Anjali Mukherjee

At this point I am addressing all women folk. Most women often underestimate how stressed they are. They never seem to have time to take a break. They accpect their hectic pace of life quite easily. They have too many roles to play, too many responsibilities (balancing family and career), too many deadlines to meet (at home and at work), too much co-ordination, not enough support, most of them are not assertive (therefore get taken for granted). And at the end of it all they don’t even get appreciation for their back breaking efforts in raising children, looking after home, spouse, family affairs, in-laws, work front etc. Some of them face constant bickering from their spouses, sarcasm, criticism etc.

All this affects your mental and physical health. Remember that if you are sick nothing really works!! You only have yourself to look after ‘you’. And your family has you. So it only makes sense to look after yourself. Stay away from potentially harmful situations. Eat foods that fill you up with energy (fresh fruits, whole grains, nuts & seeds) and avoid foods that make you feel weak and sluggish (mostly sweets and fried foods). Such foods may cause long term damage in terms of both mental (anxiety, depression) and physical (weight gain, poor skin, low energy) health.

Don’t discount yourself so easily. Consider yourself more important than junk food. No one is going to stand besides you and make sure that you have slept well, eaten right and done your daily exercise. You are all grown up now and you have missed out on just one more responsibility – Yourself!