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This morning I accepted the challenge of participating in a program that will attempt to help me live a better life. Bonnie told me a few months ago that a friend of hers was participating and liked it. Bonnie thought it would be helpful for me. See, I am a drug addict , no no that's not it. I mean to say I have hypertension . I am medicated for it and have been for close to a decade. Although there were some lifestyle changes as soon as Tara & I got serious - less beer consumption, less eating at places like TGI Friday's - more are needed. I don't get enough sleep, I can't stay motivated on any kind of exercise routine. I walk a little and go to the YMCA periodically. So I have decided to participate in the grant funded program at Center for Lifestyle and Health Management . Today was orientation and I was assigned to a mentor as well as given a date (3/6) for my labs and first consult. For the first 6-10 weeks I will at least speak with my mentor once a week an...

...why don't more people do it? Why don't I want to do it? My wife exercises all the time. I have a membership to the YMCA . My doctor says I should exercise . My dog needs exercise and now I read this article that implies if I exercise I will become a CEO. Most CEOs exercise regularly, so you could say that regular exercise is important to getting that top job. Now, I don't have designs on being a CEO but I know I need to move. My current job has strapped me to a desk. I walk to and from the busstop and that's about it. That's about 1/2 mile total walking. I need to do something. I hate going to the gym and I make excuses about why I don't ride my bike. What can I do?

May is... National High Blood Pressure Education Month National High Blood Pressure Education Month marks the “kickoff” of high blood pressure prevention and control activities for the year. “Adherence to Treatment” is the theme of the 2007 Campaign. The National High Blood Pressure Education Program Coordinating Committee has declared May 6, 2007 (the first Sunday of May) “High Blood Pressure Sunday”. The Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Program at the Metro Public Health Department (MPHD) would like to join in this effort by encouraging you to take action to prevent and control high blood pressure, by providing the following health tips: 1. Lose weight if you are overweight and maintain a healthy weight. 2. Eat heart healthfully. 3. Reduce your salt and sodium intake. 4. If you drink alcoholic beverages, do so in moderation. 5. Become more physically active. 6. Quit Smoking. 7. If you are pregnant, make sure you are under a doctor’s care. 8. Talk with your health car...

While at Davis-Kidd I lost close to 30 lbs. Five years of a day job had killed my waistline. One year at Davis-Kidd, running up and down two flights of stairs a thousand times a day...well, that'll take some weight off. Now that I'm back at a desk job, the weight is returning and it sucks. The day job allows me more hours at night to spend with Tara but if I workout at night, I will once again lose time with her. Morning workouts, which require me to get up earlier, are, of course, out of the question. So, what do I do? My answer is...whatever I can. I ran across this article from lifehack.org somewhere. Buy a digital scale Weigh yourself everyday Drink 8 glasses of water everyday Make your diet public Don’t diet on the weekends Don’t sacrifice your life for your diet If I didn’t diet on Tuesday, for example, I would diet on Saturday, instead. Make the small changes Rather than giving up what most diets say you should give up (soda, coffee, beer, caffeine, etc.) just make he...

Who doesn't want to be smarter? Who doesn't want their smarts to last as longs as they do? Apparently their are 8 things you can do to help: 1. PLAY HEAD GAMES Brain games may help improve mental function, and could possibly help prevent dementia. 2. TRAIN YOUR BRAIN The training exercises included: -Memory: To help people memorize word lists, one method was to organize a grocery list by the sections of the store, said Marsiske, an associate professor in the department of clinical health and psychology at the University of Florida. -Visualization: Use all your senses to remember things. For example, if you need to remember a dog's name, visualize what the dog's fur feels like, recall the sound of its bark, and, yes, try to re-create its smell. -Reasoning: Participants learned to use highlighters to identify key points in complicated information. That included underlining important information like dosage and frequency on a medication. 3. TAXES 4. BUILD YOUR "COGNI...