Carolyn Strimike's Blog – December 2009 Archive (2)

A New Year's Resolution only takes about 2 minutes to make but then you have a whole year to break it. This year why not make a REALISTIC healthy resolution you can keep.



You may want to:

• Quit smoking

• Lose weight

• Eat healthier

• Exercise more



We all have made resolutions that we don't stick to - a couple of days, weeks or months go by and we start falling back into some of our bad habits… You may get bored with an exercise routine or diet, get a… Continue

The Holidays are a joyous time to celebrate and spend time with family and friends. But they have also been found to increase the risk for heart problems. Heart related deaths and heart failure hospitalizations rise sharply around the winter holidays. Several triggers for this increased risk have been reported in recent studies:

• Our normal routine is disrupted - we may be traveling, eating and drinking differently, under more stress and exercising less

• Cold weather can also be a… Continue