What Most People Miss When Trying to Become Healthier

If you want to find a lifestyle of freedom, and not restriction

Kaki Okumura

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Illustrations by Kaki Okumura

When you type in ‘healthy’ in Google, do you know what definition comes up? It is quite literally defined as, ‘in good health’.

It’s a seemingly simple concept– to be “healthy” — but the truth is that many of us haven’t spent that much time thinking about what this means, and upon closer examination, many of us aren’t really sure how to measure being healthy.

At the most basic level, many of us have been taught growing up that ‘healthy’ is about having a BMI within a certain range. If your ratio of body mass to height is within that range, your doctor may have told you that you are healthy.

Other times we are encouraged to measure being healthy by attaining certain physical features, like a six pack or toned legs, or by meeting certain endurance milestones, like running a 7-minute mile. Sometimes we are told to measure it by fitting into a certain size pants, other times we are told to track our waist size to determine if we are healthy enough.

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Kaki Okumura

Born in Dallas, raised in New York and Tokyo. I care about helping others learn to live a better, healthier life. My site: www.kakikata.space 🌱