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UDebbie Allen wenze umsebenzi wokuhlala esebenzayo, kwaye kuyabonisa. Indoda eyonwabileyo nedlamkileyo eneminyaka engama-71 ubudala inamandla omntu okwisiqingatha seminyaka yakhe, nokuba nepleyiti ephuphumayo: ungumvelisi olawulayo we. Indawo egreyi , iinkwenkwezi njengoGqr. Catherine Fox kumboniso, ukwinkqubo yokuvula indawo entsha, enkulu kumbutho ongenzi nzuzo Debbie Allen Dance Academy , kwaye iyaqhubeka nokuvelisa, iqondise kunye ne-choreograph yeeprojekthi ezifana ne-Netflix documentary yakutshanje Amaphupha omdaniso: I-Nutcracker yeChocolate eshushu . U-Allen uyayazi into yokuba uxakekile: uchithe amashumi amahlanu eminyaka edlulileyo njengomdanisi ophumelele ibhaso, umdlali weqonga kunye nomdidiyeli wezomculo, ukusukela oko waqala wafumana ingqalelo ngo-1980 ngendima yakhe kumboniso bhanyabhanya. Udumo , kwaye emva koko kumdlalo weTV wegama elifanayo.
Ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amahlanu edlala kunye nokudanisa phantsi kwebhanti yakhe, u-Allen ufunde into okanye ezimbini ngomzimba wakhe. 'Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba wonke umntu ashukume, ukuba abe nohlobo oluthile lokuzilolonga izihlandlo ezininzi ngeveki,' utshilo uAllen (nanku kufuneka ube wenza umthambo ongakanani ngeveki ). Ubona intshukumo njengendlela yokujonga emzimbeni wakhe. 'Ungafumanisa ukuba, oh, oko kubuhlungu esinqeni sam, okanye oh, ndiziva ndidiniwe emva kwemizuzu emibini,' utsho. Kwanokunyuka nje izitepsi kunokukunceda ukuba ungene kunye nawe. 'Ndinyuka izinyuko imini yonke yonke imihla apha e Indawo egreyi kwaye luhlobo lomceli mngeni oluncinane kuthi sonke—ngubani onokubaleka anyuke izinyuko aze angaphetshethwa kangako?
Ezi zezona Mthambo zi-5 ziBalaseleyo kwiMpilo yakho, ngokukaGqirha waseHarvard'Kufuneka uzinike ixesha lokuzihlola,' utsho. 'Oko kuthetha ukuba uzinike ixesha, nto leyo abantu abaninzi abangayenziyo—ndiyazi ukuba kufuneka ndiyenze ngokwam. Kodwa ibalulekile. Kufuneka wazi umzimba wakho kunye nemeko yakho yengqondo ukuze ukwazi ukuxelela ukuba kukho utshintsho oluthile kwindlela oshukuma ngayo umzimba wakho imihla ngemihla.'
Ku-Allen, oku kuhambelana nomzimba wakhe kukwathetha ukuhlala phezulu kwiingozi zempilo. Udidi lwesi-2 lweswekile luqhutywa kusapho lwakhe, kwaye ke ebesoloko esazi ukuba usemngciphekweni wokusiphuhla. Ngenxa yoku, uhlala enikela ingqalelo koko akutyayo, ephepha i cholesterol eninzi netyuwa eninzi, aze akhangele iindlela zokulungelelanisa ukutya akunandiphayo noko kusempilweni. (Zama ezi ndlela zokupheka ezinempilo yeswekile.)
'Jonga, ngeCawa yeSuper Bowl, uyazi ukuba ndiza kube ndisitya inkukhu eqhotsiwe , kodwa awukwazi ukutya oko yonke imihla. Kufuneka uyenze ngokumodareyitha,' utsho. 'Bendisoloko ndingumntu othanda imifuno kunye neesaladi,' utsho, esongeza ukuba ukwatyekele ekuphekeni ngeoli yomnquma eninzi, kwaye aphephe inyama ebomvu eninzi.
Kwihlobo elidluleyo, u-Allen wafunyaniswa ukuba uneprediabetes, yaye akazange atsibe: 'Enyanisweni, bendisoloko ndiyikhangela ubomi bam bonke, kuba ndiyazi ukuba ikho kwintsapho yakowethu. Ngelihlobo liphelileyo xa ndafunyaniswa ukuba, kulungile, masikhuphe iiglavu sihambe. Ayingothusanga, kodwa isoloko ilubizo lwesenzo.'
