© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed. Diabesity Coach
There has been so much in the media about health care reform in the U.S. Here in Canada we’re undergoing some big changes too, but there is a fundamental difference in that we can go see a doctor anytime we choose without having to worry about the cost.
Somebody south of the border please explain to me why there’s so much opposition to health care for all. Won’t that make an immediate mark on the economy?
Take this for example: when a student has an accident in school the ambulance can be there in 3 minutes. The kid gets to hospital, at least one parent gets there as fast as possible, having been contacted by the school. By the time the parent arrives the care has already begun. Is that not a good thing? Sometimes the parent is out of town , but the kid is properly cared for anyway--immediately.
And what would you do if the kid fell on a ski trip? Wait till the parents arrived to splint him?
OK. We’re talking about acute care—something that requires immediate and maybe invasive attention, like an operation or oxygen, or care for a kid who’s had an anaphylactic reaction, like if she’s had some peanut butter and she had a severe allergic reaction. That’s what hospitals were originally meant for.
We have somehow come to believe that the hospital is the place for health care. The hospital is really meant for acute care. Health care is, in the last analysis, the responsibility of every person who has reached the age of reason. That includes kids duly guided by parents.
Health care includes everything you do to your body each living moment. It’s not what you get in your 10 minutes in a doctor’s office. Derek smokes, then goes to his doctor for a smoker’s cough. See anything wrong with that picture?
Or take my friend Clara. She likes platter-sized waffles made with white flour and smothered in fresh cream and strawberries, DRIZZLED WITH MAPLE SYRUP, I kid you not. I saw her eating that for lunch one day while I chomped on roast chicken with potatoes and a light salad. I could already hear her pancreas screaming. That was at a conference. She was already obese at the time, and she told me laughingly that her doc had said she only had pre-diabetes.
Well, at the afternoon session she slipped out and went back to her room for a 2-hour nap. When she came back she ate her way through the little bowl of mints on the table. The following year, she had full-blown diabesity. And she still has no time for a walk.
Now here’s a challenge: how about you write a story that’s the opposite of those of Derek and Clara. Wouldn’t that sound like health care? Undertaken by people who had reached the age of reason? Speaking of reasons, would you like a free report outlining Ten Proven Reasons Why You Must Lose Twenty Pounds Now? It’s on the right of this page. Go ahead. The let me know if you recognize anyone in the pictures.
Happy reading.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
October 28, 2009
October 26, 2009
H1N1 Vaccine Countdown & Diabesity
© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed., Diabesity Coach
The vaccination has started! There aren’t enough vaccines! Children and pregnant women to get shots first! Long line-ups outside vaccination sites!
How many more exclamation points do we need before we make up our own minds?
The headlines are ramping up the fear, and all the sheeple who are caught up in it are worried they will miss out on the insurance against the H1N1 virus before even doing some basic research on it. There’s plenty of information on it on my Friends page on Facebook, so I would encourage you to select some of the videos there and make up your own mind.
Interestingly enough, President Obama has just released the information via Robert Gibbs, that Sasha and Malia have not had the shot. No hurry there, so is there more to be read into that statement? Look at the different posts and you will get a few clues.
Dr. Oz, as we all know, had the shot right there on his TV show. However, when later interviewed on a different show he said his wife and 4 children were not going to be vaccinated, Also that there was a 3rd world war in his home over this issue. You can read between the lines, especially when he tells us that at home he’s simply Mr. Oz.
But on they go, the “experts” who assure us the vaccine is safe. You decide how safe it is , when you see how much time has been spent testing it, what else is in it besides the vaccine, and who’s backing the expert. As mentioned above, go to my Facebook link and have a look round. You might just get some information you haven’t seen before.
Nobody wants to get the flu, swine, bird or elephant. I have been fighting it since earlier in the year, not with vaccination but with common science. The flu will get you if you roll out the red carpet for it. Maybe this would be a good time for those with a weakened immune system to ask themselves what they can do to boost it.
Why? Because, when all is said and done, if you smoke, eat junk, overeat and don’t get enough rest, you are laying out the red carpet, saying to viruses:”Welcome to My Parlour”.
This might be a good time to take a look at what’s killing us on a really large scale, starting with diabesity. One in five in Canada and, at least double that for the U.S. either has it or is in the pre-diabetes stage. I have heard that supermarkets in the U.S. have carts for those whose weight prevents them walking through the aisles in search of food. If this isn’t indicative of an epidemic I don’t know what is.
Obesity in industrialized countries is killing us by slow fire. It’s killing our children. I was reading the stats in Europe…more than worrisome, to say the least. Diabesity is the worst epidemic in the world today—just ask the WHO.
Need ot clear it out of your life? Download the free report offered on the right of the page, and do get back to me on it.
See you soon.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
The vaccination has started! There aren’t enough vaccines! Children and pregnant women to get shots first! Long line-ups outside vaccination sites!
How many more exclamation points do we need before we make up our own minds?
The headlines are ramping up the fear, and all the sheeple who are caught up in it are worried they will miss out on the insurance against the H1N1 virus before even doing some basic research on it. There’s plenty of information on it on my Friends page on Facebook, so I would encourage you to select some of the videos there and make up your own mind.
Interestingly enough, President Obama has just released the information via Robert Gibbs, that Sasha and Malia have not had the shot. No hurry there, so is there more to be read into that statement? Look at the different posts and you will get a few clues.
Dr. Oz, as we all know, had the shot right there on his TV show. However, when later interviewed on a different show he said his wife and 4 children were not going to be vaccinated, Also that there was a 3rd world war in his home over this issue. You can read between the lines, especially when he tells us that at home he’s simply Mr. Oz.
But on they go, the “experts” who assure us the vaccine is safe. You decide how safe it is , when you see how much time has been spent testing it, what else is in it besides the vaccine, and who’s backing the expert. As mentioned above, go to my Facebook link and have a look round. You might just get some information you haven’t seen before.
Nobody wants to get the flu, swine, bird or elephant. I have been fighting it since earlier in the year, not with vaccination but with common science. The flu will get you if you roll out the red carpet for it. Maybe this would be a good time for those with a weakened immune system to ask themselves what they can do to boost it.
Why? Because, when all is said and done, if you smoke, eat junk, overeat and don’t get enough rest, you are laying out the red carpet, saying to viruses:”Welcome to My Parlour”.
This might be a good time to take a look at what’s killing us on a really large scale, starting with diabesity. One in five in Canada and, at least double that for the U.S. either has it or is in the pre-diabetes stage. I have heard that supermarkets in the U.S. have carts for those whose weight prevents them walking through the aisles in search of food. If this isn’t indicative of an epidemic I don’t know what is.
Obesity in industrialized countries is killing us by slow fire. It’s killing our children. I was reading the stats in Europe…more than worrisome, to say the least. Diabesity is the worst epidemic in the world today—just ask the WHO.
Need ot clear it out of your life? Download the free report offered on the right of the page, and do get back to me on it.
See you soon.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
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October 20, 2009
Diabesity: Diagnosis Shock
© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed., Diabesity Coach
Best letter in the Richmond papers this week: a certain Dana expressed relief that the city had finally passed the by-law banning the use of pesticides on private lawns and government-owned land.
At least I now know that I can go for a power-walk in the park without coming back with a lungful of toxins. I’m grateful to all the lobbyists and picketers who made this possible.
What caught my attention, though was not just the letter, but Dana’s reason. Dana was grateful because her athletic brother, recently diagnosed with cancer, would no longer have to put up with the toxic fumes. Hmmm. Dana had not been part of the lobby groups, or the groups holding protests, passing out pamphlets. She was now going to join the coalition. No one else was going to get such a diagnosis if she had anything to do with it.
In-ter-es-ting.
Here’s another example. Gayle’s recent breast cancer diagnosis was a shock. Nobody, she said, should have that diagnosis at 36. Nobody. She wanted to know how she should adjust her diet and what exercise program she should start. She is now going to join “Walk Richmond”, a program of terrific trail walks put together by the City’s Health services.
Engineer Marc was having trouble concentrating on the job as a troubleshooter for his company. He works with an average of three contracts per day to tweak their ventilating systems, and “doesn’t have time” to eat healthily. He suddenly realized he’s put on 25 pounds since 2007; just yesterday, he was diagnosed with a pre-diabetic condition. He’s in shock—who wouldn’t be—and wants to know how he can prevent this becoming full-blown diabetes. I assured him it was reversible, provided he was serious about following my 12-week program.
