Healthy Fit Blog

Low Carb Diet Plan for Obesity

2011-11-04T22:13:00.004+07:00

It is importance to plan to low carb diet for people with obesity, because in addition to a lifestyle that is less in exercise exercise and also as lifestyles who like fast food consumption with high carbohydrate content.

Why is it important to do a low carb diet, because for people with obesity to reduce their calorie intake for their body's needs is not easy and likely will cause the occurrence of yo yo dieting.

Yo yo diet is a diet in which obese people who have managed to lose become obese again and weight back again and be more severe than ever. With a diet low in calories and combined with protein diet, obese individuals can reduce their levels of body fat and increase muscle mass for their body.

Low carb diets is a solution and simple way to reduce the percentage of body fat for obese people that tend to be lazy and difficult to start exercise and carry out sports activities . Because consumed carbohydrate when not used as energy then digested carbohydrate will be stored as food reserved and become fat.

But it doesn't mean that obese people do not eat carbs, but the consumption of carbohydrates should be less when obese people is not active or is not conducting any activities This usually happen at night when most people don't have many activities and go to sleep.

The kind of high carbohydrate foods that should be reduced such as rice, baked potatoes, Gatorade, bagels, waffle. And to fulfill the need for carbohydrates they can start consuming carbohydrates from fruits such as apple, orange, banana and grape.

And many thing have change now, since there are many fast food restaurants that serve healthy fast food that is not only low fat but also low carb by using bread made from wheat.

Jackfruit Prevent Blood Disorders Such As Anemia

2011-10-07T09:30:00.006+07:00

Jack fruit is a type of fruit tree that has a Latin name Artocarpus heterophyllus. This plant is still a family with Mulberry (Moraceae). Jackfruit is native to South Asia and South Asia. Although this fruit is the national fruit of Bangladesh, but much cultivated in other tropical countries like Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Uganda, Mauritius, Brazil and Jamaica.

The term "fruit Jack" comes from the Portuguese "Jaca" derives from the Malayalam language (one language? In South India) that "Chakka". Jackfruit is also known as "Jack" or "rare" in the Philippines and is a favorite for the Filipino people.

Jack fruit pulp soft and easy to digest. Soft, who comes to simple sugars fructose and sucrose, which is a source of instant energy. Jack fruit has a lot of dietary fiber that helps maintain a healthy digestion and prevents constipation.

Jackfruit fresh fruit contains a number of vitamin A and pigments flavonoids compounds such as beta-carotene, xanthine, lutein and beta-kriptoxantin. These compounds have a role as an antioxidant and in maintaining eye health. Consumption of fruits rich in vitamin A and carotene can also help protect against lung cancer and oral cavity.

Jackfruit fruit is a source of vitamin C is good. In 100 grams of jackfruit contained 13.7 mg of vitamin C, to satisfy 23% of the recommended daily intake. Consumption of foods rich in vitamin C may protect against pathogens and harmful free radicals. The jack is the fruit contains B vitamins, including vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), vitamin B3 (niacin), vitamin B2 (riboflavin) and vitamin B9 (folic acid). Included in vitamin B6 can help heart health because it can reduce levels of homocysteine? In the blood.

Some minerals are also important contained in the jackfruit such as potassium, magnesium, manganese, iron and copper. Potassium may help control heart rate and blood pressure, reducing the risk of heart attack and stroke. Magnesium helps calcium absorption and function of calcium to strengthen bones and prevent bone loss such as osteoporosis. Manganese plays a role in maintaining blood sugar in the blood. Iron is present in jackfruit can help prevent blood diseases like anemia. Copper plays a role in metabolism, particularly in the production of thyroid hormones.

Reduce Stress With Endorphin Hormone

2011-08-17T12:00:00.004+07:00

Endorphin is a hormone that help you to be comfortable and relax. The increase number of Endorphin Hormone can help you to reduce stress and it also happen the other way around, if you lose it you it will make you stress.

Do you know why many stressed people when to the gym?

Exercising in the gym will help to increase endorphin hormone and int he gym you will be more excited, since got the feel and the environment support.

The only exercise that will increase endorphin hormone is cardio exercise. Where in cardio exercise you will release endorphin hormone.

Here are some cardio exercise that will help to increase your endorphin hormone to make you relax.

Min 15 minute Jogging on the treadmil
Min 30 minute on the bike
Min 30 minute on Cross Trainer

You can choose either one of the above exercise. Do it consistently have a plan and a schedule min 2 to 3 times a week with minimum 1 hour exercise to maintain your condition from stress.

And also don't forget to eat healthy and hygiene food it is also help to reduce stress.

