“Celebration Calories"
It’s easy to make the excuse “Well, this is a special occasion” and indulge in a slice of pie or an extra scoop of ice cream. But between the birthdays of friends, family, and co-workers, not to mention promotions, graduations, and legal holidays, you could find “special occasions” occurring on a pretty regular basis. We are social eaters, and any cause for celebration is also a cause for fattening foods. Luckily, living a life of health and wellness doesn’t mean ducking out of every social gathering to save your diet. Go to the party, but take along these seven steps:
1. Have a Game Plan Evaluate your calorie options before you hit the party. If you know there’s going to be a dish you just can’t resist, and eat a lighter lunch to help balance it out. Just make sure you don’t skip a meal.
2. Don’t Hit the Party Hungry The hungrier you are, the more likely you are to overeat or make poor food choices.
3. Focus on the Reason, Not the Food As you gather together, focus on the people and the reason you all got together rather than on the food. Socialize at least 10 minutes before you hit the buffet table.
4. Don’t Drink Your Calories Stick low-calorie beverages instead of high calorie alcoholic drinks, frappes, or fruits juices.
5. Fill Up on Fruits and Veggies This option lets you load your plate and eat along with the rest of the gang without having to load up on high calorie foods.
6. Bring Your Own Healthy Food. This way you’ll not only ensure you will have something to eat, you’ll look like a good guest as well.
7. Don’t Be Afraid to Refuse Just remember to be polite. A simple explanation of “I’m trying to cut back,” or “I’m not that hungry” should be enough not to offend.
This material is not intended as a substitute for medical and/or health advice and the material should not be relied upon for dieting or for seeking medical and health recommendations. Please consult with your physician or healthcare practitioner before dieting or making any personal health decisions.
Friday, July 30, 2010
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Food Labeling
In 1990, the United States Department of Agriculture introduced mandatory food labeling for nearly all packaged foods, along with the now-familiar "Nutrition Facts" labeling format. The few exceptions to the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act (NLEA) include foods prepared on-site for immediate consumption (such as restaurant meals); coffee, tea, and spices generally recognized as containing no significant amounts of nutrients; bulk food that is not resold; and food produced by small businesses.
The "Nutrition Facts" format was introduced to provide uniformity among product labeling, to define specific health claims used in labeling (such as "low-fat" or "high fiber"), and to help ensure that the "serving size" indicated on the label was realistic. Despite these changes, many consumers still find themselves misled by food label claims. Since nutrition labels are your key to knowing just what you are eating, it pays to become label savvy. The information below will give you an inside look at food labels-and it will help you read between the label lines.Secrets Behind the Serving SizeServing sizes on labels are based on "reference amounts" established by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The reference amounts, which are given in household measures, fall into 139 FDA-regulated food product categories. For example, cookies fall under the "bakery products" category, and have a reference amount of 30 grams. Thus, the serving size of a box of cookies where each cookie weighs 10 grams would read "3 cookies."
What's important to be aware of is that the values that you see on the Nutrition Facts labels don't always tell the whole picture, unless you read between the lines! For example, the values on the labels always represent one serving. But, you may not be aware that the food you are eating contains more than one serving!
Here are some examples:
An over-sized, packaged muffin with the following: Calories: 230; Fat: 12 grams; Servings Per Container: 2. If you just took a quick look at the label, you may think that what you are eating is actually only 230 calories, and 12 grams of fat (after all, who thinks of a muffin as more than one serving?!) but in reality, you're packing away 460 calories and 24 grams of fat!
Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Bags. Serving Size: 4 cookies; Servings/Container: 12. But, the container only has 6 bags! Thus, the nutrition facts label that you read on the bag--which says 150 calories, 7 grams of fat, and 2.5 grams of saturated fat--must be multiplied by 2 in order to see what you would get by eating the entire bag (which, of course, is what most people do)! Thus, you are really consuming 300 calories and 14 grams of fat; 5 grams of saturated fat.
Fig Newtons. Serving Size: one cookie; Servings/Container: 24. But, the container only has 12 packages. Just as with the example above, you have to multiply the nutritional values by 2, to get the value for the package of 2 cookies (so 100 calories becomes 200!). Again, you might not get the correct nutritional values if you just glanced quickly at the label--you might think it's 100 calories for the entire package, when in reality, it's 200 calories for the package.