See the common thread? These folks are just like you and me. They share the same traits. We all too often wait till there’s a crisis to do something. What if we took a peep into the future—our personal future—and asked ourselves: why do we wait for a nasty wake-up call to make a change?
Is there anything in your lifestyle that’s calling out for change?
Do you get in the minimum of 10 thousand steps per day? Are you still consuming sugar in almost everything you eat—and drink? Do you get enough sun exposure? Can you see your feet when you look down? What’s the ratio of you hip measurements to your height? Are you taking in the right fats? Getting close to Diabesity?
Many surprises could be lurking in the shadows. Take a look at 10 of them by filling in the blanks in the form on the right of this page. It’s free. See you there!
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
Best letter in the Richmond papers this week: a certain Dana expressed relief that the city had finally passed the by-law banning the use of pesticides on private lawns and government-owned land.
At least I now know that I can go for a power-walk in the park without coming back with a lungful of toxins. I’m grateful to all the lobbyists and picketers who made this possible.
What caught my attention, though was not just the letter, but Dana’s reason. Dana was grateful because her athletic brother, recently diagnosed with cancer, would no longer have to put up with the toxic fumes. Hmmm. Dana had not been part of the lobby groups, or the groups holding protests, passing out pamphlets. She was now going to join the coalition. No one else was going to get such a diagnosis if she had anything to do with it.
In-ter-es-ting.
Here’s another example. Gayle’s recent breast cancer diagnosis was a shock. Nobody, she said, should have that diagnosis at 36. Nobody. She wanted to know how she should adjust her diet and what exercise program she should start. She is now going to join “Walk Richmond”, a program of terrific trail walks put together by the City’s Health services.
Engineer Marc was having trouble concentrating on the job as a troubleshooter for his company. He works with an average of three contracts per day to tweak their ventilating systems, and “doesn’t have time” to eat healthily. He suddenly realized he’s put on 25 pounds since 2007; just yesterday, he was diagnosed with a pre-diabetic condition. He’s in shock—who wouldn’t be—and wants to know how he can prevent this becoming full-blown diabetes. I assured him it was reversible, provided he was serious about following my 12-week program.
See the common thread? These folks are just like you and me. They share the same traits. We all too often wait till there’s a crisis to do something. What if we took a peep into the future—our personal future—and asked ourselves: why do we wait for a nasty wake-up call to make a change?
Is there anything in your lifestyle that’s calling out for change?
Do you get in the minimum of 10 thousand steps per day? Are you still consuming sugar in almost everything you eat—and drink? Do you get enough sun exposure? Can you see your feet when you look down? What’s the ratio of you hip measurements to your height? Are you taking in the right fats? Getting close to Diabesity?
Many surprises could be lurking in the shadows. Take a look at 10 of them by filling in the blanks in the form on the right of this page. It’s free. See you there!
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
October 16, 2009
Diabesity Magic Bullet
© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed., Diabesity Coach
Once upon a time you walked up the yellow quick road and met the Svelte Fairy. She handed you a magic potion and poof! You looked at your midriff and twenty pounds had fallen off.
“Neat! OK, Svelte, How about another potion. I need to lose another 20 pounds”. Why certainly”, she smiled. “Here you go—sip this”. You sip it and—holy hurricanes—you’re a model walking down a catwalk!
The applause is thunderous. Everyone wants your autograph.
Wakey wakey!
Sorry, I didn’t want to burst your bubble, but that’s what happens to fantasies, I’m afraid.
No magic bullet, no magic potion, no magic anything.
Something better, though. Your decision to do something about that weight, your decision to deal with the diabesity, and in fact, reverse it. You and no one else can make that decision. That done, your coach will take you through the paces.
Did you manage to catch Dr. Oz’s show yesterday? For those who didn’t I’m sure you can watch it on-line. It was about the free clinic movement (National Association of Free Clinics), and featured a Texas clinic where everyone got great medical care in one location for free. People lined up for hours to get to see Dr. Oz and his colleagues for a wide array of medical conditions, some of them potentially fatal. All were treated with respect. All were touched to the core.
Each had a personal journey to go after the clinic closed. However, they had a very good idea what to do to get better and stay that way.
I noticed the number of people with all conditions who were overweight—many were obese. All would have to take care of the obesity for their conditions to permanently improve. The head of the volunteers herself was obese. I wonder how many of those with heart conditions, cancer, diabetes and back problems realized they would do a lot better with at least the first twenty pounds off.
Type 2 Diabetes is acquired. Most people who have it acquire it via packing on the pounds. Most people who pack on the pounds do it for emotional reasons, and these reasons have to be addressed if the pounds are to fall off.
Most decisions are complex, but if you want to add good years to your life you need to know that pounds mean years. And one of the best ways to start is by eating smaller, balanced meals throughout the day, sitting down. Here’s as magical a bullet as you’ll ever get: don’t diet, have breakfast, eat every 3 hours or so, say good-bye to sugar and its substitutes, no to all processed food, take your Omega 3’s and other supplementation, exercise, and drink alkaline water.
Simple, isn’t it?
No, of course not. You need to know how much of each to fit into your day and when, according to your metabolic type and size. That’s what you’ll get from your coach.
What would be the one thing you’d need to know before you make the decision to lose twenty pounds? What would you expect from your coach? Let me know by adding a comment, or by calling me for a free 30-minute consultation. The number’s below.
Till then,
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
Once upon a time you walked up the yellow quick road and met the Svelte Fairy. She handed you a magic potion and poof! You looked at your midriff and twenty pounds had fallen off.
“Neat! OK, Svelte, How about another potion. I need to lose another 20 pounds”. Why certainly”, she smiled. “Here you go—sip this”. You sip it and—holy hurricanes—you’re a model walking down a catwalk!
The applause is thunderous. Everyone wants your autograph.
Wakey wakey!
Sorry, I didn’t want to burst your bubble, but that’s what happens to fantasies, I’m afraid.
No magic bullet, no magic potion, no magic anything.
Something better, though. Your decision to do something about that weight, your decision to deal with the diabesity, and in fact, reverse it. You and no one else can make that decision. That done, your coach will take you through the paces.
Did you manage to catch Dr. Oz’s show yesterday? For those who didn’t I’m sure you can watch it on-line. It was about the free clinic movement (National Association of Free Clinics), and featured a Texas clinic where everyone got great medical care in one location for free. People lined up for hours to get to see Dr. Oz and his colleagues for a wide array of medical conditions, some of them potentially fatal. All were treated with respect. All were touched to the core.
Each had a personal journey to go after the clinic closed. However, they had a very good idea what to do to get better and stay that way.
I noticed the number of people with all conditions who were overweight—many were obese. All would have to take care of the obesity for their conditions to permanently improve. The head of the volunteers herself was obese. I wonder how many of those with heart conditions, cancer, diabetes and back problems realized they would do a lot better with at least the first twenty pounds off.
Type 2 Diabetes is acquired. Most people who have it acquire it via packing on the pounds. Most people who pack on the pounds do it for emotional reasons, and these reasons have to be addressed if the pounds are to fall off.
Most decisions are complex, but if you want to add good years to your life you need to know that pounds mean years. And one of the best ways to start is by eating smaller, balanced meals throughout the day, sitting down. Here’s as magical a bullet as you’ll ever get: don’t diet, have breakfast, eat every 3 hours or so, say good-bye to sugar and its substitutes, no to all processed food, take your Omega 3’s and other supplementation, exercise, and drink alkaline water.
Simple, isn’t it?
No, of course not. You need to know how much of each to fit into your day and when, according to your metabolic type and size. That’s what you’ll get from your coach.
What would be the one thing you’d need to know before you make the decision to lose twenty pounds? What would you expect from your coach? Let me know by adding a comment, or by calling me for a free 30-minute consultation. The number’s below.
Till then,
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
October 15, 2009
Diabesity Planet-Wide & World Food Day October 16, 2009
© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed., Diabesity Coach.
Lunch time: the conference was at one of the poshest hotels in Vancouver. Armed with a large sandwich from the conference, twice the size of my appetite, I slipped out at lunch time for some fresh air when I was dismayed to see a disheveled man in a sleeping bag lying right there, on the sidewalk. I placed the sandwich by him, having been beaten to it by someone who had placed a large, fresh, hot coffee there.
This didn’t happen in some third world country. It happened in our beautiful, prosperous metropolis. One that has a host of social services that, by day and by night, caringly tend to the needs of such as him of the grimy sleeping bag. Yet there he was, probably one of those who preferred his independence to the constraints of life in a shelter. A free spirit in a shackled body. A metaphor for the First World and the Third.
