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    Heart Disease Weight Loss Step Five

    Posted on: Monday, January 21st, 2008 in: Toward better health.

    Roy and Heidi Mercer’s HealthyHeart Folks Shoppng Stop
    Most of the time we are left a bit hungry during the first few days of any diet, it is just a physical sensation and we can get through. Most changes in diet mean eating less, the body tells us that it is getting less, it is not getting […]

    Heart Disease Weight Loss Step Four

    Posted on: Sunday, January 20th, 2008 in: Toward better health.

     Roy & Heidi Mercer’s HealthyHeart Folks Shopping Stop
    This is the place that we start to build our support team. I have not had success, but WE WILL  SUCCEED. I have always done better in a group with any of life’s changes I needed to make. It has always been easier with teamwork, that may be […]

    Heart Disease Weight Loss Step Three

    Posted on: Saturday, January 19th, 2008 in: Toward better health.

    Roy & Heidi Mercer’s HeathyHeart Folks Shopping Stop 
    Our next task is to set up a journal or other means of tracking our prgress. We can take the measure of weight from step one and make our first recording. If we have been using the notebook, that is great. There other means  and tools available. We […]

    Heart Disease Weight Loss Step Two

    Posted on: Friday, January 18th, 2008 in: Toward better health.

    Roy & Heidi Mercer’s HealthyHeart Folks Sopping Stop
    After the recording of our beginning weight, what is the next item on the agenda? We need to empty our pantry, clean off the shelves, empty the candy dish, and throw out any nasty tempter snack out with the trash.
    In my case this is an unwelcome task. I share my home with […]

    Heart Disease Weight Loss Step One

    Posted on: Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 in: Toward better health.

     Roy & Heidi Mercer’s HealthyHeart Folks Shopping Stop
     In every process, project or other type of undertaking there is a begining, or a first step. Similar to the first steps of a child the first step of our projects can  exciting and memorable. This step involves some thought and is the begining of the process of weight […]

    Heart Disease and Weight Loss

    Posted on: Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 in: Toward better health.

     Roy and Heidi’s Healthy Heart Shopping Stop
    In my case heart disease translates to Congestive Heart Failure. While every disease is different in some way,there are some basic things to help prevent and treat heart disease. One of the most mentioned is weight loss.
    It seems I have struggled with my weight since the fifth grade. During my fifth grade […]

    Emotional stress and anxiety make the heart work harder!

    Posted on: Sunday, January 13th, 2008 in: Mental Challenges and Heart Problems

    Think about the times in your life when you’ve felt stress: maybe while giving a presentation at work, worrying about your children, racing to meet a deadline or arguing with your spouse. Remember how your heart was pounding and you were breathing harder? People with heart failure need to avoid that kind of physical response […]

    Heart Health Requires EXERCISE!!! Why not Walk our way to Heart Health?

    Posted on: Saturday, January 12th, 2008 in: Toward better health.

    Leave time in your busy schedule to follow a walking program that will work for you.

    Choose a safe place to walk. Find a partner or group of people to walk with you. Your walking partner(s) should be able to walk with you on the same schedule and at the same speed.
    Wear shoes with […]

    Heart Disease… Some Salt in the diet is Good?…Too much is Not Good!!!

    Posted on: Friday, January 11th, 2008 in: Food Ideas

    The doctor told me to stay away from excess salt, I did…then I didn’t. Now I know why he says to not use too much salt. Usng salt made a great deal of difference in my weight. Here is why: 
     Salt is an essential nutrient. Without it you cannot live. Humans are made up of between 50 […]

    Chicken Gumbo

    Posted on: Thursday, January 10th, 2008 in: Food Ideas, Recipies

    Good to the Last Bowl!!!
     Iam not sure where the recipe came from, but is is good and healthy at the same time.

    Nutritional Info (Per serving): Makes 8 Servings Calories: 165, Saturated Fat: 1g, Sodium: 81mg, Dietary Fiber: 2g, Total Fat: 4g, Carbs: 11g, Cholesterol: 51mg, Protein: 21g Carbohydrate Count: 0.5 Recipe
    Source: The National Heart, […]