Lifestyle Disease

As the Christmas season approaches, it's funny that my son is studying "lifestyle diseases". He asked me about one of the questions on a study guide..."Why is atherosclerosis called a lifestyle disease"?

Well, my answer was about diet and exercise. It's true, you are what you eat- putting fatty foods in your body will cause fat deposits to "stick" to your arterial walls which makes it harder for blood to flow through reaching other organs more slowly than if the walls were "clear"...

Sure exercise strengthens those muscles we can see like biceps, triceps and calves, but the muscle you really want to be strong is the HEART!!

Take care.

Why Weight?

This blog is created as a reaction to overweight/obesity in the South among

women over 40. I am 45 years old, lived in the South all of my life, hated

PE as a child because I had the WRONG teacher. Finally, as the only senior

in high school to take PE, the "right" teacher came along creating a platform of

health and wellness for me.

My disappointment that women are not taking better care of themselves, for whatever

reason, is driving this blog. Constructive comments are welcome, but no whining here.

This blog is to give those women who would rather not go to a gym ideas for training, and to share food ideas that do not include fried chicken and cornbread!

Each week will start with one work out(to be completed 2-3 times/wk.) and some options with weights, thus why weight?

Also, just because you're in your 40's doesn't mean you should give up...why wait?

Once this blog has 50 RSS followers, Real Body Video will make its debut. Nothing fake

about it...Don't wait...

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