I’m telling you this not because I gave him a sandwich. Any one of you would have done that, and more. Me and the coffee person were not doing an act of charity. It was an act of justice.
On World Food Day, today or tomorrow depending on the time zone you live in, many concerned people will gather at teleconferences, at on-line as well as face-to-face events to solve the problem—or should I say challenge—of hunger in the world. It is a problem of equity and justice. Will you be in any of them?
I remember, in the eighties, being introduced in Rome, Italy, to some wonderful people from a Third World country, who told me about a catastrophic flood they had experienced. As desperate survivors clung to trees above the raging rapids the FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation) had dropped waterproof parcels of meal replacement biscuits called “Nutribisk” in fields so that starving victims could have something to eat right away. Each biscuit encased the nutritional equivalent of a meal with meat and vegetables. Something like our meal replacement bars, but smaller.
That was a neat idea, and obviously one that met with much cheering and appreciation by the recipients. I actually got to taste some Nutribisks; they were really good. (They were manufactured in Rome, where the FAO’s HQ is.
That being said, I think we need to be sure that everything we send to countries in need is relevant and ethically correct in the long term.
In checking the diabesity statistics I was horrified to see that Type 2 diabetes is epidemic not only in North America but also in emerging economies. 151 million people in the world had diabetes in 2000. By 2010, (that’s in a few months!) 200 million worldwide will have it, and the figure could look more like 300 million by 2020.
To many emerging nations we in the donor countries are exporting seeds, grain, and—you guessed it—fast food. Could it be we’re exporting diabesity?
I invite you to continue this discussion with me on Facebook.
You can also tell me what you think in the comment section of this blog.
See you there.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
Lunch time: the conference was at one of the poshest hotels in Vancouver. Armed with a large sandwich from the conference, twice the size of my appetite, I slipped out at lunch time for some fresh air when I was dismayed to see a disheveled man in a sleeping bag lying right there, on the sidewalk. I placed the sandwich by him, having been beaten to it by someone who had placed a large, fresh, hot coffee there.
This didn’t happen in some third world country. It happened in our beautiful, prosperous metropolis. One that has a host of social services that, by day and by night, caringly tend to the needs of such as him of the grimy sleeping bag. Yet there he was, probably one of those who preferred his independence to the constraints of life in a shelter. A free spirit in a shackled body. A metaphor for the First World and the Third.
I’m telling you this not because I gave him a sandwich. Any one of you would have done that, and more. Me and the coffee person were not doing an act of charity. It was an act of justice.
On World Food Day, today or tomorrow depending on the time zone you live in, many concerned people will gather at teleconferences, at on-line as well as face-to-face events to solve the problem—or should I say challenge—of hunger in the world. It is a problem of equity and justice. Will you be in any of them?
I remember, in the eighties, being introduced in Rome, Italy, to some wonderful people from a Third World country, who told me about a catastrophic flood they had experienced. As desperate survivors clung to trees above the raging rapids the FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation) had dropped waterproof parcels of meal replacement biscuits called “Nutribisk” in fields so that starving victims could have something to eat right away. Each biscuit encased the nutritional equivalent of a meal with meat and vegetables. Something like our meal replacement bars, but smaller.
That was a neat idea, and obviously one that met with much cheering and appreciation by the recipients. I actually got to taste some Nutribisks; they were really good. (They were manufactured in Rome, where the FAO’s HQ is.
That being said, I think we need to be sure that everything we send to countries in need is relevant and ethically correct in the long term.
In checking the diabesity statistics I was horrified to see that Type 2 diabetes is epidemic not only in North America but also in emerging economies. 151 million people in the world had diabetes in 2000. By 2010, (that’s in a few months!) 200 million worldwide will have it, and the figure could look more like 300 million by 2020.
To many emerging nations we in the donor countries are exporting seeds, grain, and—you guessed it—fast food. Could it be we’re exporting diabesity?
I invite you to continue this discussion with me on Facebook.
You can also tell me what you think in the comment section of this blog.
See you there.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
October 14, 2009
Diabetic Meals & World Food Day
© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed., Diabesity Coach
Now, suppose, just suppose, with World Food Day just round the corner all my friends with diabesity—and that includes you, would make a pledge to pass up all processed food and cook from scratch. Especially for those who are trying to make diabesity history.
Cook and freeze, then you have exactly what you want after the 5 pm commute. I just froze some chicken soup packed with a selection of healing herbs.
Now, what’s this cooking from scratch thing all about? It’s about you. And your long-term wellness. At least 60% of the food you get from the supermarket is processed. And this is a conservative estimate. If they are a habitual part of your diet you are getting too much salt and sugar, sugar substitutes, and a significantly higher amount of salt than you need. Each of these items has an effect on your weight, and hence on your diabetes, your heart, your lungs, your skin, and …well, you fill in the blanks.
Let’s go shopping, shall we?.
Processed snack foods will overload you with sugar. I’m not just talking about the sugar you buy in bags. Be aware of hidden sugars disguised as high fructose corn syrup, and anything ending with “ose”. Pick up a box of cookies and check that. Also excitotoxins like MSG. These are toxic substances that have an immediate as well as long-term effect on your nervous system.
Take a look at the sauces, pasta and otherwise. As you read the labels look for the word “hydrolyzed” –another disguise for MSG. Then the soft drinks—juices and sodas. Oh dear! What are they? High fructose corn syrup plus carbon dioxide plus artificial flavouring. Is there any particular reason you want that in your system?
The lady in from of me in the supermarket line-up today had organic chicken, organic milk, organic pasta sauce and organic cookies (expensive!) in environmentally-sound brown paper bags. She had brought 2 enviro-bags and asked not to be given plastic bags. The last item she had was a 20-pack of ginger ale.
I assure you there was no ginger and less ale in those cans. She mentioned to the cashier that her husband had been having an upset stomach recently, so she wanted to make sure he had something to settle him. I wanted to say “grate some fresh ginger and pour some boiling water in it for him”!!!
But I behaved myself.
Thursday October 6 is World Food Day. I’d love to know what you cooked from scratch without processed ingredients! Tell me in the comments section, OK?
See you there.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
Now, suppose, just suppose, with World Food Day just round the corner all my friends with diabesity—and that includes you, would make a pledge to pass up all processed food and cook from scratch. Especially for those who are trying to make diabesity history.
Cook and freeze, then you have exactly what you want after the 5 pm commute. I just froze some chicken soup packed with a selection of healing herbs.
Now, what’s this cooking from scratch thing all about? It’s about you. And your long-term wellness. At least 60% of the food you get from the supermarket is processed. And this is a conservative estimate. If they are a habitual part of your diet you are getting too much salt and sugar, sugar substitutes, and a significantly higher amount of salt than you need. Each of these items has an effect on your weight, and hence on your diabetes, your heart, your lungs, your skin, and …well, you fill in the blanks.
Let’s go shopping, shall we?.
Processed snack foods will overload you with sugar. I’m not just talking about the sugar you buy in bags. Be aware of hidden sugars disguised as high fructose corn syrup, and anything ending with “ose”. Pick up a box of cookies and check that. Also excitotoxins like MSG. These are toxic substances that have an immediate as well as long-term effect on your nervous system.
Take a look at the sauces, pasta and otherwise. As you read the labels look for the word “hydrolyzed” –another disguise for MSG. Then the soft drinks—juices and sodas. Oh dear! What are they? High fructose corn syrup plus carbon dioxide plus artificial flavouring. Is there any particular reason you want that in your system?
The lady in from of me in the supermarket line-up today had organic chicken, organic milk, organic pasta sauce and organic cookies (expensive!) in environmentally-sound brown paper bags. She had brought 2 enviro-bags and asked not to be given plastic bags. The last item she had was a 20-pack of ginger ale.
I assure you there was no ginger and less ale in those cans. She mentioned to the cashier that her husband had been having an upset stomach recently, so she wanted to make sure he had something to settle him. I wanted to say “grate some fresh ginger and pour some boiling water in it for him”!!!
But I behaved myself.
Thursday October 6 is World Food Day. I’d love to know what you cooked from scratch without processed ingredients! Tell me in the comments section, OK?
See you there.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
October 13, 2009
Diabetic Chefs Cook from Scratch
© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed., Diabesity Coach
If you look at the blog I wrote a week ago, on October 7th, you’ll see a few ideas on World Food Day, on October 16. There, I mentioned a few local initiatives like the ten-mile diet, the Fruit Tree Sharing Project, and cooking from scratch.