Healthy Lifestyle Hate Procrastination

2011-08-14T01:13:00.004+07:00

Have you ever commitment to yourself that tomorrow you will start exercise but you didn't do it? If you do then one of the reason is because procrastination that keep you away from living a healthy lifestyle. There is no just do it like what nike slogan with swish smile logo.

Just by doing it will prevent you from procrastination or delaying things that are important.

Here are some tips that help you to just go out or go to the gym and just do it.

don't think. If you want to exercise just wear your sport shoes and your gym apparel and lift those dumbbell or go jog near your neighborhood.
feel bad about yourself if you don't do it
think about bad thing s will happen to you if you don't do it
remember your love one if you don't start doing it.

Procrastination happen because there is no burning desire to change your life. Hopefully you will follow all the above tips that will help you to start and become consistent in doing it.

This also apply when you try t start to stop smoking or you want low down your blood pressure or blood sugar.

Just one word that can help you to get the result, since just thinking about it will not got you in any better than you are before therefor just do it and make it happen.

What Is Personal Training?

2011-06-21T00:38:00.002+07:00

1. What is Personal Training?

Personal Training or what we call 1:1 is a session, exercise program, designed or
prepared according to the needs, health conditions, goals, targets, goals to be achieved within a specified period or in a long time as you wish. The type of exercise, movement, activities that will be applied will be adjusted to the "Individual differences".

2. Anyone still in need of services "Personal Trainer"?

All. Why? Businessmen, housewives, artists and even an athlete even need it. No one famous athletes, such as the "champion of the world-champion in any sport must have used an expert in bio mechanics, nutrition, until the therapist to maximize their performance later. It's just that he describes as "Coach", "Coaches" and many other names. His job remains the same. Ensuring security, the appropriate level of intensity, load and accurate movement and maximize the potential that exists in every individual.

3. What if we want to start using the service "Personal Trainer" is?
Services Personal Trainer can be used anytime you want to start. Previously maybe you should make an appointment with one of our trainers. The services are provided with a "package".

4. That is how the package? Could you please explain?
Package "Personal Training" available on the Club, we have prepared a variety of (standard, regular, general).

5. Continue to how and which one is right for me?
To determine which one matches can be seen from many different ways.
Able to conduct "assessment, measurement, data collection" exist in member. Useful to know the background of health and healthy also know the physical condition when willing to start the activity.

6. How how?
Yes by taking session "Start Body or Body Basic" which every member can get a "Free" when they become a member in the Club. There are 2 sessions.

7. Continue to how so?
Now, after gathering all the "data" is needed, our trainers can suggest to the member package which according to health condition, health background, and synchronizing with daily lifestyle as well as goals or objectives to be achieved.

8. But I'd like the program just created. Since I do not need a trainer. I would like to exercise alone.
No problem. However, our trainers can only give or make the program a "general" course. So also with nutritional advice.

9. My friend and I also often read that there are successful with their own practice.
Yes there is, some. But the approach implementation with its own exercise can usually be managed because it is aided by a genetic individual.

Even then, take a relatively long time because it requires "trial and error" long enough. Immense possibilities in the process of "trial and error" that many were injured, misguidance, misleading, wrong Informations and many more who are "gambling".

The problem depends on each individual, "if you want bergambling with your own body" whose time is relatively long. Not to mention if the individual is different with your genetics. It would be very wrong if we impose what is not in accordance with our genetics.

Green Young Coconut Water Benefits

2011-06-20T23:58:00.002+07:00

Who does not know with coconuts! But many people who do not know the benefits of the coconut water. Coconut water actually contains many chemical elements naturally occurring beneficial to our bodies.

Coconut water contains vitamin C, various minerals, folic acid, biotin, pantoneat acid, biotin, and so forth. Elemental carbon in the coconut water is glucose, sucrose, fructose, sorbitol, inositol and others.

In research conducted by the Research Department of Health reported by Soleha Chess Rahayu proved young coconut water can be used to Detoxify and heal urticaria (skin reddish spots).

Young coconut water is also useful as a blood cleanser, medication tuberculosis, syphilis medicine, fever medication, and to relieve urinary tract disorders. Experts section of health sciences Fakulstas Medicine Padjadjaran University / Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, have even used coconut water as an ingredient of oral rehydration (to overcome the lack of fluid in the body) that contains minerals.

These minerals are sodium from 1.15 to 1.67 mEq / L potassium 50-84mEq / L and chloride 22.5-40mEq / L with an average pH of 5.5 (5-6). Minerals other than coconut water also contains glucose, saccharose, albumen, carbon dioxide, osidase enzymes, and catalase to make sugar and tanning substances.

