Eating Right This Winter

USA.Gov’s Number 6 New Year’s Resolution – Eat Right.  The link helps you make better food choices during the holidays and throughout the year.  Remember, a pound or two doesn’t seem like much but adds up throughout the years… If you gain two pounds every year between October and the New Year, that’s 20 pounds in 10 years AND doesn’t include any weight gain during the remainder of the year.

 

Another great link from the USA.gov site:

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cfocus/cfweight02/focus2.htm

 

Yours in Health, Wellness, and Beauty,

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

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Get Fit

Taken from the USA.gov website, the Number 5 New Year’s Resolution, Get Fit.

 

That Resolution links you to The President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports - http://fitness.gov/

 

You can find out about the Council and its work, view their publications, and link to the resources of other government agencies as well as to health and fitness organizations.

 

Yours in Health, Wellness, and Beauty,

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

Lifestyle Makeover Specialist

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Healthier, More Organized, More Beautiful

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Combat Winter Weight Gain

Taken from the USA.gov website, New Year’s Resolution number 1 – Lose Weight.

Tips on Combating Winter Weight Gain, including Getting Started:

 

http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cfocus/cfweight02/focus.htm

 

Today’s the 27^th - 4 more days to work on those Resolutions!

 

(of course, I have never been one of those that believes you can only make changes on January 1^st – why not start now??)

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

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Top New Year's Resolutions

Taken from USA.gov, this page tells us the most popular New Year’s Resolutions.  Number 1 – you guessed it Lose Weight!!

http://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/New_Years_Resolutions.shtml

There are links to each of their Resolutions with suggestions about getting started.

 

Increased daily activity can help with a number of the items on this list . . I’m not suggesting that you go join a gym, just suggesting increased physical activity.  Inactive now?? Walk 30 minutes a day, or two times a day at 15 minutes each….  You’ll feel better, you’ll become more energized – I guarantee it!!

 

 

Only a couple days of 2007 remaining, make the most of them and get started on your plans for your 2008 Resolutions!

 

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

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Health Care Reform

Thanks to Yahoo for this article – thanks to the young people of the world for looking into Health Care Reform… Especially since it seems that they may very well get the short end of the stick on this issue….

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071210/hl_nm/usa_health_students_dc

 

Merry and Happy Whatever-You-Celebrate!

 

Celebrate your life and make your health important in 2008.  Learn more about losing some weight to help make you healthier at www.movemoreeatless.org.

 

Thanks for reading!

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

Lifestyle Makeover Specialist

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A Cancer Comeback Story

Found this through Yahoo…  It’s a great story.  “Ruth was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease at the age of 37. Three years later, she is the picture of health and a habitual triathlon competitor.”

 

http://health.yahoo.com/fitness-videos/running-for-her-life-a-cancer-comeback/capessa--73-2_RuthA.html

 

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

Lifestyle Makeover Specialist

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6 Sneaky Ways to a Better Looking Partner

While I don’t promote being ‘sneaky’ with your partner, ever, I thought this was worth a read….

Thanks to Yahoo!

 

http://health.yahoo.com/experts/menlovesex/72335/6-sneaky-ways-to-a-better-looking-partner/

 

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

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Stay Informed!

I’m getting ready to head to Florida to help my Dad get settled in for the winter (his regular winter trip was postponed because he had two strokes in July).  In the meantime, I don’t want you to feel like you’re missing anything.

 

SO, hit this link http://my.apexfitness.com/vip/content/q_a_list.php - This is Apex’s Daily Q & A page. Full of useful information and tips and great ideas.  It’s updated everyday, because they have a huge staff that can do that kind of thing for them…. SO, until I can come back why don’t you take advantage of them every day and go check it out?

 

I’ll be back online on the 21^st.  Dad will be settled in, or at least know WHEN we can get him in to his house, and I’ll be back and ready to take on the challenge of keeping my Blog updated 5 days a week.

 

Keep on track.  December begins a tough time on our bodies – between the cold and our natural ‘want’ to eat to stay warm, and the holiday cookies and goodies…. Don’t give in to temptation.  Try ONE cookie.  I’ve said it before, and will say it again, it’s NOT the quantity that you crave. 

 

Instead, it’s the Quality.  Eat better, eat less.  There will be leftovers tomorrow!

 

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

Lifestyle Makeover Specialist

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Exercising more and finding yourself hungrier???

Another great article from our friends at Apex.

The question – “I’ve recently added running to my exercise schedule, and have found that my appetite has soared!  Should I be eating anything before running?  Or after?  Suggestions on how to counter an over-active appetite??”

 

The answer:

http://my.apexfitness.com/vip/content/q_a_detail.php?story=218

 

 

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

Lifestyle Makeover Specialist

Making your life . . . .

