Get Fit To Go- The Holiday Gift of Health!
Making your list and checking it twice? Giving the gift of health is priceless!
Have you or someone on your gift list been told by a doctor that you need to lose weight and exercise because you have, or are at risk for diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease or another chronic illness? "Get Fit To Go" is practical, sensible, and easy to read.
Gaining weight year after year and not feeling much like the person you used to be? Nip it in the bud! Add energy and quality to your life into middle age and the golden years, improve your self esteem, and reduce the need for medications for illness which can be prevented by lifestyle changes. You can do it! I will help you.
One of the many things that makes this book different from others is that I include my web address in my book and am available to answer readers personal questions about health and wellness.
Also available on Amazon with Super Saver Shipping AND available on KINDLE.
Trick or Treat- watch what you eat!
I saw the "buy one get one free" sale on Reese's PB cups (my favorite) and figured I should stock up early for Halloween. Bad move. I justified the extra calories because the night before I ran my tail off at my nursing job. Yeah right! No excuse. So, I drank some extra water, squeezed a little lemon in for good measure, and ate a big salad to keep things moving along, if you know what I mean. The power walk in the chilly autumn air with golden leaves flying by hardly felt like a penance for a childish binge. It was delightful!
Next year I don't care if I have to pay extra to buy candy on the 31st, or if I have to give cash to Trick or Treaters. This is one case where being an early bird will not benefit me.
If I am to practice what I preach, and write, and blog, I need to catch myself in the act.
( I have a special relationsip with chocolate, especially chocolate with peanut butter in the middle.) Everything in moderation, I tell myself. So, while at a pumpkin farm today, I bought only enough apple cider donuts for each member of the household, instead of a dozen. I was not being cheap- I was fighting off gluttony!
Treats are great... in moderation. I am not trying to be Debbie Downer (wamp wamp), but I guess I should point out the obvious: Too much sugar can lead to diabletes, and too much trans fat can clog the arteries. It's more than just weight gain, especially at 50.
40 is the new 30, 50 is the new 40, blah blah blah. Tell that to my knees and my arteries (wamp wamp).
So here I give myself some of my own professional advice: Eating lean, healthy foods this time of year helps to provide us with nutrients to help our immune systems fight off illness during cold and flu season. I'm sold.