You can always scroll back and read the blog and see how beneficial such things would be to anyone with diabesity, what with the exercise and fresh food that all this suggests.
I’m not going to talk about not wasting food because there are starving kids out in the African continent and elsewhere. And no, this is not an appeal about adopting a malnourished child in a Third World Country. What I want to see happen is diabetics taking charge of their own health. Especially if they have diabesity on top of it.
Earlier today Michelle Obama gave a highly amusing speech about how easy it is to slip into the tempting solution of fast food. She described how, tired after a long day at work, she had the hungry kids in the car and could not face the thought of cooking from scratch. They were ravenous, and as they drove home the neon signs signaling fast food restaurants on the roadside looked like Heaven! That’s Heav-EN!!!
Anyone identify with that?
Yes, there are times when this has great, great appeal, as you will see when you read my story, but the consequences are unmistakable. You expand. No two ways about it. Especially if you’re also quite sedentary. Alas, that is the first step down the slippery slope of diabesity!
Now, suppose, just suppose, with World Food Day just three days away all my friends with diabesity—and that includes you, would make a pledge to pass up all processed food and cook from scratch. Actually, it’s rather fun!. I do it all the time. Cook and freeze, then you have exactly what you want when you’ve just done a 5 pm commute.
Avctually, there’s lots of help out there. There’s a TV celebrity who specializes in cooking 30-minute meals. Whole, from-scratch, healthy meals. You could try that too.
Prove it to yourself that you can do it. Then share it with your friends. You could actually start a movement!
Happy experimenting, and bon appétit!
Do let me know what delectables you cooked up. Nothing like a mini-chef in the house. Enjoy!
Got recipes? I invite you share them in the comment section of this blog.
See you there.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Whether you need to lose those pesky 20 pounds,
work on prevention or regain health, I can help.
Call me. 604.276.8673
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
Richmond, B.C. Canada
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
If you look at the blog I wrote a week ago, on October 7th, you’ll see a few ideas on World Food Day, on October 16. There, I mentioned a few local initiatives like the ten-mile diet, the Fruit Tree Sharing Project, and cooking from scratch.
You can always scroll back and read the blog and see how beneficial such things would be to anyone with diabesity, what with the exercise and fresh food that all this suggests.
I’m not going to talk about not wasting food because there are starving kids out in the African continent and elsewhere. And no, this is not an appeal about adopting a malnourished child in a Third World Country. What I want to see happen is diabetics taking charge of their own health. Especially if they have diabesity on top of it.
Earlier today Michelle Obama gave a highly amusing speech about how easy it is to slip into the tempting solution of fast food. She described how, tired after a long day at work, she had the hungry kids in the car and could not face the thought of cooking from scratch. They were ravenous, and as they drove home the neon signs signaling fast food restaurants on the roadside looked like Heaven! That’s Heav-EN!!!
Anyone identify with that?
Yes, there are times when this has great, great appeal, as you will see when you read my story, but the consequences are unmistakable. You expand. No two ways about it. Especially if you’re also quite sedentary. Alas, that is the first step down the slippery slope of diabesity!
Now, suppose, just suppose, with World Food Day just three days away all my friends with diabesity—and that includes you, would make a pledge to pass up all processed food and cook from scratch. Actually, it’s rather fun!. I do it all the time. Cook and freeze, then you have exactly what you want when you’ve just done a 5 pm commute.
Avctually, there’s lots of help out there. There’s a TV celebrity who specializes in cooking 30-minute meals. Whole, from-scratch, healthy meals. You could try that too.
Prove it to yourself that you can do it. Then share it with your friends. You could actually start a movement!
Happy experimenting, and bon appétit!
Do let me know what delectables you cooked up. Nothing like a mini-chef in the house. Enjoy!
Got recipes? I invite you share them in the comment section of this blog.
See you there.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Whether you need to lose those pesky 20 pounds,
work on prevention or regain health, I can help.
Call me. 604.276.8673
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
Richmond, B.C. Canada
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
October 12, 2009
Thanksgiving- Diabesity alert!
© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed., Diabesity Coach.
Is this a mega-eatfest or what! A restaurant ad here in Richmond shows a thanksgiving meal designed to send diabetics into alimentary shock. Could’ve been just to convey the notion of plenty, but I do know that many people do eat that quantity of food at one sitting.
That being said, do you notice in the papers the week after Thanksgiving about people bemoaning the fact that they’re as stuffed as the turkey? To my “How are you?” Lester from Ontario said: “Oh, man, I’m stuffed. I can’t move!”
Here’s a question: why do we eat till we’re stuffed? One of the reasons is that we eat too quickly. I used to marvel at how quickly teenagers were able to inhale their lunch in school. Adults in office or other work settings also seem to often see their lunch time as a necessary inconvenience to be dispatched as soon as possible so that they can resume work. That describes me exactly when I was still teaching in school, until daily indigestion drove me to make a few changes.
Lester also said his wife was encouraging him to go out for a brisk walk after dinner, along with a few of their guests. As it happens, the weather has gotten rather chilly all of a sudden in Ontario, so they decided against it. I’m glad they did, as heavy meals followed by brisk walks are a good prescription for a heart attack. Especially if you’re coping with weight and diabetes as well. Lester’s doctor had told him to lose at least twenty pounds.
If you read my blog in the last 2 days you will have noticed some encouragement to exercise. There is an optimal time for us to do this, and this time may vary for each diabetic, depending on a host of other factors. There are also optimal types.
When Sammie was discussing her intake form with me she asked me if she would do well lifting weights. I told her yes, but start walking first. (See the last few blogs).
For Sammie, as for most other people wanting to start an exercise plan, I always say that the first weight to lift is the remote. Lift it up off the couch and put it on the TV. If your TV unit has a door, close it. Then put one foot in front of the other and aim for the front door. Amazing what it will do for you over time. Even more amazing is that a specific schedule, designed for you bu your coach, can even help reverse your diabetes and conquer diabesity.
Really? Yes, Really. Got questions? I invite you to the comment section of this blog.
See you there.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
Turkey,
Is this a mega-eatfest or what! A restaurant ad here in Richmond shows a thanksgiving meal designed to send diabetics into alimentary shock. Could’ve been just to convey the notion of plenty, but I do know that many people do eat that quantity of food at one sitting.
That being said, do you notice in the papers the week after Thanksgiving about people bemoaning the fact that they’re as stuffed as the turkey? To my “How are you?” Lester from Ontario said: “Oh, man, I’m stuffed. I can’t move!”
Here’s a question: why do we eat till we’re stuffed? One of the reasons is that we eat too quickly. I used to marvel at how quickly teenagers were able to inhale their lunch in school. Adults in office or other work settings also seem to often see their lunch time as a necessary inconvenience to be dispatched as soon as possible so that they can resume work. That describes me exactly when I was still teaching in school, until daily indigestion drove me to make a few changes.
Lester also said his wife was encouraging him to go out for a brisk walk after dinner, along with a few of their guests. As it happens, the weather has gotten rather chilly all of a sudden in Ontario, so they decided against it. I’m glad they did, as heavy meals followed by brisk walks are a good prescription for a heart attack. Especially if you’re coping with weight and diabetes as well. Lester’s doctor had told him to lose at least twenty pounds.
If you read my blog in the last 2 days you will have noticed some encouragement to exercise. There is an optimal time for us to do this, and this time may vary for each diabetic, depending on a host of other factors. There are also optimal types.
When Sammie was discussing her intake form with me she asked me if she would do well lifting weights. I told her yes, but start walking first. (See the last few blogs).
For Sammie, as for most other people wanting to start an exercise plan, I always say that the first weight to lift is the remote. Lift it up off the couch and put it on the TV. If your TV unit has a door, close it. Then put one foot in front of the other and aim for the front door. Amazing what it will do for you over time. Even more amazing is that a specific schedule, designed for you bu your coach, can even help reverse your diabetes and conquer diabesity.
Really? Yes, Really. Got questions? I invite you to the comment section of this blog.
See you there.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
Turkey,
October 11, 2009
Diabetes Alert! 1 in 5 in Canada
© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed. Diabesity Coach
Do you have thick weekend papers? We do. I wouldn’t like to be swatted with the one we get on Saturdays. There’s enough in it to keep you busy throughout the weekend and beyond—which, I guess, is the object of the exercise...
I caught a glimpse of the front-page headlines in my Mom’s newspaper yesterday. It featured a picture of a diabetic parent with her child. And the One-in-Five headline.
