Welcome to Heart Tips Tuesday - Let's talk about exercise & products

Greetings Sweet Friends

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Welcome to Heart Tips Tuesday!

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Hope you are having a bright and sunny day

 where ever you live!

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It is another perfect temp day here,  but we are

partly cloudy and partly sunny,  eh,  that works.

Didn't work in the yard today cause I did some

thing to my wrist yesterday,  have no idea what,

but when I turn it certain ways it smarts pretty

good,  so I have an ace bandage around it

and that sorta keep me from moving it the

wrong way!!  Thankfully!!  Also,  gives it

some strength cause yesterday I was afraid

to pick up anything breakable no matter how 

light it was, cause when that pain hits, I thought

 I might drop something.

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We fertilized all our plants last night,  course,

hubby did most of that work,  but I assisted

as best I could.  So there is one more thing

of the list!!  lol

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I am pleasantly surprised that it doesn't hurt

when I type tho,  course, I am very happy about

that!  So guess I had better get on with

Heart Tips Tuesday..............

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I am still sharing with you the things that the Dr.

and the hospital shared with us when Jim had

his bypass surgery.  So along with eating the right stuff,

  exercise goes hand in hand with it.  His first exercise

 after his surgery was just walking around in the house

 for 5 mins. about 2 times a day,  and then slowly

 working up to 30 mins. a day at a brisk pace,  as you

can imagine that took quite a bit of time as healing from

 such a major surgery takes about 3-6 months.  So

you have to do what your body can take.

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This is also a good thing for someone who has

not been exercising for quite some time......don't decide

 I am gonna start exercising and go out and run a mile!!

  Not good for your body in the least.  We all can tend

to extremes...........and this can be one of them.  The 

best thing to do if you haven't been exercising is to 

start slowly and build up.  Start walking for 5-10 mins.

and then when you feel comfortable with that bump

it up another 5 mins,  and so forth.

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From all I have read it seems the best thing for our

body is about 30 mins. a day at a brisk pace for 

about 5 days a week.  Now

I am seeing in many articles today on fitness that 

you don't even have to do all of it at one time.

Even doing it in 10 min. encrements 3 times a

day will work.  The point is get your body moving!!

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Even if you have a weight problem they say that 

that the exercise is even more important that the

weight loss unless you have diabetes or some major

health issue.  Course, both would be better as

long as you don't go on some starvation diet or

crazy diet that is not a balanced diet.  If you 

have a hard time losing on your own,  I would

seriously recommend weight watches,  because

they have the highest success rate and the best

part is they teach you how to eat a balanced

diet,  in fact,  I went years ago and even before

Jim's heart problems I was still practicing a lot

of what I had learned,  but I had gained my

weight back because I didn't stick with all of it, 

and got back to eating a lot of sugar and carbs.

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But I have to say I am thankful that I had 

gone because it really helped me a lot when

we were confronted with this new heart healthy

way of life,  cause I  I had already learned a lot

 of it at weightwatchers, and was already employing

some of the techniques so didn't have to learn so

much all at once.  God is good! Amazing how

he prepares you for things in advance.

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We do 21/2 hours of cardio exercise a week.

That is 30 mins. a day.  We walk outside or

we do this walking video,   especially if the weather 

is inclement. We also have an exercise bike, and a

gazelle,  so we  swap off,  one day walking, one day the 

exercise bike, one day the gazelle. We also walk in the

 mall at times.  Great place to walk

 when it is too cold or too hot out.  The key is find

some things you enjoy doing and rotate them.

It keeps you from getting bored!

 This is the video we started with........

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Now I know what you are thinking cause you are

probably thinking the same thing I did when a

friend told me about it.  A Walking Video, who

needs that I can go outside an walk...........

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I will tell you,  it is way more than just walking

and as we go along I will show you others

because they each ramp it up a bit!

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You walk but you also do other things like

knee raises and kick backs and things with

your arms,  truly it is a really good workout

and the music is enjoyable.  This particular

one is all set to Christian music,  the other

just instrumental, but they are all great!

and have helped us get into good shape.

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I will stop here for today and show you

a few products.

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This was my breakfast this morning.

Food doesn't have to be boring,  and this can

be a snack or dessert as well.  Don't know if

you can tell but it has pecans on top as well.

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This would be much better for you than

cookies or cake that have hydrogenated oils.

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I have found too,  that the more fruit I eat

the less sugar I want!  You should eat at

least 3 different fruits a day.

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I like to keep this trail mix on head,  it is a great 

lil snack,  and I get it at Walmart.

It has an assortment of nuts, raisens and m&m's

um.........my favorite!!  But there are just

a few at a time,  so that is perfect!

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Do you like to make green bean casserole??  Well, here are

some heart healthy onions to put on top,  they are from

Walmart brand again.  All the other brands have the

hydrogenated oils,  but this has safflower/and or sunflower

oil.  It used to have palm oil,  so make sure you check

the label!!  And by the way, they are delicious!!

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Ground flax seed meal,  this is great for putting in

your smoothies or baked goods,  it has a nutty flavor

and it great for your cholesterol and has omega 3's

 and is a good source of fiber too. I bought

this at  Walmart for $2.00,  it is usually  $5-6 at the

 health food store.  Also,  just in case you don't know

 the flax seeds need to be ground in order for you to

get any benefit from them.

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I typically can't use any cake mixes and stuff,  but 

I have found these fat free muffin mixes and a few

of the others that do not have hydrogenated oils.

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I use the cranberry orange to make nut bread

and then put orange sherbert on it as a dessert

for when we have company.  It does have

white flour but we only use them occassionally.

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Use the pecan bar mix to make a pumpkin

pecan pie at Thanksgiving. I use the blueberry

and banana mixes to make nutbread.  The also

have a fat free sweet cornbread mix and I have

actually used it like a yellow cake mix and 

made an upside down berry cake,  with

blackberries, blueberries and strawberries.

It was wonderful!!  They are a great

alternative to what most of them are,

they also have fat-free brownies,  that I

add walnuts to...and they are to die for!! lol

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Well, sweet folks that is it for today,

Hope you read or find something new you

didn't know about before.

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Have A Great Evening with your Family!

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See ya tomorrow,

Blessings & Hugs,

Nellie