The efficacy of neutralizing toxins, still quoting Solehah, supposedly too young coconut water can neutralize the allergy-causing substances. but which of the substances that have properties of coconut water for the antidote, it is still unclear. There is not yet literature also explains that green coconut water coconut water is more efficacious than others.

Dry Eyes Disease Syndrome

2011-06-20T23:42:00.000+07:00

Problems that often befall the people especially the urban areas is the risk of dry eye disease. Described by DR.Dr. Ratna Sitompul, Sp.M dry eye is a condition in which tears can not properly wet eyeballs premises.

Eyes tears produced by the gland (gland lakrinal). Its function is to cleanse the eye and remove foreign objects or irritants. The phenomenon known as dry eye is often attacked urban communities.

Women who are on menopause are also at increased risk of dry eye. This is because the body produces less fat get older, so the tear film evaporates much faster and makes the eyes dry faster.

Dry eye can also occur due to weather is less friendly, the room air-conditioned, smoke cigarettes, and contact lenses. For urban people, all of these factors is easy to be found in everyday life.

High activities require high concentrations, so that the eyes tend to blink less in a long time, like working in front of the computer, could trigger a dry eye.
To fix this could give artificial tears. Artificial tear drop is biased and purchased without a prescription.

"The basic treatment is replacing the tears that quickly dry up," he said. In addition, you should avoid factors that cause dry eye. "If you often work the room air-conditioned, try to frequently out of the room. It could also by resting the eyes every 30 minutes or so if often use computers, "said Dr. Ratna.

For dry eye syndrome does not cause vision problems. However, in very severe cases, especially when no immediate treatment, can cause eye damage, so that vision can be disrupted.

Therefor take lightly on dry eyes disease.

Heart Attack Kill Celebrity

2011-06-20T21:56:00.002+07:00

Indonesian celebrity and member of house representative known as Ajie Massaid death is a shocking news for his fans and voters in Indonesia. Some people can not believe that the cause of his death was because heart attack.

The doctors believed that heart attack to be caused of his death. Why they can not believed it?. Since many people known Ajie as sportsman he like to do sports like to play football or futsal.

Not only can he play a single quarter but he can play through 3rd quarter non stop at his age. He is not fat, he has a proportional body posture. But nevertheless it is believed and by the doctors who examine him that the cause of his death is heart attack.

He was sent to the hospital right after the night he finished playing football. He told his wife that he felt pain on his chest. And on the same day the hospital announce Ajie has passed away.

After that there are many rumors the cause of Ajie's death. But the doctors convinced that the caused of his death was heart attack.

Many sports expert and fitness expert say that there are steps must be follow before we jump in doing exercise even though you are an athlete.

These are the general steps important to follow;
1. It is important to know your health condition and medical record.
2. General Health check once in 3 months.
3. Check your blood pressure and your heart rate(it is important to exercise
according to your heart rate.
4. Warm Up.
5. Stretching.
6. It important have someone who knows how to do cpr on the field.

Nevertheless even though we have done all the above steps there still will be a risk. But at least will minimize the risk of death cause by heart attack.

First Time To Fitness Question Part 3

2011-06-20T21:03:00.002+07:00

Q: How come friends / relatives can I?
A: Back to normal, what is applied by others does not mean fit with our bodies. All depends on our genetic and our diet over the years.

Q: But I could really feel my stomach muscles when doing sit-ups.
A: Yes. Sure can. Because we work the muscles that section. However, for certain people that a higher fat will only feel the 'sensation' stomach tight, not shrink away.

Q: If you want to shrink the lower abdominal muscles how?
A: Back as the original, reduced fat is from the top and bottom (foot) to the middle. Lower abdominal fat was lost at the end. And practice cannot separate the upper abdomen with a bottom. Just as the chest, back, hands and other body parts. More often we contracted in the area, all support-related muscle will interact for the help.

Q: How come the man (bodybuilding) or in the book are many variations?
A: The variation is necessary. However, variations can be added to people who already can perform the basic movements. Because for a beginner, the basic movement is more than enough.

If bodybuilding doing a lot of variation, because they require DEFINITION in the body. Muscles any part that looks and will be in competition from these comparisons, need to be trained in order to be exposed. But all is not apply to practitioners or to those of normal in the sense for their daily needs / FUNCTIONAL.

Q: Why is why I have been training 3 hours a day is not thin?
A: Exercise is too long, especially in a high intensity will provoke anti-stress hormones. Usually called "cortisol" or "Muscle Breakdown". All of which will lead to over training.

Q: What is over training?
A: over training can be regarded as the cumulative result of these exercises or work load, thoughts that have repeatedly within a period of time. Over training can be caused by various kinds: such as lack of rest, exercise in high intensity for too long or not in accordance with the conditions / ability of the body, the workload and the excessive mind (stress).