Hostess Banana Walnut Mini Muffins (bag): Serving size: 3 pieces. 160 calories; 9 grams of fat. But the servings/container = 2! So, by eating the 6 mini-muffins, you're getting 320 calories and 18 grams of fat!
Thus, manufacturers are following the rules, and are abiding by government regulations (i.e. reference amounts), but the portion sizes that consumers actually eat reflect greater values than what you would see on the Nutrition Facts label alone.
The Bottom Line: If you don't read between the lines (i.e. look at "Servings Per Container"), then you may not notice that you're consuming more than what you read on the label!Ingredients on Labels: The Real Deal?According to an article in the Nutrition Action Health Letter, "... companies go out of their way to trick shoppers by emphasizing ingredients that are added in miniscule amounts or aren't there at all." According to the article:
Stonyfield Farms Strawberry Stratosphere Yosqueeze yogurt has no berries - only beet juice to simulate a strawberry color, plus natural flavors.
Quaker Strawberries & Cream and Peaches & Cream Oatmeal do not contain strawberries or peaches, just dried apple bits with artificial color.
Betty Crocker Stir 'n Bake Carrot Cake Mix lists carrot powder as the last ingredient, which means the cake mix has more salt, cinnamon, red dye, xanthan gum, and other additives than carrot powder.
After doing some investigating, we found that these foods are not the only offenders. Take a look at these other deceiving foods:
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter: It may not be butter, but 1 tablespoon still contains 90 calories and 10 grams of fat, with 2 grams of saturated fat.
Hillshire Farms Turkey Kielbasa: In small print, the label reads "Beef added for better flavor".
Yogurt-covered pretzels or raisins: The only yogurt in these pretzels is the yogurt flavoring in the coating, which is high in palm oil -- a saturated fat.
Quaker Fruit Breakfast Bars: Fruit is listed as the fifth ingredient, after corn syrup and sugar. (Ingredients are listed in order of most to least amounts)
Multi-Grain Wheat Thins: Sounds like these will be fiber-packed, right? Not necessarily. One serving of the Wheat Thins (17 crackers) provides 2 grams of fiber. Whole wheat flour is the third ingredient in these crackers; the "multi-grains" (including oats, whole wheat, millet, rye, and barley) are further down the label. A better cracker: Reduced-fat Triscuits have 120 calories and 3 grams of fat per 7 crackers, and twice the fiber of the Wheat Thins.
Multi-Grain Cheerios: Again, if this sounds like a superior choice to regular Cheerios, check that label again -- both varieties of Cheerios serve up 3 grams of fiber per serving. You'll find more sugar than grains in Multi-Grain Cheerios; in fact, you'll find more sugar in Multi-Grain Cheerios than in regular Cheerios. Try Multi-Bran Chex instead, for 8 grams of fiber per serving.
The Bottom Line: Don't assume that the names on food packages reflect what's on the inside. Look at the ingredient list to estimate how much of a particular ingredient is in the food.
The "Nutrition Facts" format was introduced to provide uniformity among product labeling, to define specific health claims used in labeling (such as "low-fat" or "high fiber"), and to help ensure that the "serving size" indicated on the label was realistic. Despite these changes, many consumers still find themselves misled by food label claims. Since nutrition labels are your key to knowing just what you are eating, it pays to become label savvy. The information below will give you an inside look at food labels-and it will help you read between the label lines.Secrets Behind the Serving SizeServing sizes on labels are based on "reference amounts" established by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The reference amounts, which are given in household measures, fall into 139 FDA-regulated food product categories. For example, cookies fall under the "bakery products" category, and have a reference amount of 30 grams. Thus, the serving size of a box of cookies where each cookie weighs 10 grams would read "3 cookies."
What's important to be aware of is that the values that you see on the Nutrition Facts labels don't always tell the whole picture, unless you read between the lines! For example, the values on the labels always represent one serving. But, you may not be aware that the food you are eating contains more than one serving!
Here are some examples:
An over-sized, packaged muffin with the following: Calories: 230; Fat: 12 grams; Servings Per Container: 2. If you just took a quick look at the label, you may think that what you are eating is actually only 230 calories, and 12 grams of fat (after all, who thinks of a muffin as more than one serving?!) but in reality, you're packing away 460 calories and 24 grams of fat!
Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie Bags. Serving Size: 4 cookies; Servings/Container: 12. But, the container only has 6 bags! Thus, the nutrition facts label that you read on the bag--which says 150 calories, 7 grams of fat, and 2.5 grams of saturated fat--must be multiplied by 2 in order to see what you would get by eating the entire bag (which, of course, is what most people do)! Thus, you are really consuming 300 calories and 14 grams of fat; 5 grams of saturated fat.
Fig Newtons. Serving Size: one cookie; Servings/Container: 24. But, the container only has 12 packages. Just as with the example above, you have to multiply the nutritional values by 2, to get the value for the package of 2 cookies (so 100 calories becomes 200!). Again, you might not get the correct nutritional values if you just glanced quickly at the label--you might think it's 100 calories for the entire package, when in reality, it's 200 calories for the package.
Hostess Banana Walnut Mini Muffins (bag): Serving size: 3 pieces. 160 calories; 9 grams of fat. But the servings/container = 2! So, by eating the 6 mini-muffins, you're getting 320 calories and 18 grams of fat!
Thus, manufacturers are following the rules, and are abiding by government regulations (i.e. reference amounts), but the portion sizes that consumers actually eat reflect greater values than what you would see on the Nutrition Facts label alone.
The Bottom Line: If you don't read between the lines (i.e. look at "Servings Per Container"), then you may not notice that you're consuming more than what you read on the label!Ingredients on Labels: The Real Deal?According to an article in the Nutrition Action Health Letter, "... companies go out of their way to trick shoppers by emphasizing ingredients that are added in miniscule amounts or aren't there at all." According to the article:
Stonyfield Farms Strawberry Stratosphere Yosqueeze yogurt has no berries - only beet juice to simulate a strawberry color, plus natural flavors.
Quaker Strawberries & Cream and Peaches & Cream Oatmeal do not contain strawberries or peaches, just dried apple bits with artificial color.
Betty Crocker Stir 'n Bake Carrot Cake Mix lists carrot powder as the last ingredient, which means the cake mix has more salt, cinnamon, red dye, xanthan gum, and other additives than carrot powder.
After doing some investigating, we found that these foods are not the only offenders. Take a look at these other deceiving foods:
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter: It may not be butter, but 1 tablespoon still contains 90 calories and 10 grams of fat, with 2 grams of saturated fat.
Hillshire Farms Turkey Kielbasa: In small print, the label reads "Beef added for better flavor".
Yogurt-covered pretzels or raisins: The only yogurt in these pretzels is the yogurt flavoring in the coating, which is high in palm oil -- a saturated fat.
Quaker Fruit Breakfast Bars: Fruit is listed as the fifth ingredient, after corn syrup and sugar. (Ingredients are listed in order of most to least amounts)
Multi-Grain Wheat Thins: Sounds like these will be fiber-packed, right? Not necessarily. One serving of the Wheat Thins (17 crackers) provides 2 grams of fiber. Whole wheat flour is the third ingredient in these crackers; the "multi-grains" (including oats, whole wheat, millet, rye, and barley) are further down the label. A better cracker: Reduced-fat Triscuits have 120 calories and 3 grams of fat per 7 crackers, and twice the fiber of the Wheat Thins.
Multi-Grain Cheerios: Again, if this sounds like a superior choice to regular Cheerios, check that label again -- both varieties of Cheerios serve up 3 grams of fiber per serving. You'll find more sugar than grains in Multi-Grain Cheerios; in fact, you'll find more sugar in Multi-Grain Cheerios than in regular Cheerios. Try Multi-Bran Chex instead, for 8 grams of fiber per serving.
The Bottom Line: Don't assume that the names on food packages reflect what's on the inside. Look at the ingredient list to estimate how much of a particular ingredient is in the food.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Heathy Home
We focus on four major needs that people are concerned about.
How safe are the ingredients used in your current brand for your house, skin and personal products? How certain are you that they do not contain chemicals that could be harmful to you and/or your children?
Let’s start with physical wellness. Ask yourself this question: are you getting the Minerals and Vitamins in your food that you eat? If you take a multivitamin, does it crystallize during digestion? Like in the stomach acid, absorption is the movement of molecules across the gastrointestinal (GI) tract into the circulatory system. Most of the end-products of digestion, along with vitamins, minerals, and water, are absorbed in the small intestinal lumen by four mechanisms for absorption: (1) active transport, (2) passive diffusion, (3) endocytosis, and (4) facilitative diffusion. Active transport requires energy. If you would like more information on absorption go to http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/Diab-Em/Digestion-and-Absorption.html. Live longer and healthier lives.
