Eat Your Breakfast

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  eat your breakfast.  Make sure it contains protein, fruit, fibre, and complex carbs.  Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.  A healthy breakfast will kickstart you into a lifestyle of better health...it's all about attitude people.  If you eat the bagels, you'll look like one.  If you go for the eggwhites, protein shakes and oatmeal or a chicken sandwich in the morning, you're blood sugar levels won't spike and drop, you'll have more energy and you'll look and feel better at the end of the day.

How To Save Your Life Part 2

One of my readers was kind to give another healthy tip I will share with you today:

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Besides the tip I gave you yesterday that can save your own life if you are experiencing a heart attack, you can also bear down as if you are having a bowel movement and cough.  This 'bearing down' is called the Vasalva Movement and can help to invigorate the vagus nerve which is crucial for heart health.  Another way to help prevent heart attact is to eat healthy, maintain a healthy weight and exercise daily.

Tuna and White Beans Make a Healthy and Yummy Lunch

Sometimes, lunch can be boring.  marthastewart.com has some very yummy lunch recipes that are also low in fat and heart healthy.  You don't have to be a cook to prepare some of these delicious meals and today, I'll share this one with you.  You can make this recipe and have 3 lunches from it.
Tuna and White Beans
Fish and beans are great sources of protein that will keep your arteries clear and your heart healthy. 
Mix together 1 can (5 ounces) oil-packed tuna (drained), 2/3 cup canned white beans (drained), such as cannellini, 1/4 cup raisins, 1/4 cup torn fresh flat-leaf parsley, the zest of 1/2 lemon, 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice, and 1/8 teaspoon coarse salt.  Season with pepper.  Makes three 2/3 cup servings.
Per Serving (2/3 cup)
176 calories, 1g saturated fat, 3g unsaturated fat, 15mg cholesterol, 19g carbohydrate, 256 mg sodium, 16g protein, 3g fiber.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Lunch doesn't have to be boring.  Prepare your lunches in advance and store them in individual-sized tupperware containers.  Take your lunch to work.  You'll eat healthier, cheaper and feel better in the long run.

Running and Jumping and Looking at the Flowers

Yesterday was beautiful...75 degrees in Manhattan and I had a break of a few hours.  I got motivated and got into my running shoes and took to the park.  It was the first time I've run since my running buddy, Sooki, passed on to Doggie Heaven, so the run was a bit lonely, a bit sad, indeed.  Thinking about how she'd always set the pace to 'fast', I was lumbering along slowly; trying to get my breathing into rhythym, and just trying to focus.  Because I wasn't looking for anything the dog would have swept up into her mouth if we had been together, I started to look around me.  I realized it's finally Spring.  There were crocuses of all colors, mountain heather and baby bells jumping up all around me-as if they were waving hello and welcoming me back after such a long absence of 9 months.  My sadness began to dissipate; Sooki's off to other adventures and it's up to me to find the joy of running in the park again.  The run wasn't completely successful - run, walk, run, walk....but that's o.k. after such a long time off.  Returning home, my doormen encouraged me to jump rope (something I always did after running with my dog).  They said 'just try it'...something I always tell my patients.  So, I got my rope and jumped and jumped and jumped.  Some neighbors and people who work on the street stopped to say it was good to see me jumping again.  Sooki would be glad I didn't give it all up and got back into the game again.

Here's Your Healthy Tip of the Day:  Whatever it is in life, if it's something you love...don't give up!  Keep trying. We all experience obstacles in life; whether physical, emotional, or social.  Like a trainer once told me, "winners don't quit; quitters don't win...losers never try".  I'm glad I had a little push of encouragement today; it wasn't perfect, so tomorrow can be nothing but better!