And also that not enough nutrients the body needs. PUNITIVE: ANY OUR GOAL (Gaining mass, weight loss, toning, healthy living and otherwise) are very difficult to achieve, and tend not to or stuck. The indications are also many: such as excessive fatigue, difficulty concentrating, sleep is never enough, insomnia, sweating more, loss of appetite, loss of moitivation to practice and lack of feeling "PUMP" during weight training. Still many others.

Q: I do not want big. I just want to "Toning" alone.
A: Frankly, no words in Physiology Muscle Toning. What is Body Fat, hypertrophy (muscle growth / formation of muscle); atrophy (muscle shrinkage / muscle wasting) there can be found in the word "TONE". Sometimes people have they own perception that training with weights, they will look big and muscular. THAT CAN NOT and WILL NEVER HAPPEN.

They chose the word "Toning" to replace the sagging part of the body become toned / tight. Physiology speaking, they have to reduce fat and increase muscle mass. Unfortunately, the words "MASS" or "Muscles" sounds scary for them. Until they change it is "toning". Not "Muscle Building".

Q: Should what?
A: Most of them choose to lift weights or practice with how to choose a very light load, a lot of reps, and exercises are NOT increase muscle mass. As a result, they will not add muscle mass, and hopes to become "Toning" is not going to happen.

Only "MUSCLE" that will make you look FIRM / slender and hard / fast. Moreover, only 'MUSCLE' which will also speed up your metabolism that will actually burn more calories overall in 1 day, while taking a break.

Q: So to eliminate / reduce excess fat in the body how?
A: Changing Composition of our bodies

Q: That?
A: We are already very familiar from the first using the scales / body weight as a benchmark. As a result becomes a bit manipulative, because our body weight is not just consisting of fat only. Different body weight a lot of the reason.

Could be due to derivatives such as foreign persons (Caucasian, we would call white people / foreigners) who usually tend to be more severe due to the bone they are usually larger. Not to mention because of the number of different muscles on each individual. Muscle is denser that appear smaller though with the same weight with fat, there is still water content in the body caused by the consumption of sodium / salt excess which makes the body retain water better.

Q: So how do I prevent it?
A: If you want to change your body composition, you should concentrate on the formation or the addition of muscle mass and the second on aerobic exercise. Yes of course, assisted with arrangements diet (as appropriate.

Q: What is the correct distance off the practice should be 24-48 hours?
A: Information is based on research by GENERAL or GENERAL. But it can become abusive terms. It is because, not everyone can practice once every 24-48 hours (2 days). Since each person RECOVERY time varying. There are certain people who fast and others take more than 3-4 days. All of that also depends on the age, nutrition, rest and genetics.

Q: What about the 'Cut calories' / reduce calories?
A: In the first few weeks it has had a good strategy. However, if it continues in the long term would be "the opposite". Why? For example: you do in the first week was in the process is well-adapted body. If followed, the body will try to meet with existing uses calories to survive. Time calories needed to be taken from us that the breakdown MUSCLE back into power / energy. Because the muscle consists of protein.

Q: What if I have a long cardio? Khan said if the cardio we use fat as a source its energy.
A: Almost the same / similar to "cutting calories." If you do cardio in the first weeks or even months like unto the first calories are burned at 500 kcal, if passed on the body will adapt. Which will in the following months the body will only burn more calories less than the previous.

First Time To Fitness Question Part 2

2011-06-20T20:30:00.001+07:00

Q: It's okay right. For me muscle is not important, most important is missing the fat.

A: In fact we really need the muscle to live, move like climbing stairs - walking - holding our children - raised a glass and many others that we do day-to-day.
And please note, along with our age, our muscles less and less.

Can you imagine, if ordinary people are just practicing for years can still be reduced. Especially people who have never exercise at all. In the end, over time we can not even walk upright, let alone hold our grandchildren and lifting the glass hard.

Q: But I do not want heavy-weight exercises.
A: The definition of weight for each individual is highly variable. But our bodies have to be trained a little above normal ability to increase capacity on a regular basis. (Overload).

Q: Would my muscle look like men muscle?
A: The development of muscle content is influenced by hormones in our body. As with the example of men have far more testosterone than women have more estrogen. The difference is significant. A woman is very difficult to be muscled despite training hard like a man.

Q: Is there any difference in practice or burden to the young with the old?
A: No. Training remains the same. Fixed cost weight (according to ability). But, movement and exercise variations can be more selective depending on the results of observation or medical history. The difference is only from time Recovery. The younger recover a lot faster.