Go to the website http://powerfulteam.healthyhometour.com/. Under Healthy body there is more information. Make sure you sign up for the free smart living newsletter.
People have always said beauty is skin deep, meaning people might be beautiful to look at but inside might be far from beautiful. There is truth to that meaning. Personal Wellness, like the Skin, is the largest living, breathing organ of the body. It acts as an interface between the internal and external environments. What products are you using that have chemicals in them? Absorption transports chemicals from the outer surface of the skin into both the skin and the body. Studies show that absorption of chemicals through the skin can occur without being noticed by you. For more information on the workers that are exposed to chemicals, like food service workers, go to http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/skin. You will be shocked.
Let’s talk about cosmetics. Is there lead in lipstick? A number of metals, including lead, arsenic, mercury, aluminum, zinc, chromium and iron are found in cosmetics ranging from lipstick to whitening toothpaste, eyeliner, nail color, deodorant, soap, shampoo, hair conditioner, sunscreen, anti-wrinkle cream, moisturizer, foundation, face powder, blush, eye shadow, perfume, after-shave lotion and more. . For brief background information on nanoparticles go to
http://safecosmetics.live2.radicaldesigns.org/downloads/FoE-CSC_NanoCosmetics_factsheet_final_081409.pdf
We are looking out for the world around us with Environmental Wellness. What are you putting down the drain? The chemicals that we use have to go somewhere. You wash clothes, your body and clean the house. Cleaning supplies are very harmful to you and the environment. You need to take the test on the Toxin check list to see what you have in your home: http://powerfulteam.toxinchecklist.com/. If people would use concentrated and natural products, we would save the Environment and billions of plastic.
We also care about peoples Financial Wellness. We help people change their households to natural products and teach others to do the same. We buy directly from the manufacturer and ship to your door. Our customers who shop this month will shop next month. We have a 95% reorder rate each month. It is called Consumer Direct Marketing. I you would like to read more about us go to www.newhomebasebusiness.com
By Shelly Hackney
816-786-5600
Per recorded message 1-800-523-3097
How safe are the ingredients used in your current brand for your house, skin and personal products? How certain are you that they do not contain chemicals that could be harmful to you and/or your children?
Let’s start with physical wellness. Ask yourself this question: are you getting the Minerals and Vitamins in your food that you eat? If you take a multivitamin, does it crystallize during digestion? Like in the stomach acid, absorption is the movement of molecules across the gastrointestinal (GI) tract into the circulatory system. Most of the end-products of digestion, along with vitamins, minerals, and water, are absorbed in the small intestinal lumen by four mechanisms for absorption: (1) active transport, (2) passive diffusion, (3) endocytosis, and (4) facilitative diffusion. Active transport requires energy. If you would like more information on absorption go to http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/Diab-Em/Digestion-and-Absorption.html. Live longer and healthier lives.
Go to the website http://powerfulteam.healthyhometour.com/. Under Healthy body there is more information. Make sure you sign up for the free smart living newsletter.
People have always said beauty is skin deep, meaning people might be beautiful to look at but inside might be far from beautiful. There is truth to that meaning. Personal Wellness, like the Skin, is the largest living, breathing organ of the body. It acts as an interface between the internal and external environments. What products are you using that have chemicals in them? Absorption transports chemicals from the outer surface of the skin into both the skin and the body. Studies show that absorption of chemicals through the skin can occur without being noticed by you. For more information on the workers that are exposed to chemicals, like food service workers, go to http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/skin. You will be shocked.
Let’s talk about cosmetics. Is there lead in lipstick? A number of metals, including lead, arsenic, mercury, aluminum, zinc, chromium and iron are found in cosmetics ranging from lipstick to whitening toothpaste, eyeliner, nail color, deodorant, soap, shampoo, hair conditioner, sunscreen, anti-wrinkle cream, moisturizer, foundation, face powder, blush, eye shadow, perfume, after-shave lotion and more. . For brief background information on nanoparticles go to
http://safecosmetics.live2.radicaldesigns.org/downloads/FoE-CSC_NanoCosmetics_factsheet_final_081409.pdf
We are looking out for the world around us with Environmental Wellness. What are you putting down the drain? The chemicals that we use have to go somewhere. You wash clothes, your body and clean the house. Cleaning supplies are very harmful to you and the environment. You need to take the test on the Toxin check list to see what you have in your home: http://powerfulteam.toxinchecklist.com/. If people would use concentrated and natural products, we would save the Environment and billions of plastic.