In Canada, One in Five have Type 2 diabetes or Pre-diabetes; the latter aren’t even aware that they have it. In the U.S. two-thirds of the population is obese, which means there are millions walking around feeling somewhat off, but don’t now they have either pre-diabetes or the full-blown version. The diabesity rate is soaring.
This is happening at a time when many changes are happening in our health care system. The article said it would scuttle the health care system in a few years.
Now think for a bit. Does everyone rush off to their doctor screaming “Help!”? If you’re obese you should. Either way, consider this. If you’re overweight, or worse, obese, this stresses your blood vessels.
Excess weight affects how you feel, your immune system, the number of chins you haveIf the fat is in the mid-section, which it all too often is, it’s in the most dangerous part of the anatomy.
Next, if you’re obese and have Type 2 diabetes, or don’t know you have it, you can ignore it, but if you do you might end up in the amputation room sooner than you think. So, what to do about it.
I would say far and away the first thing is to go see your doctor for the tests that confirms your diagnosis. Then get the education, and in tandem with that, deal with the stress. Even with the best-managed program if you keep getting stressed about it, if you resent the adjustments you are now going to have to make because of it.
Goodbye processed foods, farewell supersized portions, au revoir skipped breakfasts—hmmm, sounds like a good plan for anyone, if you ask me. Diabetes can actually be a gift—a wake-up call telling us we can’t sit on the couch and eat preservatives without it having a long-term effect on you.
The second thing you need to do is decide if you want to live. If you do, you need to shave off a few pounds real soon. Like twenty, maybe? I invite you to download the free report to the right of this page—it will explain why. You might want to add a comment to this blog when you’ve read it, and tell me what you think the third thing is that you need to do to save your life.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Cheers, and Happy Thanksgiving, if you’re in Canada. I’m going off to marinate my turkey for tomorrow’s dinner. White meat or dark?
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
Do you have thick weekend papers? We do. I wouldn’t like to be swatted with the one we get on Saturdays. There’s enough in it to keep you busy throughout the weekend and beyond—which, I guess, is the object of the exercise...
I caught a glimpse of the front-page headlines in my Mom’s newspaper yesterday. It featured a picture of a diabetic parent with her child. And the One-in-Five headline.
In Canada, One in Five have Type 2 diabetes or Pre-diabetes; the latter aren’t even aware that they have it. In the U.S. two-thirds of the population is obese, which means there are millions walking around feeling somewhat off, but don’t now they have either pre-diabetes or the full-blown version. The diabesity rate is soaring.
This is happening at a time when many changes are happening in our health care system. The article said it would scuttle the health care system in a few years.
Now think for a bit. Does everyone rush off to their doctor screaming “Help!”? If you’re obese you should. Either way, consider this. If you’re overweight, or worse, obese, this stresses your blood vessels.
Excess weight affects how you feel, your immune system, the number of chins you haveIf the fat is in the mid-section, which it all too often is, it’s in the most dangerous part of the anatomy.
Next, if you’re obese and have Type 2 diabetes, or don’t know you have it, you can ignore it, but if you do you might end up in the amputation room sooner than you think. So, what to do about it.
I would say far and away the first thing is to go see your doctor for the tests that confirms your diagnosis. Then get the education, and in tandem with that, deal with the stress. Even with the best-managed program if you keep getting stressed about it, if you resent the adjustments you are now going to have to make because of it.
Goodbye processed foods, farewell supersized portions, au revoir skipped breakfasts—hmmm, sounds like a good plan for anyone, if you ask me. Diabetes can actually be a gift—a wake-up call telling us we can’t sit on the couch and eat preservatives without it having a long-term effect on you.
The second thing you need to do is decide if you want to live. If you do, you need to shave off a few pounds real soon. Like twenty, maybe? I invite you to download the free report to the right of this page—it will explain why. You might want to add a comment to this blog when you’ve read it, and tell me what you think the third thing is that you need to do to save your life.
Look forward to hearing from you.
Cheers, and Happy Thanksgiving, if you’re in Canada. I’m going off to marinate my turkey for tomorrow’s dinner. White meat or dark?
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
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Walk your Heart! Diabesity Steps Upward
© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed. Diabesity Coach
So, you’ve got the meeting-point of diabetes and obesity. You’ve measured your waist and compared it to your height. You have diabesity. What now?
To those of you who read yesterday’s blog, no, I’m not posting a duplicate—please read on. Then post a comment and let me know if you can spot the differences, like with those pictures we used to have as children.
Did you walk yesterday? I mean for at least 30 uninterrupted minutes. If so, your heart is thanking you profusely for helping it avoid complications from diabetes. Every little bit helps. You’ve done well, made a valiant start. Keep it up, OK?
You walked yesterday, so you’ve taken the most difficult step—you’ve started. The first step in a journey of winners. You have helped your beleaguered heart.
You realize that your heart is intimately connected with your diabetes. With your blood glucose.
Look how you’ve started the miracle of the domino effect. Heard of the Butterfly Effect? Amazing. It’s a similar phenomenon.
You are overweight. You have diabetes. Your heart works overtime. You have insulin issues, your pancreas is struggling. When this happens the liver takes on an extra workload, as if its 500-plus jobs per day weren’t enough. Now the kidneys kick into high gear too, joining in the fray. Oh and incidentally, you have helped these organs which till now have been screaming for extra nutrients from the blood. Guess who does the pumping? You got it—the heart. And you’ve helped it pump more efficiently.
All the research shows how quickly the heart improves with exercise. You have made this possible. You have begun to control your glucose levels.
We started with weight compounded with diabetes; we ended up with the heart. And I want to assure you your brain appreciates what you’ve begun. We’ll come back to that another day, when we can talk about it in greater detail.
Let’s get back to walking.
It’s hot—but you walk anyway.
It’s cold—but you go in spite of it.
It’s raining—you willingly go, with your umbrella.
It’s foggy—you take your flashlight and go.
It’s late—you’ve made a promise to yourself; you put one foot in front of the other.
It’s early—but you get up with the first buzz of the alarm, and out you go.
No one to walk with—you are undaunted. You think beautiful thoughts as you step out.
You don’t have the right gear—you dress comfortably, and away you go.
You’re not in the mood—you know walking can easily improve your mood. You go.
You know that, if you have Type 2 diabetes, you can reverse it with lifestyle changes, the first of which is a regular exercise regimen. You have set a goal to see improvements in 3 months. You know you will see some sooner than that. Courage. You will.
Here’s something you might find helpful: if you go to the right of the page you can download a free report that gives you ten proven reasons why you must lose twenty pounds now. Go ahead, enter your details and download the report. Share it with a friend.
Then let me know if you find a reason that reminds you of something—for yourself or for a loved one. Let me know how you feel, having quashed ten excuses you used to make, and gone right out there and started walking. You deserve a huge pat on the back.
You’ve only got one heart. It needs your support. Your kidneys love you. A few weeks down the road, you will notice your eyes improving, with all that extra circulation.
Ditto for your ears, your legs and your arms. Every part of your anatomy is singing. Diabetes affects every one of them. It affects your limbs, your eyes, your nerves. So does excess weight. And you have begun to take charge of all that.
Four cheers for you, my courageous friend.
You got vertical. You put one foot in front of the other. Tomorrow, you will call a buddy and extend the invitation. Please tell me who you’re going to walk with tomorrow. Happy walking to two valiant people!
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Whether you need to lose those pesky 20 pounds,
work on prevention or regain health, I can help.
Call me. 604.276.8673
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
Richmond, B.C. Canada
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
So, you’ve got the meeting-point of diabetes and obesity. You’ve measured your waist and compared it to your height. You have diabesity. What now?
To those of you who read yesterday’s blog, no, I’m not posting a duplicate—please read on. Then post a comment and let me know if you can spot the differences, like with those pictures we used to have as children.
Did you walk yesterday? I mean for at least 30 uninterrupted minutes. If so, your heart is thanking you profusely for helping it avoid complications from diabetes. Every little bit helps. You’ve done well, made a valiant start. Keep it up, OK?
You walked yesterday, so you’ve taken the most difficult step—you’ve started. The first step in a journey of winners. You have helped your beleaguered heart.
You realize that your heart is intimately connected with your diabetes. With your blood glucose.
Look how you’ve started the miracle of the domino effect. Heard of the Butterfly Effect? Amazing. It’s a similar phenomenon.