Q: When was the best time to practice?
A: Frankly, any time you can commit. The research says that we should practice in the morning, since our level of GH (growth hormone) is higher both women and men. GH also increased at the time we practice. GH is useful to, first: easy on the fat cells causing breakdown. Make us more LEAN (reduced fat). Second: GH causes muscle requires an amino acid intake from a larger protein food for healing.

Q: I want to weight training, but I do not want muscled like a bodybuilder.
A: Muscular not easy. However, it has the muscle IMPORTANT!

Q: I am an important fine. I do not have a big target.
A: Exercise main goal is health. And if we practice the routine with the right, we must be healthy. Appearance and good muscle is just as a bonus.

Q: But does not it will be as muscular as men?
A: It is a very significant hormonal difference, adding muscle for women is not easy. You train like an athlete, despite though, the result is different. If the muscular and the athlete is easy, of course Ade Rai has been a lot of the streets and on the Mall.

Q: For me the important thing is to lose fat on my belly. The others are not important.
A: Our bodies are genetically or naturally will store excess energy sources in place, which incidentally was in the middle up area Middle Section.

In men body is on waist, stomach and others. If the woman in the land of buttocks, thighs, stomach in and out as well of course, everything to protect vital parts, as means of digestion and of course tools and the reproductive system.

That is why humans must reduce their fat starts from the face and lower legs. And that will most new end to the middle. The point is, whatever we do, exercising, moving, thinking, eating and drinking, bathing, watching tv.

Moreover, training with cardio also load, all that burn CALORIE that we get from food. Accumulative regularly and will be taken from the reserves of energy. WHERE? Yes that is in part all of that earlier. But there will never be reduction or SPOT FAT REDUCTION OF CERTAIN section.

Q: Exercises to shrink the stomach what and how the hell?
A: In terms of muscles in the abdomen there are lots of ways. Because, in the middle not only RECTUS abdominis muscle belly just like we used to train the view of sit-ups or crunches, Under RA muscle was there a lot, such as the transversus abdominis, INTERNAL and EXTERNAL OBLIGUE.

The muscles all were closely related to each other, in terms of working together to resolve or move our bodies. We could train our abs with any movement.

But the bottom line here is, DO NOT expect these area lose fat. Only by doing sit-ups or other movement is not enough. It needs a combination of diet and healthy lifestyle that is routine that will slowly erode all the fat excess in our body.

Not Sit-ups. We must change the workings of our body system which has been a tendency to make us accumulate fat.

First Time to Fitness Question Part 1

2011-06-20T20:13:00.005+07:00

The most common question heard from beginners who have never participated in fitness!

Q: What should I do when I come to the gym for the first time?
A: It depends. What is the target area of your body that becomes your problem.
It could be from consideration on how often you exercise or how large your body fat percentage when you start practicing.

Q: Why is that? Why fat percentage?

A: Because the percentage of human body fat above 25 % tend to use sugar as energy. Or commonly called SUGAR BURNER. To accustom his body to get accustomed to using fat, she had to do cardio more than a lower body percentage .

Q: How long would it take to do good warming up?
A: It depends. What priority exercises will be done when we come to the gym. If indeed we come here to practice cardiac muscle or cardiac muscle, yes we should train cardio longer.

However, with the intensity corresponding to maximum heart rate we are, we can see from the ages. When we come to train with weights, we should warm up only 5 to 10 minutes.

Because if we're heating too long, his blood sugar would be too low. So when we train with weights to be not optimal.

Q: I already eat very little, why how I do not skinny-skinny?
A: That is a little bit?

Q: Sometimes I just eat 1 time a day.
A: If we eat less or less completely than the minimum daily requirement of the body, it will be more body fat. Because the body will try to survive by slowing down the metabolism so that the food we eat is enough for one day.

Q: How can I know my minimum daily requirement?
A: You can ask their fat levels measured by the trainer and he'll explain it in detail.

Q: I do not want to diet.
A: Why? Perception is the wrong diet. People tend to interpret the diet was reduced or not eating as well. And, in fact it is more on the diet to manage your diet. For your body to always get enough nutrition to work fully in a day.

Diet is also very diverse. There is a diet for people with diabetes, diet for high blood people, dietary targets for certain people. Bodybuilding diet or just have a variety of athletes. So make sure in accordance with their needs.

Q: Not if we are eating up 6-8 times instead we become more obese?
A: Depending on what we eat. If fried or content that contain lots of sugar or high carbohydrate, yes indeed. But, we'd suggest just a little but often.

Q: How long does me good practice?
A: Depending on its intensity. When done with the proper intensity, 30 minutes to 1 hour is more than enough.

Q: Let's all? What is enough?
A: Our bodies when practicing the proper intensity over time will reach the maximum point. If we go on, tend to make the body stress. That way our bodies will release anti-stress hormone called Cortisol.