We also care about peoples Financial Wellness. We help people change their households to natural products and teach others to do the same. We buy directly from the manufacturer and ship to your door. Our customers who shop this month will shop next month. We have a 95% reorder rate each month. It is called Consumer Direct Marketing. I you would like to read more about us go to www.newhomebasebusiness.com
By Shelly Hackney
816-786-5600
Per recorded message 1-800-523-3097
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Healthy Habits
Traveling doesn’t have to mean falling out of your healthy habits. Here are a few simple tips to help you stay on track when you’re on the run.
Carry health snacks with you. Keep an Attain™ Bar in your purse or knapsack.
Keeping your hunger in control will help you make better decisions and eat healthier along the way.
1. Choose to be active. Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
2. Get off one stop early on the subway.
3. Find the fitness facility at your hotel and plan a quick workout.
4. Include physical activities such as hiking or walking tours in your vacation plans.
5. keep your meal log up to date. Simply being aware of what you are eating will help you stay accountable when you are traveling.
Carry health snacks with you. Keep an Attain™ Bar in your purse or knapsack.
Keeping your hunger in control will help you make better decisions and eat healthier along the way.
1. Choose to be active. Take the stairs instead of the elevator.
2. Get off one stop early on the subway.
3. Find the fitness facility at your hotel and plan a quick workout.
4. Include physical activities such as hiking or walking tours in your vacation plans.
5. keep your meal log up to date. Simply being aware of what you are eating will help you stay accountable when you are traveling.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Health Care
A lot of our readers look at the U.S. debt and the Fed's stimulus efforts, and they wonder whether even Treasuries can be safe. Shouldn't we be worried about inflation and higher rates?
That's legitimate. It's not just the deficit, which is around $1.5 trillion and 10% of the economy now. It's also entitlements. Health care is a huge cost that's going to hit the table in the next few years as the boomers age. And at some point even the cleanest dirty shirt is going to come under scrutiny by investors.
Stay health with Healthy Home come join the team to keep America Healthy all over.
Shelly
1-800-523-3097
That's legitimate. It's not just the deficit, which is around $1.5 trillion and 10% of the economy now. It's also entitlements. Health care is a huge cost that's going to hit the table in the next few years as the boomers age. And at some point even the cleanest dirty shirt is going to come under scrutiny by investors.
Stay health with Healthy Home come join the team to keep America Healthy all over.
Shelly
1-800-523-3097
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Good Food
I found this website that is a great help. You can find local farmers. Buy Local, Take Action Buy fresh buy local. Just check it out. Make a change
You'll get exceptional taste and freshness, strengthen your local economy, support endangered family farms, safeguard your family's health, and protect the environment.
Health Home is for the Family's Health, to protect the environment and we help with the family's Financial Wellness. Economy was all have to get it rolling again. You can not count on government.
You'll get exceptional taste and freshness, strengthen your local economy, support endangered family farms, safeguard your family's health, and protect the environment.
Health Home is for the Family's Health, to protect the environment and we help with the family's Financial Wellness. Economy was all have to get it rolling again. You can not count on government.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Pray for US
BILLY GRAHAM Current Age: 90
Truth...........from a man the media has never been able to throw dirt on.....amazing!
He has certainly hit the "world" on the head!
Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation.
THIS MAN SURE HAS A GOOD VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY!> >> >
'Heavenly Father,
we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance.
We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. W
e have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of _expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. Amen!'
Truth...........from a man the media has never been able to throw dirt on.....amazing!
He has certainly hit the "world" on the head!
Billy Graham's Prayer For Our Nation.
THIS MAN SURE HAS A GOOD VIEW OF WHAT'S HAPPENING TO OUR COUNTRY!> >> >
'Heavenly Father,
we come before you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance.
We know Your Word says, 'Woe to those who call evil good,' but that is exactly what we have done.
We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn and called it choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. W
e have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self esteem.
We have abused power and called it politics.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of _expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free. Amen!'