You are overweight. You have diabetes. Your heart works overtime. You have insulin issues, your pancreas is struggling. When this happens the liver takes on an extra workload, as if its 500-plus jobs per day weren’t enough. Now the kidneys kick into high gear too, joining in the fray. Oh and incidentally, you have helped these organs which till now have been screaming for extra nutrients from the blood. Guess who does the pumping? You got it—the heart. And you’ve helped it pump more efficiently.
All the research shows how quickly the heart improves with exercise. You have made this possible. You have begun to control your glucose levels.
We started with weight compounded with diabetes; we ended up with the heart. And I want to assure you your brain appreciates what you’ve begun. We’ll come back to that another day, when we can talk about it in greater detail.
Let’s get back to walking.
It’s hot—but you walk anyway.
It’s cold—but you go in spite of it.
It’s raining—you willingly go, with your umbrella.
It’s foggy—you take your flashlight and go.
It’s late—you’ve made a promise to yourself; you put one foot in front of the other.
It’s early—but you get up with the first buzz of the alarm, and out you go.
No one to walk with—you are undaunted. You think beautiful thoughts as you step out.
You don’t have the right gear—you dress comfortably, and away you go.
You’re not in the mood—you know walking can easily improve your mood. You go.
You know that, if you have Type 2 diabetes, you can reverse it with lifestyle changes, the first of which is a regular exercise regimen. You have set a goal to see improvements in 3 months. You know you will see some sooner than that. Courage. You will.
Here’s something you might find helpful: if you go to the right of the page you can download a free report that gives you ten proven reasons why you must lose twenty pounds now. Go ahead, enter your details and download the report. Share it with a friend.
Then let me know if you find a reason that reminds you of something—for yourself or for a loved one. Let me know how you feel, having quashed ten excuses you used to make, and gone right out there and started walking. You deserve a huge pat on the back.
You’ve only got one heart. It needs your support. Your kidneys love you. A few weeks down the road, you will notice your eyes improving, with all that extra circulation.
Ditto for your ears, your legs and your arms. Every part of your anatomy is singing. Diabetes affects every one of them. It affects your limbs, your eyes, your nerves. So does excess weight. And you have begun to take charge of all that.
Four cheers for you, my courageous friend.
You got vertical. You put one foot in front of the other. Tomorrow, you will call a buddy and extend the invitation. Please tell me who you’re going to walk with tomorrow. Happy walking to two valiant people!
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Whether you need to lose those pesky 20 pounds,
work on prevention or regain health, I can help.
Call me. 604.276.8673
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
Richmond, B.C. Canada
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
October 10, 2009
Walk your Heart! Diabesity Dominoes.
© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed. Diabesity Coach
So, you’ve got the meeting-point of diabetes and obesity. You’ve measured your waist and done the compared it to your height. You have diabesity. What now?
Did you walk yesterday? I mean for at least 30 uninterrupted minutes. If so, your heart is thanking you profusely for helping it avoid complications from diabetes. Every little bit helps.
If you didn’ t walk yesterday, when will you start? When will you help your beleaguered heart?
And what, pray tell, you may ask, has my heart got to do with diabetest?
The answer is, everything. OK , Let’s take a look at the domino effect.
You are overweight. You have diabetes. Your heart works overtime. You have insulin issues, your pancreas is struggling. When this happens the liver takes on an extra workload, as if its 500-plus jobs per day weren’t enough. Now the kidneys kick into high gear too, joining in the fray. Oh and incidentally, all these organs are now screaming for extra nutrients from the blood. Guess who does the pumping? You got it—the heart.
We started with weight compounded with diabetes; we ended up with the heart. And I don’t get me started on the brain—we’ll keep that for another day, if you don’t mind.
But,let’s get back to walking.
It’s too hot—you don’t go.
It’s too cold—you don’t go.
It’s raining—you don’t go.
It’s too foggy—you don’t go.
It’s too late—you don’t go.
It’s too early—you don’t go.
No one to walk with—you don’t go.
You don’t have the right gear—you don’t go.
You’re not in the mood—you don’t go.
What difference is it going to make anyway—you don't go.
You now have 10 reasons not to help your heart.
Yet if you have Type 2 diabetes, you must have been told you can reverse it with lifestyle changes, the first of which is a regular exercise regimen.
Here’s something you might find helpful: if you go to the right of the page you can download a free report that gives you ten proven reasons why you must lose twenty pounds now. Go ahead, enter your details and download the report.
Then let me know if you find a reason that reminds you of something—for yourself or for a loved one.
You’ve only got one heart. It needs your support. If it were a matter of your kidneys, you could say –what the heck, I’ve got two of them; if one of them goes, I still have the other. Sure. Hey, that also applies to your eyes, your ears and your legs or arms. After all, some parts of your anatomy can be considered disposable, right?
Diabetes affects every one of them. It affects your limbs, your eyes, your nerves. So does excess weight.
Feel like getting vertical now? Let me show you how. Please read yesterday’s blog.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
So, you’ve got the meeting-point of diabetes and obesity. You’ve measured your waist and done the compared it to your height. You have diabesity. What now?
Did you walk yesterday? I mean for at least 30 uninterrupted minutes. If so, your heart is thanking you profusely for helping it avoid complications from diabetes. Every little bit helps.
If you didn’ t walk yesterday, when will you start? When will you help your beleaguered heart?
And what, pray tell, you may ask, has my heart got to do with diabetest?
The answer is, everything. OK , Let’s take a look at the domino effect.
You are overweight. You have diabetes. Your heart works overtime. You have insulin issues, your pancreas is struggling. When this happens the liver takes on an extra workload, as if its 500-plus jobs per day weren’t enough. Now the kidneys kick into high gear too, joining in the fray. Oh and incidentally, all these organs are now screaming for extra nutrients from the blood. Guess who does the pumping? You got it—the heart.
We started with weight compounded with diabetes; we ended up with the heart. And I don’t get me started on the brain—we’ll keep that for another day, if you don’t mind.
But,let’s get back to walking.
It’s too hot—you don’t go.
It’s too cold—you don’t go.
It’s raining—you don’t go.
It’s too foggy—you don’t go.
It’s too late—you don’t go.
It’s too early—you don’t go.
No one to walk with—you don’t go.
You don’t have the right gear—you don’t go.
You’re not in the mood—you don’t go.
What difference is it going to make anyway—you don't go.
You now have 10 reasons not to help your heart.
Yet if you have Type 2 diabetes, you must have been told you can reverse it with lifestyle changes, the first of which is a regular exercise regimen.
Here’s something you might find helpful: if you go to the right of the page you can download a free report that gives you ten proven reasons why you must lose twenty pounds now. Go ahead, enter your details and download the report.
Then let me know if you find a reason that reminds you of something—for yourself or for a loved one.
You’ve only got one heart. It needs your support. If it were a matter of your kidneys, you could say –what the heck, I’ve got two of them; if one of them goes, I still have the other. Sure. Hey, that also applies to your eyes, your ears and your legs or arms. After all, some parts of your anatomy can be considered disposable, right?
Diabetes affects every one of them. It affects your limbs, your eyes, your nerves. So does excess weight.
Feel like getting vertical now? Let me show you how. Please read yesterday’s blog.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
October 8, 2009
Weights, anyone?
© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed.
Now , if you’ve got Diabesity, don’t go overboard and get a set of 10-pound weights. We’ll talk about anaerobics another day.
In yesterday’s blog I mentioned getting into the game for World Food Day. I also mentioned we were going to talk about exercise today. If you’ve got some weights, fine. Hold off for a moment. Unless you already have a safe, well-designed routine.
First, think aerobic exercise, which is designed to raise your heart rate and get the oxygen flowing in your arteries faster than it’s doing now. To do this, all you have to do is start walking. And I don’t mean walking from the couch to the fridge. Let’s take it one step at a time (no pun intended).
First, if you want to take care of pre-diabetes or full-blown diabetes, you need to ask yourself if you want to do this. If not, keep reading just the same, and see if there’s something in this exercise thing for you. Meanwhile, if you don’t mind, I’ll go ahead with those who want to lick diabesity now!
Get into some comfortable clothing and a pair of well-cushioned walking shoes. Sneakers that still have some good, strong tread will do the trick. Better if they’ve not been worn continually for more than 6 months.
Decide when you’re going to walk daily. Don’t decide one day at a time. Decide for the whole week. Write it in your calendar. And write the exact time. Starting time and finishing time. Done?