And if we still continue, then the hormone was going to start eating your muscles as an energy source. Because our muscles are the only one of the easiest to use, (Muscles are made up of protein).

Laughter Is The Best Medicine

2011-02-09T15:02:00.018+07:00

Laughter The Best Medicine
Walking home with a hangover one Sunday morning, a man discovered that he had lost his hat. He decided the easiest way to replace it was to go to church and steal one from the entry. Once inside, he heard a sermon on the ten Commandment.

At the end of the sermon, he said to clergyman, “I want you to know that I came her intending to steal a hat, but after hearing you, I decided not to.” “Wonderful,” said the clergyman. “What did I say that changed your mind?” “Well.” Said the man, “When you got to the part about committing adultery, I suddenly remembered where I left my hat.”
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Did you hear the latest product advisory? Liquor bottle will carry the phrase “Warning, alcohol can make members of the opposite sex appear far more attractive than they actually are.”
Run Detinger in dodgeville, Wis, Chronicle

Dexter had just returned from two weeks of vacation. He asked his Boss for two more weeks off to get married. “What!” shouted the Boss. “I can’t give you more time now. Why didn’t you get married while you were off?” “Are you nuts?” replied dexter. “That would have ruined my entire vacation!”
Contributed by H.B McChung

The Hospital Patient was worried . “Are you sure it’s pneumonia doctor?” he asked. “I’ve heard of cases where a doctor treated a patient for pneumonia, and he end up dying of something else.” “Don’t worry ,” said the doctor. “when I treat a patient for pneumonia, he dies of pneumonia.”
Winston K pendleton, Funny Stories Jokes and Anecdotes

Recent Studies claim there are a millions adult who can not read or count an if you don’t believe it, take a look at the folks in front of you at the express checkout.
Jay trachman in One to One

A pair of economist went to a restaurant for lunch. “Never mind the food,” one said to the waiters. “Just bring us the bill so we can argue about it.”
Carol Simpson in Funny Times
Q: Why did the silly blonde keep starring at the orange juice carto?
A: Because it said “Concentrate.”
Contributed by Mary Austad

So you think you want to smoke 2

2011-02-09T10:44:00.014+07:00

So you think you want to smoke please read this story of Jack Fortenbarry Calera Alabama by William Ecenbarger.

When I was a kid my heroes were cowboys. I looked up to them the way boys admire ballplayers today.

I wanted to be tough, like them. They smoked to so I smoked- a couple of packs a day for 40 years. It made me feel like the Marlboro Man.

My cigarettes never seemed to bother me. I worked out, stayed in shape. I delivered for Soft Drink Company. I could carry 360 pounds of syrup tanks up to two flights in a single trip.

We had a nice life. I made good money. I love Bernice and our two boys. Our biggest dream was to buy a motor home when I retired, and tour the U.S West.

One afternoon I was driving my truck and felt a stab in the middle of my back. I pulled over and realized tears were rolling down cheeks from the pain.

The doctor said something in my right lung was pinching a nerve. He ordered x rays. The next day Bernice has to break the news. “You have a lung cancer she said,” sobbing. “They need to operate right away.”

Two days later I was wheeled into surgery. The tumor was inoperable, so they just sewed me up again.After a month or so I went for radiation treatment five days a week for seven week. It made me unbelievable tired. On the way home Bernice would have to pull the car off the road so I could vomit.

They gave me morphine for the pain from surgery, and when I was finally came off it, the nightmare started. I wake up scared out of my wits, shacking, and sewing. Bernice has to change the bed eight or nine times a day.

One of the first walks I too was out to the mailbox. It’s only a hundred yards, but I have to sit down halfway. The birds were singing and the smell off honeysuckle filled the air. I thought the world is such a beautiful place; why did I have to ruin it myself by smoking?

I had to quit work and Insurance didn’t pay for everything, and money is tight. There won’t be any traveling. I am angry with myself for smoking is bad for you I am proof.
A few weeks after I came home from the hospital, I felt a lose tooth. I stuck my finger up there, and the tooth dropped into my lap. The cancer had caused a blood disorder that was making my teeth fall out. In a few days I had only three left.

Today, when I looked in the mirror I am shocked by what I see. I guy with no teeth, a 15 inch scar from his chest around his back, struggling to walk, face scrunched up in pain. And then I realized what I want to do. I want o have my pictured blown up and plastered all over the world on giant s
billboards. Because now, you see, I’m the real Marlboro Man

Source Reader Digest 1995

So You Think You Want to Smoke 1

2011-02-07T14:25:00.018+07:00

Want to smoke part 2Stop smoking if you want to live longer

So you think you want to smoke please read this story of janet Sackman Hicksville New York by William Ecenbarger.

