Lose weight while watching Oprah!
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Maintaining a healthyheart is the best way to age well. Combining Fitness and Fun makes our hearts sing with joy and good health. I plan to continue this combination until I leave the planet!
"Heart disease" covers a multitude of medical problems like High Blood Pressure, Stroke, High Cholesterol, Heart Attack - the good new is that it's preventable. Taking care of your body is important if you want to enjoy every bit of this wonderful life we're living, and you're more likely to keep doing something that's fun.
Here are my "fun and fit" tips:
1. Exercise while listening to music or watching TV, and you'll actually work harder with less effort. It's true! Dance, jog or ride your stationary bike while watching your favorite TV show and you won't even feel that little burn. You're also more likely to breathe normally and not hold your breath, which is much better for your muscles. Thirty minutes of exercise flies by when you're watching Oprah or Dancing with the Stars!
2. Try Laughing Mediation. I love presenting Laughing Meditation because it makes everyone feel so good!
Laughing just 12 minutes a day reduces your risk for heart disease by 10%; reduces the levels of harmful stress hormones in your body, lowers blood pressure, boosts immunity and is great exercise for your lungs if you don't get enough aerobic exercise! You can't beat that with a stick! Easy and fun - and something you can do with your grandkids.
3. Speaking of the grandchildren, they love to do all kinds of fun things like hide and seek, Maro Polo (hide and seek with eyes closed while swimming in the water), volleyball, basketball, short hikes, and the list goes on. If you have grandkids, then you know that playing with them is fabulous exercise plus you'll be making wonderful memories. Another way to make your heart sing!
"Heart disease" covers a multitude of medical problems like High Blood Pressure, Stroke, High Cholesterol, Heart Attack - the good new is that it's preventable. Taking care of your body is important if you want to enjoy every bit of this wonderful life we're living, and you're more likely to keep doing something that's fun.
Here are my "fun and fit" tips:
1. Exercise while listening to music or watching TV, and you'll actually work harder with less effort. It's true! Dance, jog or ride your stationary bike while watching your favorite TV show and you won't even feel that little burn. You're also more likely to breathe normally and not hold your breath, which is much better for your muscles. Thirty minutes of exercise flies by when you're watching Oprah or Dancing with the Stars!
2. Try Laughing Mediation. I love presenting Laughing Meditation because it makes everyone feel so good!
Laughing just 12 minutes a day reduces your risk for heart disease by 10%; reduces the levels of harmful stress hormones in your body, lowers blood pressure, boosts immunity and is great exercise for your lungs if you don't get enough aerobic exercise! You can't beat that with a stick! Easy and fun - and something you can do with your grandkids.
3. Speaking of the grandchildren, they love to do all kinds of fun things like hide and seek, Maro Polo (hide and seek with eyes closed while swimming in the water), volleyball, basketball, short hikes, and the list goes on. If you have grandkids, then you know that playing with them is fabulous exercise plus you'll be making wonderful memories. Another way to make your heart sing!
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