Iimpawu zePrediabetes-kunye nendlela yokwazi ukuba usemngciphekweniUAllen waqala ngokukhangela ulwazi. Wayefuna ukuqonda iingxaki ezinokubakho ngenxa yesifo seswekile nokuba luluphi uvavanyo awayenalo. 'Kufuneka wazi ukuba apho sihleli khona ngoku, ulwazi ngamandla,' utshilo. 'Xa uya kugqirha wakho okanye umboneleli wezempilo kufuneka usebenze ngokukhawuleza, kufuneka uthethe into ofuna ukuyibona, yiziphi iimvavanyo onokufuna, into ofuna ukuba bayijonge.'
Ukufunda ngovavanyo olufumanekayo kuye kwatshintsha umdlalo, kwaye waqonda ukuba ufuna ukunceda ukwazisa abanye ngalo. 'Emva kokufunda ngoxilongo lwam, ndandifuna ukwenza indima yam ekuncedeni abanye ngamanyathelo acacileyo, anokwenziwa. Abantu abaninzi kakhulu abazi ukuba ukuhlala nesifo seswekile se-2 kunokukhokelela kwisifo sezintso esingapheliyo kunye neengxaki ezisongela ubomi,' utsho u-Allen.
Kule nyanga, u-Allen ubambisene ne Isiseko sezintso zeSizwe kunye ne-Bayer yesigaba esitsha sephulo lokwazisa uluntu malunga nesifo sezintso ezingapheliyo ebizwa ngokuba 'Ngaba uyi-33%?' Igama lephulo libhekisela kwinto yokuba i-1 kubantu abadala be-3 basengozini yokuphuhlisa isifo sezintso ezingapheliyo, into enobungozi obuphezulu kulabo abanexinzelelo lwegazi kunye nohlobo lwe-2 yeswekile.
'Ndifunde okuninzi ngokusebenzisana neli khwelo lokuthatha amanyathelo malunga nomngcipheko wesifo sezintso. Kukho inani elothusayo labantu baseMelika abahambahambayo ngoku benesifo sezintso esinganyangekiyo kwaye abayazi. Ekuphela kwento efunekayo luvavanyo olulula lomchamo okanye uvavanyo lwegazi ukuze uqonde imeko,’ utsho uAllen. 'Le webhusayithi imangalisayo MinuteforYourKidneys.org yindawo entle yokuqalisa,' utshilo u-Allen, wewebhusayithi yephulo ebonelela ngombuzo womzuzu omnye onokukunceda uvavanye umngcipheko wakho wesifo sezintso. Kwaye, uthi, 'Indawo elandelayo kukukhathalelwa kwakho: hamba uye kwenza olu vavanyo!'
Esinye sezizathu zokuba uAllen athethe phandle malunga nokwazisa abantu kungenxa yosapho lwakhe kunye noluntu lwakhe. 'Yeyona nto ibalulekileyo kum.' uthi. 'Uhlobo lwesi-2 seswekile luyinxunguphalisile intsapho yam kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. Utata, utatomkhulu, omalume bam, nabazala bam basweleke ngayo. Ndikhule ndinemvakalelo yosapho nasekuhlaleni endihamba nayo naphi na apho ndiya khona,' utsho. 'Ngoko ndiyavuya ukusebenzisana kunye nokusebenzisa udumo lwam xa luzisa ingqalelo ngokukodwa kuluntu lwam, oluye lwachithwa yinkqubo yokunakekelwa kwezempilo.'
Ukongeza ekubeni sisithethi seli phulo, u-Allen uyaqhubeka nokusasaza umsebenzi wakhe womdaniso kunye nentshukumo ngemidiya yoluntu. Ukusukela oko kwaqala ubhubhane, u-Allen ebebonelela ngeklasi yomdaniso wasimahla rhoqo ngooLwezithathu ku-Instagram Live @theRealDebbieAllen , akhuthaza wonke umntu ukuba azibandakanye. 'Fumana nje indlela yokuzilolonga kancinane kaninzi ngeveki, kufuneka ukwenze. Suka apha empundu uhambe,' utsho encumile.
