Keith Ahrens

When you go to the store, buy 2 new vegetables or fruits that you don’t normally eat, but have wanted to try.  Think outside the box. By adding a couple of foods to your heart healthy eating plan you’ll feel like you’re getting something instead of having something taken away.   – Keith

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I found out that I actually didn’t lose over 200 pounds.  I realized I had an allergenic reaction to fast food.  It lasted for 23 years.  As soon as I stopped eating fast foods the swelling went down and I started to feel great. Do you have the same allergy?   – Keith

You can do it. It will not be easy and sometimes you’ll feel that there’s just no way. I can tell you that there is a way. A better life and better health is calling you. You just need to believe it’s calling you a little more than the bad habits that got us into this situation in the first place.

– Keith

It is so important that each of us participate in our own well-being every day. Schedule that checkup. Talk to your doctor. Start walking. Do something today that you didn’t do yesterday to promote your own physical fitness and health. If you do this, you will accomplish things and dreams you never knew existed.

excerpt: Outrunning MY Shadow

It’s recommended that we get at least 30 to 60 minutes of moderately intense physical activity most days of the week. If 30 minutes seem too much it’s OK.  Just start somewhere.  Our heart benefits from any type of activity and duration. Don’t give up. You can even break up your workout time into 5 or 10-minute sessions and still get benefits.  Remember that gardening, housekeeping, taking the stairs and walking the dog count toward your total. You don’t have to exercise strenuously to achieve benefits, but you’ll see bigger benefits by increasing the intensity, duration and frequency of your workouts.    – Keith

Make the smallest changes that improve your health that you can commit to. Make sure if you decide to make a change that you know you can do it. Create some “WINS” for yourself that will help get the momentum going. Remember, it’s your heart.

– Keith

I remember the heart attack and open heart surgery. Everything was taken from me in an instant. What is amazing is that as fast as everything was taken away, I was given so much just as fast… Life and a completely new outlook on the possibilities it had to offer.

– Keith

Contributed by Katherine R.

Ingredients:

2 eggs
skim, lowfat cheese
seasoning (any of your favorites)
veggies (any of your favorites)

Instructions:

2 eggs (1 full egg, 1 more egg with only the whites, save the yolk for something else); skim, lowfat cheese sprinkled on top of mixed up eggs, add seasoning (any of your favorites); veggies (any of your favorites).

Put into bowl, then place in microwave for 1:18 seconds. Viola, a healthy quick breakfast on the go!

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Heart Health for Boomers By Jan Yager, Ph.D.  I am mentioned in the article.

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/boomerific/2010/006_heart_health_for_boomers.html