simple ideas
for snacks: you can make fruit smoothies, you can try frozen grapes, sliced
apples, frozen mangos, air popped popcorn... My favourite is of course a banana
smoothie, because it’s made in less than 5 minutes and all you need to make
this smoothie (two servings) are two bananas, 2 ½ glasses of milk and cinnamon.
You can check my recipe here.
3. Be positive
Always be positive
and surround yourself with positive people. Sometimes you might not even
realise how much you’re doing for your body and mind when you’re around
positive and open- minded people. You have to feel peaceful; you have to feel
like yourself around your girlfriend. Talk with her about problems and then
solve them together. Laugh together. Do crazy things together. From time to
time be silent and really peaceful together. Be positive even when you feel
like giving up on everything, because taking care for your health on the long
term is one of the most important things in your life.
I wasn’t sure about making a post about health at first- I thought that no one will take me serious, because I’m 17, so what should I know about health? It’s true that I might seem young, but being healthy and living a healthy lifestyle is iportant no matter how old I am or any of you.
If you’d like to get
some more information about National Girlfriends Day or you’d like to get more
useful information considering health, you can get them here: Girlfriends' Health and Safety Tips. You can also check out Oscar Health Insurance and their infographic below for check- ups you need throughout your life. They provide many resources through their health insurance for New Jersey and New York, that helps their members stay proactive about their health. For example, for their incentive program you can earn up to $240 (219€) just hitting a step goal each day with a free misfit fitness tracker they provide.
And you can also check this infographic:
And you can also check this infographic:
Love, Sara Wallflower
