Archive for the ‘Go Red American Heart Assoc’ Category
2.5.10
I hope you’re wearing RED today in support of increased awareness of heart disease among women – I am! As Fergie mentioned yesterday, last year we participated in the Go Red For Women campaign, along with our awesome friend, Joshilyn over at Faster Than Kudzu, and we had a blast. ...
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2.4.10
In case you didn't know, February is American Heart Month. Another little-known fact is that heart disease is the leading cause of death for women and men in the United States. Jonesie, Ny and I learned a lot about heart disease last year as participants in the ...
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8.26.09
Um, where did the summer go? It's been over 12 weeks since the MamaLaw ladies and Joshilyn flew to Dallas to get started on becoming more heart healthy with the BetterU program. I can't believe how the time has flown by. The experience has been a good one, I think, ...
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8.20.09
Weekly Exercise Goals Did you know that in order to stay heart-healthy you should be doing 150 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise per week?To a busy working mom of 3 kids, that sounds virtually impossible. Laughable even. I don't have 150 minutes to do anything beyond the necessities it seems, let ...
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8.5.09
[Yes, I know it's Wednesday, but humor me!]My goals for this week are:Do resistance training at least twice. Let's chat for a moment about resistance training. First off, it sounds so...hard. I mean, with the whole use of the word "resistance" and all? What situation have you ever been in ...
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7.28.09
Holy crap. When did it get to be almost August? it seems like it was just the other day when we embarked on our BetterU journey. I started off so strong: exercising 3 to 5 times a week; eating well; etc. But somewhere around the beginning of July (ok I ...
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7.21.09
We are about halfway into our 12 week BetterU program. I've been working out at least three times a week. I keep track of my workouts on a calendar hanging in my closet. I use my calendar as a daily visual to remind me to get to the gym and ...
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7.14.09
Last week we went on vacation to the beach. And I intentionally suspended my food diet because, well, it's not a real vacation for me if I can't enjoy my food! And eat I did. Hey, I'm just keeping it real. So while I didn't go crazy, I definitely didn't ...
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7.13.09
And the winners of the Heart Healthy gym bag giveaway are (drumroll please): LaTonya Richardson, Julie ZS, Nancy from Peter & Nancy Ladies....please leave a comment with your email addresses.
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6.16.09
Hello Week 3!Gosh time flies when you're not eating carbs.THE GOOD: I am pleased to report that, since starting the BetterU program, I have been exercising at least 5 times each week. And that my friends, is major considering that I really was not into working out before. My exercise ...
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