Dear
Friend,
Greetings from snowy (and I do mean
snowy) Colorado! Welcome back to Sip of Soup, my
free bi-monthly E-sip offering a taste of insight and
lessons to help you keep caring while living a more
balanced life.
| Sip of Soup - January/February
2008
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Positivity TM
Power
For the 23rd consecutive year,
I've made a New Year's resolution to get more
exercise! It's a hard discipline for me. That's
why I appreciate the recent research proving that
thirty to forty minutes of brisk walking, three or
four times a week has the same cardiovascular
benefit as jogging. I imagine all the runners with
the bad knees resent this information coming out
now, but it sure works better for me. Even on my
busiest days, I can usually get in a thirty-minute
walk. A mere fifteen minutes of walking or
exercise is beneficial too, because the results
are cumulative. A recent study shows that the best
way to boost metabolism is with moderate short
exercises throughout the day. Taking the stairs,
parking far away and walking to the store, all
count. In the study, one group spent 20-60 minutes
vigorously exercising five days a week. The other
spent 30 minutes of exercise in their every day
lifestyles. At the end of six months, both groups
had similar and significant improvement in their
cholesterol levels, blood pressures and body fat
percentages.
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| Lessons from LeAnn
For all generations before us, men and women
alike got their exercise from their daily
activities. But now we hire people to do that
stuff for us-to wash our cars and shovel our snow
and rake our leaves and mow our lawns and walk our
dogs-so we have time to go to the health club and
work out!
A great life balance tool is to
incorporate exercise with the priorities of our
lives. If your partner is a priority, you can
enjoy sports and outdoor activities together, or
go dancing! You can get a lot of exercise with
your kids by biking, walking, hiking,
swimming, or making snowmen in the back yard.
If community service is important, you can clean a
trail or lift boxes at the food distribution
center or paint a house for Habitat for
Humanity.
Exercise not only lowers your
risk of heart attacks, diabetes, bone cancer,
osteoporosis, arthritis, backaches, high blood
pressure, depression and stress, it can increase
your family's health and happiness too.
So,
will you join me in a 30-minute walk?
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| Soup for the Day; a healthy quote:
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with
frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is a
worthier exercise for men. - Marcus Valerius
Martialis (40 AD-103
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| Positively yours,
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A Sip of
Soup is written by LeAnn Thieman; nurse, certified
speaking professional and co-author of the New York
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