I often wonder what my life would be like if I had no gone to the beach that afternoon when Iwas 14. I was walking along the sand in gorgeous new bathing suit, relaxing after a swim, when a well dressed man stopped me. “excuse me, Miss,” he said. “I think you could be a model and he handed me a business card.

Thanks I said. Later I showed my mother the card. “he was joking,” she said. You’re wrong, I thought. I was already five foot nine and had long blond hair, perfect teeth and good figure. I sneaked out and called the number on the card.

I turned out to be a real modeling agency, and they hired me. Within three years, I hit the big time- live network tv. Oh was it exciting! I'd wear blue evening gown on Perry Como's TV show "Chesterfield Super Club." The announcer would take a puff on a ciggarete and suavely declare,"Chesterfield leave no unpleasant aftertaste." Then I kiss him ad say in my smooth as silk voice, "You know, he is right!"

I also become like strike cover girl, smiling from from a million magazines. There I was on a snowy mountain holding ski poles and a cigarette as the wind blow my golden hair, urging people to "smoke a lucky to feel your level best." Of course the mountain was just a pianted backdrop, and I couldn't ski. I didn't even smoke.

But during this same photo session, a tobacco executive drew me aside. "It would be good if you learned to smoke." he said earnestly,"so you'll know how to hold a cigarette and puff on it." He didn't pressure, but at 17, I was eager to e a grown woman. It wasn't long before I bought a pack

The first drag was awful-like sucking on a burning rope. But I was determined to master this proof sophistication and each time I tried I found it a little easier.

What I didn’t understand was that I creating an artificial need for nicotine on my body, so that when I intrepeted as pleasure. Soon I was smoking more than a pack a day.

Eventually I quit modeling to raise a family. But I didn’t stop smoking. Every time I tried, I’d get jittery. So I’d I’d say. “Well, May be tomorrow.”

In 1983, now 51 and mother of four, I begin having a terrible earache. Family doctor found the cause throat cancer. “We might not have to remove the whole larynx.” They assured me.

When I woke up after surgery, I was shivering and desperately needed a blanket. I opened my mouth to call the nurse. No sound came out. My voice was gone. It took me a year to learn “esophageal speech.” I draw air into my esophagus and literally belch out the words. My new voice has no inflection. I laugh soundlessly and when I cry I shed silent tears. Once when I answer the phone the caller said, “What are you some kind of robot?”

My breathing is different too; I inhale and exhale through a stoma, a nickel size whole in my throat. Sometimes it whistles.

I thought I had paid an awful pain in a price for smoking, but at least I was alive-and completely off cigarettes. But in 1990 the doctors found a cancer in my right lung.

In the hospital I wondered. Why me? And I thought, Maybe it’s punishment for the modeling. Think how many it convinced to smoke. I vowed that if I survived. I would begin speaking against smoking

The surgery was terrible painful. I still hurt most of time. I try not to think about dying of cancer, but I know the odds.

One night recently, I happened upon three teenage girls waiting for a bus. Their cigarettes glowed like fireflies.” “Ladies,” I said let me introduced myself.” My croaking voice startled them.

“I smoked at your age, “I said. “May be you don’t care what’s going too happened when you’re 40. I know I didn’t, I just wanted to be modern and glamorous, like the woman in the ads. But those ads are only meant to manipulate you. I know-I used to make them.

I told them about my modeling career, and the cancer. Then I pushed back my collar and said, “Look, here’s my stoma where I breathe. See how glamorous I am now?”

I left them saucer-eyed. I don’t know if they understood or not. Young people have to make up their own minds. I just hope it doesn’t as long as it took me.

Beware of Your Fat Best Friend

2011-02-02T09:44:00.008+07:00

A medical magazine in England conclude that obese is a social phenomena that influence by friends. Everybody can have 57% change of being fat if they have a fat best friend.

James Fowler from Harvard University and Nicholas Christakis from the University of California San Diego have explained as been broadcast by AFP News Radio.

They conducted a closed research and observed on 12.067 students friendship. They Observed the their body weight in period of 32 years.

It is look like that gain weight is influenced by other people who are overweight or obese. It does make sense your brain tells you is okay to eat a lot or more any kind of food said James Fowler he also said “Overweight is contagious “. He said that best friend and family have the biggest influence in contributing gain weight problems.

And if fat person become a couple than most likely the couple will gain more weight 37%. Nevertheless the power of togetherness can hold down and slow down the spread of overweight. The couple that encouraged to living a healthy lifestyle and suggest eating healthy food and exercise.

Because one perception from someone who have been through from such condition and explained about the risk can be trusted.