Next, do find someone to walk with you. You don’t have to have the same partner every day. Some days, you can walk alone. But I can tell you that one of the best ways to ensure you’ll stick to it is having a buddy to walk with, even if it’s your dog. (To quote my Spaniel-besotted aunt: “Dogs are people too!”) You can bet your bottom dollar Fido will come with a leash and badger you right on schedule once he figures out you’re doing this just for him. I have a friend who walks her cat—yes CAT—on a leash every day, and woe betide her ankles if she’s half a minute late!
In fact, you might want to make a pact with a friend that you’ll do each other’s ankle-biting on alternate days!
Have fun, and happy walking. I’ll check in with you in 5 days and show you what to do next.
Meanwhile, I’ll look for your blog comments or questions on this experience.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Whether you need to lose those pesky 20 pounds,
work on prevention or regain health, I can help.
Call me. 604.276.8673
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
Richmond, B.C. Canada
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
Now , if you’ve got Diabesity, don’t go overboard and get a set of 10-pound weights. We’ll talk about anaerobics another day.
In yesterday’s blog I mentioned getting into the game for World Food Day. I also mentioned we were going to talk about exercise today. If you’ve got some weights, fine. Hold off for a moment. Unless you already have a safe, well-designed routine.
First, think aerobic exercise, which is designed to raise your heart rate and get the oxygen flowing in your arteries faster than it’s doing now. To do this, all you have to do is start walking. And I don’t mean walking from the couch to the fridge. Let’s take it one step at a time (no pun intended).
First, if you want to take care of pre-diabetes or full-blown diabetes, you need to ask yourself if you want to do this. If not, keep reading just the same, and see if there’s something in this exercise thing for you. Meanwhile, if you don’t mind, I’ll go ahead with those who want to lick diabesity now!
Get into some comfortable clothing and a pair of well-cushioned walking shoes. Sneakers that still have some good, strong tread will do the trick. Better if they’ve not been worn continually for more than 6 months.
Decide when you’re going to walk daily. Don’t decide one day at a time. Decide for the whole week. Write it in your calendar. And write the exact time. Starting time and finishing time. Done?
Next, do find someone to walk with you. You don’t have to have the same partner every day. Some days, you can walk alone. But I can tell you that one of the best ways to ensure you’ll stick to it is having a buddy to walk with, even if it’s your dog. (To quote my Spaniel-besotted aunt: “Dogs are people too!”) You can bet your bottom dollar Fido will come with a leash and badger you right on schedule once he figures out you’re doing this just for him. I have a friend who walks her cat—yes CAT—on a leash every day, and woe betide her ankles if she’s half a minute late!
In fact, you might want to make a pact with a friend that you’ll do each other’s ankle-biting on alternate days!
Have fun, and happy walking. I’ll check in with you in 5 days and show you what to do next.
Meanwhile, I’ll look for your blog comments or questions on this experience.
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Whether you need to lose those pesky 20 pounds,
work on prevention or regain health, I can help.
Call me. 604.276.8673
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
Richmond, B.C. Canada
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
October 7, 2009
World Food Day & Diabesity
© Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed.
If you have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes your doctor will no doubt have told you that you need to make some lifestyle changes. For the majority this would, for starters, involve losing twenty pounds.
But let’s not get into flights of fancy just yet. My question to you is, do you even believe that pre-diabetes, or “Syndrome X”, could develop into full-blown diabetes? That it can dovetail very quickly with high cholesterol, inflamed arteries, heart attacks, kidney problems, foot problems resulting in loss of sensation or amputation, blindness, and a host of other issues?
Do you know it can be reversed with lifestyle changes?
When I received an e-notice today about an event here in Richmond for World Food Day, I thought what a good opportunity for pre-diabetics, diabetics and those with diabesity to make a serious lifestyle change that will make a real difference to them even in the next 3 years. What a good time to try something new—if you’re ready for it, that is.
Here in Richmond several excellent initiatives have been launched in favour of going back to our agricultural roots. We have the Fruit Tree sharing Project, where produce is grown and tended by volunteers and given to those in need.
There is also quite a following for the 10-mile diet. Those who espouse the wisdom of this move do their level best only to buy produce from local farms. We have a number of superb ones within a 10-minute drive, and I have been stockpiling blueberries and cranberries for a couple of months now. One more bag of cranberries and my freezer will explode.
Now, I was just thinking, if each person with any degree of diabesity would swear off processed foods and go for the 10-miler, cooking from scratch beginning today, you would notice a marked change in how you felt even by World Food Day, which is on October 16.
I invite you to create an entry in this blog and share your insights with other pre-diabetics. I would love to hear from you, and try out your recommendations. If you have any from-scratch recipes to share, you’ve only to post them. I’m sure everyone will enjoy them.
Next blog, we can talk about starting an exercise program.
Meanwhile, bon appétit!
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
Richmond, B.C. Canada
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
If you have been diagnosed with pre-diabetes your doctor will no doubt have told you that you need to make some lifestyle changes. For the majority this would, for starters, involve losing twenty pounds.
But let’s not get into flights of fancy just yet. My question to you is, do you even believe that pre-diabetes, or “Syndrome X”, could develop into full-blown diabetes? That it can dovetail very quickly with high cholesterol, inflamed arteries, heart attacks, kidney problems, foot problems resulting in loss of sensation or amputation, blindness, and a host of other issues?
Do you know it can be reversed with lifestyle changes?
When I received an e-notice today about an event here in Richmond for World Food Day, I thought what a good opportunity for pre-diabetics, diabetics and those with diabesity to make a serious lifestyle change that will make a real difference to them even in the next 3 years. What a good time to try something new—if you’re ready for it, that is.
Here in Richmond several excellent initiatives have been launched in favour of going back to our agricultural roots. We have the Fruit Tree sharing Project, where produce is grown and tended by volunteers and given to those in need.
There is also quite a following for the 10-mile diet. Those who espouse the wisdom of this move do their level best only to buy produce from local farms. We have a number of superb ones within a 10-minute drive, and I have been stockpiling blueberries and cranberries for a couple of months now. One more bag of cranberries and my freezer will explode.
Now, I was just thinking, if each person with any degree of diabesity would swear off processed foods and go for the 10-miler, cooking from scratch beginning today, you would notice a marked change in how you felt even by World Food Day, which is on October 16.
I invite you to create an entry in this blog and share your insights with other pre-diabetics. I would love to hear from you, and try out your recommendations. If you have any from-scratch recipes to share, you’ve only to post them. I’m sure everyone will enjoy them.
Next blog, we can talk about starting an exercise program.
Meanwhile, bon appétit!
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
Richmond, B.C. Canada
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
Pass the Sweeteners, Please
Do you use artificial sweeteners?
Wendy does. In fact, we hadn’t spoken for a couple of weeks; she’d been out of town, caring for her sister who’d just had bariatric surgery. “I’m very proud of myself”, she announced, ”I didn’t touch a single candy while in New York, and no sugar either. Not a single spoonful”.
We’re making progress here.
I was really curious. How on earth had she managed? Her sweet tooth was largely responsible for her diabetes diagnosis. This was someone who went for three-spoonful cups of coffee, sugar on corn flakes, and don’t even get me started on the snacks.
“I presume applause is in order?” “You betcha’, says Wendy. “I quit cold turkey”.
“Tell me, when you were at the hospital, did you leave your sister’s room every now and then to get a cup of coffee?”
“Oh yes, every day. There was a nice coffee shop in the lobby with little round tables, and there were 3 or 4 varieties of sweetener on the tables”.
OK, it’s beginning to make sense now.
I didn’t have to wait for the other shoe to drop.
“And…”
“Well, I read the packets, and they said there were no calories in them, so I put 3 or 4 in my coffee”.
Yikes.
“And how did you like the taste?”
“Oh, I loved it! It was quite sweet enough, and, best of all, there were no calories”.
Wendy, we gotta talk.
I explained that the brand she had chosen contained a substance that was 600 times sweeter than sugar. The no-sugar claim on the packet actually meant 4 grams of it. (Just a quirk of food labeling—we won’t get into that here. Just that manufacturers are allowed to say 'no sugar' if it’s 4 grams or less).
With 3 or 4 packets per cup of coffee, four times a day, we’re talking possibly more sugar than Wendy would have ingested had she used plain, ordinary sugar.
“Omigod! Really?”
“Really”. And shall I tell you what those sweeteners do once they’re in your body?”
“No. I’d rather not know. Just tell me where to go from here”.
“Well, for starters, could we talk about your water intake? Can you fit in a couple of extra glasses on top of the number we worked out for your body weight in August?”
If you’d like to know more about what artificial sweeteners do, just add a comment or question in this blog and I’ll get back to you. Let me know if you want a 25-word reply, a 50-word one, or the whole enchilada at 1000 words.
