Hey there,
Have you been seeing your doctor a little too much lately? Headaches here, chest pains there………..shortness of breath, feeling weak, dizzy, and lethargic.
A nasty virus going around?
Not likely.
Something you caught from your kids?
Probably not.
Well, what is it?
Would you believe (and you should) that it could be that you’re overweight and/or out of shape?
“No way, it can’t be!” you say……..I mean you’re supposed to drag yourself throughout the day eating chips, drinking caffeine laced beverages, and exercising your fingers on the keyboard.
“That’s how life supposed to be”………..you say, work like crazy………make as much money as possible regardless of the health risks……retire (while being overweight and out of shape) and spend a good amount of your retirement visiting your local doctor and hospital waiting for that new breakthrough surgery to suck up all that fat from your arteries. Unfortunately, this is often true of many people nowadays. How can you possibly stop this and decrease the possibility (exponentially, I might add) that you have to spend your retirement years pitching a tent at your doctor’s office.
Get moving.
Start a fitness program………..try to do a pushup (you should be able to do more than 1, by the way)………take a brisk walk around the neighborhood……..take a jog with your dog up and down the street……..try to do 10 crunches……just start something! More importantly, stick with it.
That’s all you need……..just 2 little things.
Start with something……….and stick with it.
2 simple, yet powerful actions. In fact, they’re so powerful that if you did these two little things, you would be in better shape than most people in the world!
You want to know a little secret?
Open your ears and pay attention……….
Your doctor doesn’t want to see you. In fact, they are sick of seeing you………..they would rather be playing golf….lol. But do you want to know why they have to keep long hours and spend minimal time with patients?
Because we are getting fatter and unhealthier by the day. Which equals more health problems, which equals more doctor visits, more hospital visits, more tests (very costly I might add), more x-rays, more surgeries, etc. etc. etc.
How many hundreds and thousands of dollars are you and your family spending on unnecessary health bills? Instead of chewing on a Twinkie…….chew on that thought for a while.
What would you rather have with all that extra money: a new car, a house that’s paid off, a vacation home, a boat?
Wow.
Living healthier, looking leaner, feeling younger and more energized while pocketing extra money from saved doctor bills and surgeries.
Where do you sign up?
Not at your local McDonald’s or Burger King.
Nor at your local greasy spoon restaurant.
You sign up by making a commitment to change your lifestyle. Hey, maybe that’s not what you are wanting to hear, but it’s true. You and only you, (with some help from me, of course) can make that change.
What’s the great thing about it?
So many people have tried and succeeded by doing it the right way, and you can too! It may take some time, it will take some discipline, heck, it may even take some sacrifices….but you will get so excited when you look at yourself in a mirror and see a leaner, fitter, healthier you.
Save money, save insurance company hassles……and for goodness sakes start a fitness program. I may not be able to help you have a body like Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie by next week……….but listen to me and you can at least save enough money to take everyone you know to see all of their movies………lol. Actually, with your savings on doctor’s visits……..you’ll have way more money than that.
In closing, you can choose one of two things……….
1.Making a change to commit to a healthier lifestyle, a more balanced diet, and a fitness program that will lead to greater physical fitness, mental health and wellness, endurance (use your imagination), less doctor visits (when they are practically pushing you out the door anyway), less chances for heart attacks, strokes, surgeries…………AND more money in your pocket from saving yourself from these expenses.
VERSUS
2.A diet filled with fats, lard, cholesterol, unlimited carbonated beverages, “diet” drinks (that always gets a chuckle out of me), days of feeling weak, depressed, and lethargic. Let’s not forget a greater than average number of doctor visits, greater chance for health-related surgeries, greater chance for injuries (if and when you decide to get off your butt and do something), combined with looking less attractive to yourself and your significant other (or potential significant other), WHILE wasting money on all of these things.
Quite the laundry list, huh?
I don’t know about you, but I take #1 11 times out of 10. And, if I were you, I would think long and hard about making a change to #1 too.
You can do it, I am here to help. And if you can handle even more fitness strategies for you and your family, go to www.fitnesswithchris.com and check out what I’ve got in store for you. Have a great day!
How old are your kids / babies and how old were you when you had each of them? Any Health Problems?
I am just wanting to know to give me an idea of what i should do as far as spacing my children apart…. Do you have any health problems now or when you were pregnant…. I have MS so i just wanted to know if you had anything to say about having a health problem while pregnant or while raising kids…..
I should add that i am 23 with a 10 1/2 month old
"A report by the Canadian Fraser Institute found that the average wait time in that country to see a general practitioner was 17.7 weeks. One such incident found a woman waiting over three months to receive radiation therapy for breast cancer:"
OK so your answer to this is don't let the poor people get healthcare so the rich don't have wait times.
