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Exercise Tips

Exercise tips:

jumpFor exercise that is fun, offers heart health and body toning and can be done in your very own living room try Hula Hooping. Spinning the classic hoop around your waist during the commercials of your favorite television shows will slow down the tendency to eat out of boredom, improve circulation and burn anywhere between 100 and 150 calories for every thirty minutes of spinning.

By simply dancing around your home for thirty minutes to your favorite tunes you can burn approximately 200 calories per half hour.

Another great exercise is just walking. Not only does it burn calories, stretch muscles, it gives you an opportunity to get out in the sunshine and enjoy the outdoors.

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One of the simplest ways to start on the road to good health and changing poor habits is walking. That’s right, putting one foot in front of the other. The tips listed above are from First Line Therapy.

Breaking the Cookie Cycle

Do you find yourself in the vicious cookie cycle.   When sugar calls, are you at its mercy?  When you are in the habit of eating cookies or other high Glycemic index foods, you can create physiological reaction that creates cravings for more poor nutritional choices.  Find ways to break the vicious cookie cycle and eat healthier.

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In addition to meal planning, we have several options that may help beat your addiction, so that you can beat the cookie cycle.

Beverages and Nutrition

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Changing from poor nutrition to healthy eating habits often starts with an understanding of your current nutritional intake.  One of the largest, but often overlooked, factors in a person’s daily nutritional intake comes from beverages.  Many of today’s beverages provide empty calories with little or no nutritional benefit.  Check out these:

Helpful Beverage Facts:

Coffee and Tea Facts:

16-oz. white chocolate mocha     510 calories
16-oz. latte with whole milk     260 calories
16-oz. latte with nonfat milk     160 calories
16 ounces black coffee     10 calories
16 ounces black tea     2 calories

Juice Facts:

8 ounces pomegranate juice    160 calories
8 ounces cranberry juice    140 calories
8 ounces fruit punch    120 calories
8 ounces orange juice    110 calories

Milk Facts:

8 ounces low-fat chocolate milk    150 calories
8 ounces whole milk    150 calories
8 ounces 2% milk    130 calories
8 ounces 1% milk    120 calories
8 ounces nonfat milk    90 calories

Alcohol Facts:

12 ounces beer     120-180 calories
12 ounces light beer     70-125 calories
2 ounces daiquiri     112 calories
1 shot (1.5 ounces) 80-proof rum     100 calories
4 ounces red or white wine     80 calories

Water Facts:

16 ounces water     0 calories
16 ounces artificially sweetened flavored water     0 calories
16 ounces vitamin- or nutrient-enhanced water     varies; up to 100

Print a pdf of this table for easy reference – Helpful Beverage Facts.