More than one of three American population at this moment suffer from obese and even worse is also categorized sever obese.

Clubbers Becareful Of Permanent Hearing Damage

2011-01-31T22:18:00.008+07:00

As many as 9 out of 10 young people experiencing problems after a long night clubbing (clubbing)for all party goers, if tonight you are planning on coming to nightclubs subscription, try to think again.

Not only the dangers of smoking and drinking alcohol that lurk there are latent dangers that lurk if you linger in a club with loud music beating deaf ear you can also apply to employees who work at nightclubs.

A survey taken by the Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RND) from English announce that 90 percent of young party goers have a hearing loss. The respondents nag reached 1381 people experience temporary deafness and humming sound in the
clubbers ears after a long night tonight.

About a quarter of respondents admitted musk night entertainment places were too noisy, so a third was a fairly permanent disorder. According to the chief executive of RND, England, Dr John Low, their research shows that most young people experiencing problems early stage of permanent hearing damage. And do not know how to prevent it.

The British government previously had issued special regulations to protect workers and frenetic music lovers from permanent damage disorders. However, many are pessimistic that this rule does not adequately protect the hearing impaired people who are involved in the entertainment world.

Still Emma harrison RNID campaign chief, is optimistic with the rules of high-clear sound in decibels can damage someone hearing disorder I believe the rules to the maximum limit of 85 decibels to be applied in the entertainment industry to protect workers and customers.

Harrison also provide input importance of using ear plug to protect the hearing of their employees. They protected their hearing but they can still accept orders from customers. This proposal was not an effort to reduce the pleasure of working but simply for the sake of safety.

This proposal was rejected by Mark Hastings raw crude from Beer and Pub Association in England. Mark stressed "asked us to ask our workers to use earplugs is proposed which is not logical." Hastings proposed a special room that is quiet as a place of rest of employees.

Still dare to come to the club tonight? Be careful not until after the exit you keep shaking your head, not because the music but because you do not hear what others are saying. Can emergency

Here are steps to avoid hearing loss sniper-style UK chief executive Dr John Low RNID for the party goers, musicians, dj and workers in the world is another way to prevent:

Take five rest minutes every hour of frenetic sound in your. ear.

Stay away from the location of the speakers at the Pub sound system , club or concert music.

Take regular breaks from the dance hall.

Use the special sound plugs used in the club to reduce the volume of the sound and not sound quality.

So Enjoy Clubbing guy and keep healthy.

Lets Get You Started 1

2011-01-27T18:11:00.006+07:00

As membership consultant for many fitness clubs in Indonesia for more that 7 years, I have been into many clubs in many malls in Indonesia especially in Jakarta and Surabaya. I have met many kind of people with different background and ages with many different purposes come to the fitness club.

Some come in to the club because they want to take a look at the facilities most of them have not been to the club before some just using their spare time while waiting for their wives husband and families shopping in the mall and some of time are sales person who try to sales something by pretending to become a walk in prospect.

Here is the flow starting from the first time the Guest approach the front desk.

FD : Good (morning/afternoon/evening) Welcome to our club………. May I help you?

Guest: Yes I want to (example: take look at the club/want to know and ….etc) take a look at the club.

FD: Yes certainly, our membership consultant will accompanied you for a tour. Could you fill in the guest register sir.

Guest: Yes ok.

FD: Your name and mobile number. Do you have an appointment? Have you been to the club before? Do you planning to exercise? Are you interest it in joining?

Guest: My name… and my mobile number…, I don’t have an appointment, and I have not been to this club before that’s why I want to take a look, No I do not, Yes may be.

FD: Please be seated our membership consultant will assist you shortly.

MC: Hi how are you I wandi , I am the membership consultant and you sir what your name sir?
Guest: I am Mr. Gophar I am interested to take a look at the club.

MC: Yes Mr. I definitely can help you with that. But first before I give you a tour a need to understand what is your fitness goal?

Guest: What for?

MC: Because on our tour I am going to show you the equipment that is according to your fitness goal and I will show you how to use it and I will let you try. How does it sound to you?
Guest: Great ok, I would like to slim down my tummy and want to lose 10 kg and tone up.

MC: Fantastic Mr. Gophar, don’t you worry because we specialize on that. We can helped lose those fat on your tummy and help you to tone up so your abs look like those people on fitness magazine wow.

Guest: is it for real? Can you do that?

MC: Yes it’s for real and yes we can do that. So Mr. Gophar, Why is this important for you to lose those fat slim down your tummy and tone up?

Guest: Yes it is important for because I’m getting married in 4 month and I realy want to fit on the tuxedo and also I want to look good on the picture. Because it is once in a lifetime ceremony for me and I want it to be special. lets got you started 2

to be continiued....