Medicare and Medicaid's bills from the hospitals get lumped together as large bills to our government. The government then tell the hospitals what percentage of that bill they will pay. To counterbalance this the hospitals raise the rates on everything so that they are still getting full price. That price stays the same for all insurance companies which then raise YOUR premiums because our government has helped to jack up the price. Now millions of Americans cannot afford healthcare. There is a flawed system in place and something needs to be done.
Whoa! Fasting is REALLY hard. You're going to be in a world of hurt here. A fast is technically just water – which is very, very hard to do, even for just one day. You could do the Master Cleanse/Lemonade Diet/Lemonade fast or whatever people are calling it, which I have done and it was very easy to do, and it didn't leave me tired at all.
I'm not personally into fasting, but every now and then I will fast my pets for 24 hours for the health benefits and to clear the system, but you shouldn't do it too often – once or twice a month is likely plenty.
It is better to depend on proper medical advice from your personal doctor rather than get a querry answered online. You will be fine only that way.
I think your cats age is a big factor. It might even be possible that your kitty is loosing her sense of smell. If a cat can't smell her food, she won't eat it.
I would try instead of feeding her regular food, try going with things like baby food, cut up chicken, tuna. Things that are stinky. I wouldn't worry about trying to make a balanced diet right now, any food is good food as long as she will eat it. If you can get her eating regularly on non-cat food, you might be able to switch in regular cat food.
Yes, an orthopedic doctor is probably what you want. If there's a running coach or some kind of expert around at a running store or club that you might go see, they could probably help you just as well.
The pain you're experiencing sounds like shin splints. What's happening is the muscle next to your shin bone is getting tiny micro tears from all the constant pounding of running — essentially separating from the bone on a very small level.
The fact that you bought new shoes and the pain went away suggests that your shoes weren't providing enough support for your feet. You should think about running on softer surfaces like sand, trails or grass. Pavement has no give, so your shoes have to try to absorb all the shock when you're running.
Your running form could also cause you to get shin splints. Are you clomping a lot when you run? Your stride should be as relaxed and easy as possible, without too much up and down motion.
I would definitely recommend taking a bit of time off. Shin splints can get much worse and force you to stop running completely for a long time, so don't hesitate to see that doctor.
I quit taking Yaz after only 3 months. Worst pill I've ever been on. Also know that they're under scrutiny by the FDA and facing law suits for being more dangerous than advertised. Those are not normal side effects that you're experiencing.
Your side effects should be gone soon. If they're not then you need to find out what's causing them, it could very well have been something else.
Good luck
All you need to do is get your heart rate above about 120bpm for 30mins a day for a decent amount of exercise. [brisk walk] [jogging] [skipping] [swimming]
start off with easier exercises like brisk walking to build your self up to being able to jog and skip.
Doing to much exercise is dangerous for the body if its not used to it.
So gradually build it up.
As for meal wise eat healthy things, fruit, veg, white meat, fish ect.. but also treat your self every so often not as if a strict rule to be good everyday
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Instead of three big meals, go for five small ones during the day. Most important of all have a good breakfast! it's what gets your body started in the morning and roaring with energy!
i found oatmeal/poridge good for breakfast full of protein low in calories and and really filling. say about 7am for breakfast
Have say a salad or pasta a little later..at about 11.
at 2 have a variety of fruit. [Apples, Bananas, Pears] and glass of juice.
Then have main meal and have good load of vegetables, skinless chicken or other white meat, fish.
then about hour before bed have some more fruit.
I've found eating like that is a lot easier to lose weight because your eating frequently so you feel less hungry.
I also found drinking alot of water helps to keep my hunger at bay cause it swells in your stomach and makes you feel full so i drink usually 4-5 liters a day.
Exercising is great and it's good that you're staying active.
However, drinking 17-30 drinks a week is classed as binge drinking. It means that technically speaking you are an alcoholic.
It doesn't surprise me that you're in denial that there's a problem. Alcohol dependence is almost always accompanied by denial that there is a problem.
A huge indication should be that you have to drink much more than an average person to achieve a "buzz". Unfortunately, until you are willing to entertain the idea that there may be a problem, there's nothing more that can be done.
Liver problems can creep up on you and not every test is accurate (please read up on test validity, sensitivity and specificity).
Even if you're the picture of health today, in a weeks time you might find you have liver cancer, bowel cancer, or any of the other cancers alcohol is associated with. You may also wake up with gynecomastia, aka man boobs, an unfortunate side effect of the increase estrogen associated with drinking alcohol.
Your girlfriend obviously cares about you dearly to bring your drinking up, why not humor her by cutting back, or consider an alcoholics anonymous meeting? At the very least it can give you a new perspective as to why she feels this way.
