Health & Fitness
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WELLNESS
Change Of Season,
Change Of Habits
Pharmacy Customers
You still have a pharmacy
in your neighborhood
W
e are on the cusp of sum-
to join you and it will feel more like
mer and if you really want fun than a workout!
to lose weight and shape
• Change Your Portions. Think
up, there's still plenty of time if you
about the portions of what you eat
get started right now.
and begin to cut back. Just cutting out
Research studies show
200 calories a day can add
that dieters lose about
up to the loss of a pound
10 percent of their start-
a week so just cut out that
ing weight in the first six
afternoon snack of two
months on weight-loss
cookies. Begin slowly chang-
programs. Most of that
ing your habits and before
is lost in the first three
long, it will become second
months, so it's realistic to
nature to you.
get going now for summer.
• Change Your Pantry.
The changes don't have
Spring Cleaning 101: Make
to be drastic — they can
healthful foods easy to
Florin e Mark
be as simple as limiting
access and get rid of any
Colu mnist
your snacking after dinner,
snacks that aren't nutritious
having less soda or
for you or your fam-
alcohol and eating
ily. Make a healthful
less fast food. Look
pantry your ultimate
for helpful resourc-
goal with snacks
es if you don't know
and foods that
where to start. Here
work for your body
are some tips that
— not against you!
can make a big dif-
At Weight Watchers
ference in how you
meetings and at
look and feel for the
WeightWatchers.
summer:
corn, you can find
• Change Your
terrific tips on how
Mindset. Don't
to make your pan-
look at how much
try less fattening
you have to lose;
and great ideas for
set small goals.
snacks that are fill-
Start with a goal of
ing, delicious and
losing just 10 per-
best of all, good for
cent of your body
you!
weight. Not only has a 10-percent
• Change Your Menu. Each week,
weight loss been proven to be medi-
make it your goal to change your
cally significant, it's also an achievable preparation on one of your favorite
goal. Sustaining a 10-percent weight
meals. Find a new more sensible way
loss has multiple health benefits,
to make your kids' favorite macaroni
including lowering blood pressure and and cheese or "fried" chicken. Not only
cholesterol. In addition, you may drop
will you benefit, but also so will your
a size or two in clothing, which will
family. And clean off that grill — it's
give you added confidence in those
time to fire it up for healthier food
lighter summer clothes.
prep! Li
• Change of Attitude. To many
people, "exercise" is a negative word. If
you aren't currently physically active,
Florine Mark is CEO and chairman of
begin slowly. Start out with a 10-min-
Farmington Hills-based WW Group Inc. She
ute walk a few days a week; in a week
is host of "Remarkable Woman," a weekly
go to 20 minutes and add a day weekly radio program broadcast throughout
— by summer, you could be comfort-
Michiga, and has a weekly segment called
ably up to 30 to 45 minutes three to
"Ask Florine" on WXYZ TV-Detroitl. She
four times a week and in a regular
has written a motivation book called "Talk
routine just in time for the warmer
to The Mirror."
weather. Invite a neighbor or a friend
The changes don't
have to be drastic
they can be as
simple as limiting
your snacking after
dinner, having less
soda or alcohol and
eating less fast food.
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May 22 • 2008
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