Oprah is have this week (Jan. 5-9, 2009) a few serious about to Live Your Best Life. - Topics of Falling off the wagon, Dr. Oz, Spiritual, Money and Sex 101. Check it out for yourself - Click Here. I got to watch Dr. Oz on Tuesday and I was a lot of information on feel health again beside of loosing weight. On the website, Oprah and Dr. Oz will be having a live chat online on January 13 to answer question that you might have about health and loosing weight. Register and ask a question. Also, get Dr. Oz workout check list in getting health and loosing weight.
Here is Dr. Oz check list:
1. Find a doctor and schedule a check up. During you first visit at the doctors look around and see if the staff get along from one another, are they board certified and so on. When I see my doctor I always have a list of questions on a piece of paper so I don't forget to him/her. Tell the doctor everything even its sore tooth.
2. Know the five ingredients to avoid. High Fructose Corn Syrup, Sugar, Enriched, Trans Fat and Saturated Fats.
3. the healthy foods to add to your diet. Antioxidants (tomatoes, broccoli, kidney beans, blueberries, artichokes and prunes), Omega-3 Fats (Increase your intake of omega-3 fats to 3 grams a day - ground flaxseeds, walnuts, salmon, scallops, soybeans and squash), Fiber (Oatmeal, 100 percent whole grain bread, lentils, pine nuts, peas and raspberries), Olive Oil (about a tablespoon every day).
4. Take a multivitamin every single day. premenopausal woman (multivitamin that contains iron) and postmenopausal woman or a man (multivitamin without iron and no more than 2,500 units of vitamin A).
5. Know your numbers. Waist Size (about 40 inches for men, 37 inches for women), Cholesterol (LDL, or lousy cholesterol, to be less than 100 and HDL, or healthy cholesterol, to be greater than 40), Resting Heart Rate (close to 60), Blood Surgar, Vitamin D (bones), C-Reactive Protein (This is a way to tell if your body is full of inflammation and irritation), Thyroid Stimulating Hormone TSH (Oprah learned the hard way confession - a simple blood test).
6. Find a health advocate. When you are under stress from doctors' diagnoses or are too sick to speak up for yourself, it's crucial to have someone helping you. Get someone who you trust and make them your partner in this process.
7. Organize your medical records. Get an updated copy of your medical file before you leave the doctor's office, just in case you need to see another physician.
8. Get the medical tests you need. Human Papilloma Virus, Oral exam, Cervical, Weight Waist Height BMI, Tetanus, Whooping cough, Physical Exam, Blood pressure, Influenza, Sking cancer, Eye exam, Thyroid, Prostate, Cholesterol, Pneumovax, Breast, Colon, Shingles, Echocardiagram and Stress test, Bone Mineral Density and Hearing exam.
9. Start exercising. Start Walking 10,000 steps a day, Get your heart rate up, Flexibility (Dr. Oz Yoga Lesson) and Strength Training (Dr. Oz Workout).
10. Get seven to eight hours of sleep a night.
Oprah - Live Your Best Life
Last 10 Pounds
I know it can be very very very hard to loose those last little 10 pounds to fit in that blue jeans or dress. Prevention.com has a goal for you to help you loose those last 10 lbs. Those last lbs. is the toughest to break down because the slimmer you become, the fewer calories you burn. Prevention Magazine has a solution to work off those lbs. in 30 days. It's not a guarantee to loose 10 lbs. in 30 days, but close and more close to your goal. Check out it.
My 2nd Goal
Well, I did OK on my first goal of the beginning of the year of 2008 which was to loose 30 lbs. before my vacation but I only lost 15 lbs. I thought I did well considing of my health was not up to par. I do feel stronger than ever before but still need to push myself into more exercise and push myself away from portion size of meals.
For my second goal, which everyone needs in a diet, will be to loose 30 lbs. for the next 3 months. Why three months if you're asking yourself, well it will be my 37th birthday on October 12 and I want to take a second vacation trip which I never do. West Virginia have these great 3 day road trips to see small town stores, nature water falls and the mountains. And what is better to see our country's USA nature in the falls leaves.
I have a bet with my mom, which if you reading this MOM put down that cupcake and start moving, that she has to loose 30 lbs. also and she can go along the ride with me. It's good to have a partner for motivation, support and completeness. Wish me luck and good luck with your goals of success.
Spring is HERE!
Get those running shoe on, Spring is here. AUH...warm weather, the sun's hot rays, the blue sky, I'm so excited. The time to get out from the home caves and walk in the wooded trails in the park. To walk outside and breathe the clean, fresh air. Having picnics outside during lunch hour and walk around the building and see the sites. OOO...OOO...Vacation time, taking time for yourself or with a friend or family to breathe from the stressful office. Which reminds me, to start exercise more and get to my goal weight before I go on vacation. (To loose 30 lbs. before mid of June.) I hope you all have a goal before you go on your vacation. If not, make one. It will be a good start for your diet.
Lost 2 lbs.
I lost 2 lbs. Not the greatest but not a gain. I didn't try my best these 2 weeks, I mostly did my own thing, a few deserts here and there and I didn't worry about the calorie intake.
They, meaning trainers and physical physicians, says the first 1 week of dieting, you should have a goal set in your mind. Like for an example, loose 15 lbs. in one month or fit in those old jeans that you had for the longest time. Setting this goal will give you an reminder on why you are doing dieting in the first place and to keep on doing it. Right now, write you goal on a piece of paper and put it on the ice box or in your car. Place it somewhere that you will see it everyday and it will keep on reminding you and won't let you grab those donuts in the morning or go out for a fast restaurant cheese burger.
My goal is to loose 30 lbs. before my trip to Maine in June. To get fit to walking on the rough trails in the Bar Harbor, National Park. Also, to keep up with my Mom, which I'm taking on the trip, at all the Portland shopping stores. I have 3 more months to go and have set my goal paper on my door, so I can see it before I go out in the morning and when I get home at night. I also, have it at my work space so I don't get a candy bar from the vending machine.
"I know I can do this and so can you, too."