Good Luck xx
It sounds like you really care about your dad and are trying to understand what all of hs medical problems are. My dad was 72 when he died and my sister was just 17 and graduating from school. I myself was just graduating from college at 21. There is a group called "Wave Riders" that works with people under 18 experiencing siutations like your own or who have actually lost their loved one. I suggest you try to find a group like this in your area. Most areas have a hospice agency that you could call and find out about support groups. The important thing is to find people who understand what your dealing with and can offer you support.
You will need to consider other factors such as height, weight, bmi, family history, etc. You are 18 years old and very young. I think the first examination should be a simple auscultation to detect murmurs (if any), which may indicate vavular regurgitation. You dyspnea could be a result of many things (are you an athletic individual, are you overweight, do you do non-prescription drugs, etc.). If a clear murmur is detected, it may warrant a transthoracic or transesophageal echo which will provide your physician with a visual on the severity of regurgitation and cardiac structures. Then again, in medicine, the old saying reads "when your hear hoof beats, don't assume zebras." Differential diagnosis may include things like anxiety attacks, etc.
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McCain hit a grand slam last night…here is a question that I posed earlier today.
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AsN6BVF6y0WtT6nSGa95k1Lsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080905044705AAAXEu6
Been a long time since I voted Republican, gulp, but, it feels right this election season.
McCain/Palin in '08!
Well, I couldn't resist answering, but I didn't have time to read your book. Basically, I assume you are saying you are pro life. That's good.
It disgusts me when I hear people say that "it's my body and I have a right to do what I want to it." Well, you're right! Do whatever you want to your body – tattoos, multiple piercings, unprotected sex, suicide, etc – nobody cares. But you have absolutely no right to kill another human who happens to be living inside your body. That's murder. Let's say I'm walking down the street and someone decides to hitch a ride on my back. That doesn't give me the right to kill the person. The baby is not 'yours'. You are simply a vehicle for bringing a person into the world.
If we are to allow killing of babies (abortion) we should allow killing of old people if they are no longer wanted or 'inconvenient', ugly people if we don't care to look at them, fat people because they put a burden on our health care system, ethnic people if they are different from us, etc, etc. Babies get killed because they have no voice and many 'modern' people want a simple fix for all their 'problems'. What a pity.
I think that this like many other things that have come and gone in the past years is unfortunatly not a cure. People are always claiming that a diet or something is going to cure autism. I work with children with autism and I've never heard about this working. I know 5 years ago when they thought vaccines may be causing autism it was all over the news. I think if it did it would be on the news and all over the place – because a cure for autism would be a big deal. This may be a good treatment for some children but I don't think cure is the right word. (This of course is just my personal opinion and it would never hurt to try a new treatment)
You're right, you're way too young to be taking pills to help you sleep. Even if you were much older, you shouldn't have to use them every night.
It's going to be very difficult for you, but you've got to wean yourself off these pills. Are these prescription medications or over-the-counter medications? (I can't imagine that you'd be able to be getting such large numbers over such a long period by prescription.) It would probably be a good idea to go to a doctor for help with this. If you don't want to do that, my suggestion would be to first start reducing the number of pills you take per night until you get down to one per night. After a couple of nights on the lower number of pills, skip a night and take no pills. Continue gradually reducing the number of pills and days until you are no longer taking any.
There are techniques you can learn (and the more you practice them, the better they work) that can help you relax and fall asleep at night.
1. Try not to eat or drink caffeine after 4:00 in the afternoon.
2. Set up a somewhat regular evening routine, at least while you're getting used to this.
3. Learn deep-breathing exercises.
4. Get regular exercise, but not within 2 hours of the time you want to go to sleep.
5. Learn relaxation techniques. There are lots of books, classes and DVDs available.
6. Do not watch TV in bed.
7. Try visualization to help you relax.
8. Keep a note pad and pen on your nightstand.
If you think of something that you need to do or want to remember, jot down a couple of words to help you remember it tomorrow, then put it out of your mind.
9. Try drinking a cup of herbal tea before you go to bed, especially one of the ones especially recommended for relaxation.
10. Before you go to bed, try to clear your mind of whatever might be keeping it restless. Make notes about ideas to resolve issues, or people to discuss things with. Once you've done that, try to just put it all away till tomorrow.
Best of luck. I know this isn't easy, but think about your poor kidneys and liver, filtering all this stuff night after night after night . . .
Obviously you are a lot smarter than your doctor and I am glad you are worried about switching to oral meds. You are a type 1, metformin won't help you at all, if anything it will make your diabetes worse. Please talk to your parents and ask them to switch to another doctor if possible.
Type 1 diabetes is complete failure of the pancreas to produce insulin, using metformin will not help because your pancreas is "dead", metformin is made to stimulate the production of insulin in the pancreas and help the absorption of insulin by the body's cells. You need to be on insulin, please don't let this doctor play with your health.