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Back to School
Getting back into the school routine can be harder on you than your kids. Between homework sessions and pep talks, be sure you take the time to energize your body as well. I have something that will help you, cobines 24 vitamins and minerals in exclusive formulas powered by Oligo to enusre maximum nutrient absorption and antioxidan protection.
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"The result is more energy for that hectic back-to-school schedule and for a lifetime of better health"
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Weekly Tip
Stay on Track
Traveling doesn’t have to mean falling out of your healthy habits. Here are a few simple tips to help you stay on track when you’re on the run.
Carry health snacks with you. Keep an Attain™ Bar in your purse or knapsack. Keeping your hunger in control will help you make better decisions and eat healthier along the way.
Choose to be active. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Get off one stop early on the subway. Find the fitness facility at your hotel and plan a quick workout. Include physical activities such as hiking or walking tours in your vacation plans.
Print out the VFL.com Diary-to-Go to help you keep your meal log up to date. Simply being aware of what you are eating will help you stay accountable when you are traveling.
Traveling doesn’t have to mean falling out of your healthy habits. Here are a few simple tips to help you stay on track when you’re on the run.
Carry health snacks with you. Keep an Attain™ Bar in your purse or knapsack. Keeping your hunger in control will help you make better decisions and eat healthier along the way.
Choose to be active. Take the stairs instead of the elevator. Get off one stop early on the subway. Find the fitness facility at your hotel and plan a quick workout. Include physical activities such as hiking or walking tours in your vacation plans.
Print out the VFL.com Diary-to-Go to help you keep your meal log up to date. Simply being aware of what you are eating will help you stay accountable when you are traveling.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, July 12, 2010
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM UNNECESSARY ACHES AND PAINS
Category: Healthy Body - Aches and Pains
Written by Kristen Holt -
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM UNNECESSARY ACHES AND PAINS
This couldn’t be a more perfect time of year to get outside, get active and enjoy the freshness of the sunshine! However, I have found that as I begin to slow down and take some time for myself to enjoy the beginning of Summer, the stresses of the week that have been building in my body begin to feel more acute. Not long after I sit down to enjoy a cool beverage and some fresh fruit, I notice the tension in my back, sore feet, stiff shoulders… My body’s ways of letting me know that I have been pushing it too far! How many of you can relate to that?
With busy schedules, active lifestyles, athletic pursuits, and relationships, aches and pains can easily begin to affect our bodies and our emotional health. When our bodies begin alerting us through various injuries and soreness we can be sure it is time to focus on strengthening and healing in order to engage in the season. I have provided some healthy tips that may assist you as you take some time to slow down and protect yourself from unnecessary aches and pains. Dealing with the little symptoms of doing too much will certainly prevent greater injury to our bodies and will enable us to really enjoy the blessings of these warmer months.
Written by Kristen Holt -
PROTECT YOURSELF FROM UNNECESSARY ACHES AND PAINS
This couldn’t be a more perfect time of year to get outside, get active and enjoy the freshness of the sunshine! However, I have found that as I begin to slow down and take some time for myself to enjoy the beginning of Summer, the stresses of the week that have been building in my body begin to feel more acute. Not long after I sit down to enjoy a cool beverage and some fresh fruit, I notice the tension in my back, sore feet, stiff shoulders… My body’s ways of letting me know that I have been pushing it too far! How many of you can relate to that?
With busy schedules, active lifestyles, athletic pursuits, and relationships, aches and pains can easily begin to affect our bodies and our emotional health. When our bodies begin alerting us through various injuries and soreness we can be sure it is time to focus on strengthening and healing in order to engage in the season. I have provided some healthy tips that may assist you as you take some time to slow down and protect yourself from unnecessary aches and pains. Dealing with the little symptoms of doing too much will certainly prevent greater injury to our bodies and will enable us to really enjoy the blessings of these warmer months.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Step on the scale
Step on the scale
Upside: Easy and handy. In a 2007 study published in the journal Obesity, researchers found that dieters who regularly and frequently weighed themselves appeared more likely to keep the weight off over time. Buying a scale for your bathroom to keep track of weight won't break the bank, and your gym probably has one in the locker room.
Upside: Easy and handy. In a 2007 study published in the journal Obesity, researchers found that dieters who regularly and frequently weighed themselves appeared more likely to keep the weight off over time. Buying a scale for your bathroom to keep track of weight won't break the bank, and your gym probably has one in the locker room.
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