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Make small changes
– like going for a regular walk, instead of pushing yourself to 
run 5km every day, this will have more chance of becoming a habit you‘ll keep. 
Be flexible
– for example, if you decide to cut down on sugar, do it gradually over 
a few weeks rather than all at once. By cutting down from two teaspoons in your 
coffee to one-and-a-half, then one and so on, your taste buds will adapt and you‘re 
less 
likely 
to 
crave 
for 
the 
sugar. 
Build on what you already do
– for example, if you sometimes buy fruit to eat, 
then 
try 
buying 
more 
of 
this 
(and 
fewer 
biscuits 
and 
chips). 
Remember, increasing or adding even one new health behaviour can make a big 
difference to your health. 
Work around challenges 

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There are things you can do to manage any extra challenges related to your illness 
and it‘s treatment – such as drowsiness, sugar cravings or lack of motivation. Steps 
you can take include: 
organise daily activities around side-effects of medication, for example, if you are 
drowsy in the morning, organise exercise for the afternoon. 
discuss things with your doctor – there may be another medication you can try, or 
ask for referral to a specialist such as a dietitian or psychologist for expert advice. 
Staying healthy 
Being healthy is about more than getting fit and feeling better, it‘s about staying 
that way too. Tips to help you stay motivated include: 
schedule regular check ups with your doctor to monitor your progress and for that 
extra push you may need to keep going. 
reward yourself – feel good about developing healthier habits by rewarding 
yourself with something nice. 
overcome slip-ups – if you slip-up, be realistic and start again. 
Finding Support 
There are lots of ways to get the support you need to help stay healthy. An 
important step is finding a good GP (general practitioner) you are comfortable 
discussing your health with. Seeing the same GP each time means you can work 
together to manage your health and organise check-ups as needed. 
Having someone else as a ‗support person‘ can make all the difference in keeping 
up healthy habits. Talk with your friends, family, mental health program or case 
worker. Don‘t forget other services in your area that you can draw on too. 
«Healthy mind in a healthy body», says a proverb. And I must admit that I couldn‘t 
agree more! I‘d like even to pаrаphrase this statement to ―When you‘re healthy, 
you‘re happy‘. Now I‘ll try to explain my idea. 
To begin with, I‘d say that only when we feel well and good, we have energy and 
desire to live, work and study. We need to feel well. It means physical wellbeing 
when there‘re no any deceases or illnesses. As for me, I think that the most 
important thing about physical health is a well-thought-out diet. 
We are what we eat. I realize that everything I eat influence my physical state. So I 
try to make my diet well-balanced and full of nutrients. For example, I eat grains 
and cereal, a lot of vegetables, lean meat, fish, some fruit, nuts and other food 
products that are healthy. They contain a lot of protein, carbs and a necessary 
amount of fats. So you can guess that I seldom buy fast-food because it‘s full of 
artificial flavourings and colours, unhealthy carbs and fats. 
Unfortunately, I‘m not a person that loves sports or other physical activities. That‘s 
why I pay so much attention to a healthy diet. To my mind, if you can‘t do sport, 
you should do anything else to compensate the harm. What I can do is to walk. 
Walking is good for our heart and it‘s also a kind of exercising. So I walk 
everywhere: to school, to my music classes, to the shops and so on. I never use 
public transport if I have enough time. And when I have no time instead of a bus I 

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use my bike. I believe it‘s more eco-friendly and health-conscious. So I call it a 
―win-win‖ solution. 
What is more, I tend to care about my mental health. I love communicating with 
people, I try to avoid conflicts, I find time for doing something I really love (for 
example, listening and playing music, making models of rare cars, walking my 
dog, watching good films and so on). All these give me pleasant emotions, helps to 
relax and chill out. I‘m sure that we need to find a way to relax because it‘s an 
important part of mental well-being. 
So, you see we can find possibilities to do something not really difficult to stay 
healthy. I can advise you -eat right food, move more and be positive. That are 3 
simple and effective ways to care about yourself. 

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