Beginner Fitness Level: You do little to no exercise. Your strenuous exercise endurance is a few minutes. For your workout safety, you should begin with short bouts of light-moderate exercise (such as 10 minutes, 2x/day). Good options are water aerobics, walking, stationary bike, any light cardio, light strength training. Seek guidance from a personal trainer, …
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Modifying Junk Food To Lose Weight
Burgers: If you are like my husband, you like bacon or chili cheeseburgers. Obviously I don’t make those for him, but I do make turkey cheeseburgers, which taste great! Simply use ground turkey instead of ground beef, and season it the same. Also try a veggie burger at least once before saying you don’t like …
6 Preventable Infant Illnesses/Medical Conditions
RSV: This is a virus that affects the lungs and can be life-threatening, especially in premature or very young infants. My daughter acquired this virus around age 18 months, and she was hospitalized for 5 days as she required supplemental oxygen and some suctioning. The best way to prevent your infant from getting RSV is …
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Making Weight Loss A Priority
What are the priorities in your life? If you want to seriously lose weight, it will not happen unless it becomes one of your top priorities every single day. Look at those who are very successful in a sport, hobby or activity. They have prioritized practicing and training in that area in order to reap the …
Weight Loss Perseverance
If you are in the process of losing weight, the single most important thing to remember is to persevere! Do not give up when you fail or cheat or gain a pound or go two weeks without exercising. Just start fresh right now (don’t wait until tomorrow)! Review the weight loss program you are supposed …
Bonefish Grill: A Healthy Review
Last weekend, my family selected Bonefish Grill (on Forest Drive in Columbia) for a birthday dinner, and having not eaten there in years, I was thoroughly impressed! I did not choose to eat all healthy menu items, but there were a ton of healthy seafood dishes, including many different types of fish served with your …
Blood Clots Can Kill. Who Is At Risk?
A Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot in one of the deep veins of the leg or arm. If untreated, it can dislodge and move to the lungs where it becomes a Pulmonary Embolism (PE). A Pulmonary Embolism can be fatal and is sometimes called the silent killer (as it may be present …
How To Treat Swelling
Swelling from an injury should be treated with a combination of 4 things: Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. Rest. This is especially true if the swelling or edema is in the lower body. Swelling in the foot or knee will increase with standing/walking and decrease with resting. Similarly, swelling in the wrist will increase when …
Pain Talks 