Individual Choices

Posted on February 9, 2010 - Filed Under Behavior Change | Leave a Comment

“Change starts with the individual choices Americans make each day for themselves, their families and those around them. To help achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle, Americans of all ages should: reduce consumption of sodas and juices with added sugars; eat more fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and lean proteins; drink more water and choose low-fat […]

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Women and Heart Disease

Posted on February 4, 2010 - Filed Under Heart Health, healthy lifestyle | Leave a Comment

Important message for women and everyone else to take better care of your heart.  Read more from Stacey Shipman here and also, don’t forget to check out Go Red for Women. 

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Your High Blood Pressure and What You Can do Right Now to Lower It

Posted on February 2, 2010 - Filed Under Behavior Change, Blood Pressure, healthy lifestyle | Leave a Comment

“Lifestyle changes can help you control and prevent high blood pressure - even if you’re taking blood pressure medication.”
– via Mayoclinic.com
I know I’ve talked about this before about a thousand times, but it’s still important.  You can do something about high blood pressure.   You can start right here and right now (don’t have high BP?  […]

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Believe in Yourself

Posted on January 25, 2010 - Filed Under healthy lifestyle, motivation | 2 Comments

“Your chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by your belief in yourself.”
– Robert Collier
Happy Monday!

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Finding the Motivation to Act

Posted on January 20, 2010 - Filed Under motivation | 2 Comments

Eat healthier.  Eat less.  Get more exercise.  Blah.  Blah. Blah.  This list can go on and on about what we need to do to get ourselves healthier.  We all know the list and probably have one of our own.  The key to a healthier life is not just knowing what to do, but finding the motivation to do it, […]

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Two Choices

Posted on January 18, 2010 - Filed Under Behavior Change, motivation | Leave a Comment

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”
– Denis Waitley
Have a great Monday!

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The D Word

Posted on January 8, 2010 - Filed Under Fad Diets, healthy lifestyle | 1 Comment

diet (dī′ət)
noun

what a person or animal usually eats and drinks; daily fare
a special or limited selection of food and drink, chosen or prescribed to promote health or a gain or loss of weight

intransitive verb, transitive verb
to eat or cause to eat special or limited food, esp. for losing weight
[via here].
When you say the word “diet” […]

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Frustrating Time of Year

Posted on January 7, 2010 - Filed Under Behavior Change, healthy lifestyle | 1 Comment

This is a frustarting time of year for me.  With the new year come resolutions to lose weight, get healthy, eat better, move more, etc., etc.  While those are great resolutions for all of us, as long as we create a good plan and stick to that plan, it also means the snake-oil salespeople are […]

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Prevent Breast Cancer

Posted on December 15, 2009 - Filed Under Prevention, healthy lifestyle | Leave a Comment

In last Sunday’s newspaper insert of Parade Magazine, I read an article called “Preventing Breast Cancer” by Dr. Ranit Mishori.  This article talked about a report recently published by the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR).  After reviewing more than 900 studies of the links between lifestyle habits and cancer prevention, the report concluded:
“Women can cut […]

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Win Your Championship

Posted on December 7, 2009 - Filed Under motivation | 3 Comments

“The ones who want to achieve and win championships motivate themselves.”
– Mike Ditka
Go win your championship, whatever it may be.  Have a great Monday.

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