Healthier, More Organized, More Beautiful

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Cancelling Holiday Calories???

Be free to indulge in holiday festivities without compromising your fitness goals….

http://my.apexfitness.com/contactcommerce/images/content_newsletters/Dec_07_Holidays_FINAL1196291671.pdf

 

Thanks, again, to our friends at Apex – this is a regular newsletter that our bodybugg™ subscribers get!

 

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

Lifestyle Makeover Specialist

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Healthier, More Organized, More Beautiful

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What cardio machine will burn the most fat???

Get Informed on with our Apex friends…. Some of the great information you’ll get as a bodybugg™ user:

 

http://my.apexfitness.com/vip/content/q_a_detail.php?story=437

 

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

Lifestyle Makeover Specialist

Making your life . . . .

Healthier, More Organized, More Beautiful

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my personal bodybugg update

Okay, I’m an idiot – I keep forgetting to get on the scale.  I know that sounds lame, but I don’t keep it in my bathroom (simply because it’s hard to resist stepping on the scale a few times a day when it’s in the bathroom).  So, by the time I remember to step on the scale I’m already clothed for the day…. And no one wants to see what their weight is when they’re wearing blue jeans and sneakers!

 

Last time I stepped on with jeans, my weight was the same – SO, I’m assuming that I lost a pound last week.  Going to try to remember to step on it it this week, because I’m heading to Florida with my father for a few days….

 

Nonetheless, I’m reviewing my incoming and outgoing calorie numbers and it looks like I’m on track.  I will admit that I’ve had TWO tailgating days since my last weigh-in, and those are NEVER balanced properly.  Fortunately, only one more tailgating event and one more major Holiday Party. . . . .

 

Speaking of Holiday Parties - Don’t forget, it’s not the QUANTITY that you are craving, but the quality.  Try a little bit of everything, don’t load your plates up with huge amounts of your favorites.  They’ll always be leftovers, and you can have more tomorrow!!

 

Yours in Health, Wellness, and Beauty,

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

Lifestyle Makeover Specialist

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Healthier, More Organized, More Beautiful

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Handwashing more useful than drugs in Virus control

This is always a good thing to read during cold and flu season.  Thank you Yahoo:

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071128/hl_nm/virus_prevention_washing_dc;_ylt=Ak8DTndtiwcv.yS0lW3KGknVJRIF

 

Looking out for more then your weight-management health,

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

Lifestyle Makeover Specialist

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Healthier, More Organized, More Beautiful

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Rickets? I thought that was something from hundreds of hears ago...

Thanks to Reporter News for this article.

“Too little milk, sunshine and exercise: It's an anti-bone trifecta. And for some kids, shockingly, it's leading to rickets, the soft-bone scourge of the 19th century. . . “

 

http://reporternews.com/news/2007/nov/26/too-little-milk-sun-exercise-threaten-rickets/

 

Drink your milk,

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

Lifestyle Makeover Specialist

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Why Obese Men Post Lower PSA Levels

Another article from our friends at Yahoo.  Once again, helping us to see how being overweight may effect all sorts of aspects of our lives:

“In recent years, doctors have learned that they need to adjust the results of blood tests to properly diagnose prostate cancer in obese men, but now researchers think they know why. . . “

 

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20071121/hl_hsn/whyobesemenpostlowerpsalevels;_ylt=AgJaFMqq5_RW24Yj9GdPcYPVJRIF

 

Yours in Health,

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

Lifestyle Makeover Specialist

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Healthier, More Organized, More Beautiful

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Obesity Keeps Patients From Needed CT Scans

I found this article on Yahoo, while it specifies CT Scans being needed after surgery – I’m would assume that it also speaks for any necessary CT Scans.

 

”. . . When patients weigh more than 450 pounds, standard diagnostic imaging often cannot be used . . .”

http://news.yahoo.com/s/hsn/20071127/hl_hsn/obesitykeepspatientsfromneededctscansaftersurgery;_ylt=AsLh_1O0OApYxaM8m5_nIa7VJRIF

 

Yours in Health,

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

Lifestyle Makeover Specialist

Making your life . . . .

Healthier, More Organized, More Beautiful

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Breast Cancer Risk Calculator

Thanks to Yahoo, I found that the National Cancer Institute has a Breast Cancer Risk Assessment Tool.  The update won’t be online until Spring:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071127/ap_on_he_me/breast_cancer;_ylt=Avob8yWvRcOqHVdaX_sGtoHVJRIF

The link to the Risk Assessment Tool is in the article.

 

Yours in Health, Wellness, and Beauty,

 

Sharron

Sharron Grzybowski

Lifestyle Makeover Specialist

Making your life . . . .

Healthier, More Organized, More Beautiful

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