See you there!
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
Wendy does. In fact, we hadn’t spoken for a couple of weeks; she’d been out of town, caring for her sister who’d just had bariatric surgery. “I’m very proud of myself”, she announced, ”I didn’t touch a single candy while in New York, and no sugar either. Not a single spoonful”.
We’re making progress here.
I was really curious. How on earth had she managed? Her sweet tooth was largely responsible for her diabetes diagnosis. This was someone who went for three-spoonful cups of coffee, sugar on corn flakes, and don’t even get me started on the snacks.
“I presume applause is in order?” “You betcha’, says Wendy. “I quit cold turkey”.
“Tell me, when you were at the hospital, did you leave your sister’s room every now and then to get a cup of coffee?”
“Oh yes, every day. There was a nice coffee shop in the lobby with little round tables, and there were 3 or 4 varieties of sweetener on the tables”.
OK, it’s beginning to make sense now.
I didn’t have to wait for the other shoe to drop.
“And…”
“Well, I read the packets, and they said there were no calories in them, so I put 3 or 4 in my coffee”.
Yikes.
“And how did you like the taste?”
“Oh, I loved it! It was quite sweet enough, and, best of all, there were no calories”.
Wendy, we gotta talk.
I explained that the brand she had chosen contained a substance that was 600 times sweeter than sugar. The no-sugar claim on the packet actually meant 4 grams of it. (Just a quirk of food labeling—we won’t get into that here. Just that manufacturers are allowed to say 'no sugar' if it’s 4 grams or less).
With 3 or 4 packets per cup of coffee, four times a day, we’re talking possibly more sugar than Wendy would have ingested had she used plain, ordinary sugar.
“Omigod! Really?”
“Really”. And shall I tell you what those sweeteners do once they’re in your body?”
“No. I’d rather not know. Just tell me where to go from here”.
“Well, for starters, could we talk about your water intake? Can you fit in a couple of extra glasses on top of the number we worked out for your body weight in August?”
If you’d like to know more about what artificial sweeteners do, just add a comment or question in this blog and I’ll get back to you. Let me know if you want a 25-word reply, a 50-word one, or the whole enchilada at 1000 words.
See you there!
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
http://www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
http://www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
mailto:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
October 5, 2009
In Love With Sugar
Jacquelyn Johnston, M. Ed. Diabesity Coach
Back when I was still teaching school the kids were the world’s finest experts at having parties. Any excuse was good: if the team won, we had a party. If a major project was finished, we had a party. And what did the party consist of? Here’s a sample menu: assorted sodas, chips, cheesies, and such diabesity-inducing delights. Then the almighty pizza. Store-bought confections. Plus candy of every description. Yay, diabesity! Parents had brought them in, and I could only look and shake my head.
The kids always wanted to know why I didn’t eat. I wanted to know why they did.
I should have given them a test there and then called "Spot the Sugar".
It was the Friday of the week we dissected rats. The sight of these rodents all over the lab, splayed open in wax trays with organs and intestines laid out on trays for slides—the students’ folders detailing every stage of the dissections—surely this would be enough to put them off. Ah! The assumptions misguided teachers make!
Before dismissal I said they could leave their evaluation folders on the lab benches for me to mark. We would do the safe specimen disposal on Monday, after which they would start dissecting cows’ eyes. Chuckle, chuckle, I hear.
About ten minutes before dismissal there they were, the faithful parents, bearing gifts. The menu: assorted sodas, chips, cheesies, and such diabesity-inducing delights. Then the almighty pizza. Store-bought confections. Plus candy of every description. Yay, diabesity! Ring a bell? Mamma Mia, thought I, no wonder half the nation’s kids are obese, and the rate of Type 2 Diabetes is rising exponentially.
So what’s my beef about pop? All my best-laid lesson plans on sound nutrition, all the videos I had shown about the effects of sugar and foods that had a high glycemic value, that converted themselves to sugar as fast as greased lightning; had I been I talking to the wall?
Well, on came the music, LOUD de rigueur. Chomp, chomp, guzzle, guzzle—everything was inhaled in no time flat. When the janitor came in with his vacuum, he joined in to fun too.
What on earth had they learnt that semester?
I know I had learnt that it was deathly hard to buck the trend. That if adults regard pop and chips as party staples, kids will follow suit. I would have to work a lot harder to get this generation to make the paradigm shift. We had a nation’s lives to save.
I should have advised the kids to go into a career as party planners.
What’s standard party fare for you? Let me know in the comment section, OK?
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
Back when I was still teaching school the kids were the world’s finest experts at having parties. Any excuse was good: if the team won, we had a party. If a major project was finished, we had a party. And what did the party consist of? Here’s a sample menu: assorted sodas, chips, cheesies, and such diabesity-inducing delights. Then the almighty pizza. Store-bought confections. Plus candy of every description. Yay, diabesity! Parents had brought them in, and I could only look and shake my head.
The kids always wanted to know why I didn’t eat. I wanted to know why they did.
I should have given them a test there and then called "Spot the Sugar".
It was the Friday of the week we dissected rats. The sight of these rodents all over the lab, splayed open in wax trays with organs and intestines laid out on trays for slides—the students’ folders detailing every stage of the dissections—surely this would be enough to put them off. Ah! The assumptions misguided teachers make!
Before dismissal I said they could leave their evaluation folders on the lab benches for me to mark. We would do the safe specimen disposal on Monday, after which they would start dissecting cows’ eyes. Chuckle, chuckle, I hear.
About ten minutes before dismissal there they were, the faithful parents, bearing gifts. The menu: assorted sodas, chips, cheesies, and such diabesity-inducing delights. Then the almighty pizza. Store-bought confections. Plus candy of every description. Yay, diabesity! Ring a bell? Mamma Mia, thought I, no wonder half the nation’s kids are obese, and the rate of Type 2 Diabetes is rising exponentially.
So what’s my beef about pop? All my best-laid lesson plans on sound nutrition, all the videos I had shown about the effects of sugar and foods that had a high glycemic value, that converted themselves to sugar as fast as greased lightning; had I been I talking to the wall?
Well, on came the music, LOUD de rigueur. Chomp, chomp, guzzle, guzzle—everything was inhaled in no time flat. When the janitor came in with his vacuum, he joined in to fun too.
What on earth had they learnt that semester?
I know I had learnt that it was deathly hard to buck the trend. That if adults regard pop and chips as party staples, kids will follow suit. I would have to work a lot harder to get this generation to make the paradigm shift. We had a nation’s lives to save.
I should have advised the kids to go into a career as party planners.
What’s standard party fare for you? Let me know in the comment section, OK?
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Richmond, B.C. Canada
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
Diabetics Doubling
Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed. Diabesity Coach
Ticket number…338147…Robert Coulter! A jubilant Mr. Coulter works his way up to the stage, holds up his prize, a carriage clock, and shows it to the attendees. And as he does that, his tummy pops out between the bottom of his T-shirt and his belt-line.
The audience was really polite.
I was at a huge family-oriented event this evening when this father of two got up to receive a prize. He had to weave through a maze of round tables, and weave his way back. He had quite a lot of difficulty with many of the chairs, as there was very little space between them.
At one point, Robert Coulter got stuck. There was simply no room for him between two chairs. Robert must have been carrying a 70-pound paunch around. He got quite short of breath just walking up to the stage, and even more so as he tried to get back to his own table. By that time, his face was red as a beetroot.
There, thought I , was a classic profile of the diabetic. Not all diabetics have the complication of obesity, but obesity is all too often a significant precursor of diabetes.
In Robert’s case, he most likely either had it or was struggling with pre-diabetes, something two-thirds of obese people don’t even know.
But let’s not even look at the disease of diabesity itself. As Robert got back to his table his twin toddlers were straining to see what the prize was. It was somewhere between funny and sad to see the two vying for a place on Daddy’s lap when they both slid off after several tries.
There simply wasn’t enough room on Daddy’s lap to house a kid. He ended up having one kid stand on each side of him as he showed them the clock. It’s things like this that make you wonder what’s keeping him and the millions of other diabesity sufferers from making a decision to lose some of that weight. Especially the weight around the middle, the most dangerous fat there is.
My thought was, here was a Dad who obviously loved his children. Did he know he was well on his way to a heart attack if he didn’t do something about his girth? Would he still be around when the twins were 10? If so, would he have the energy to play catch with them as they grew up? Would they, as teens, have to worry about Dad because he was going for dialysis twice or three times a week? And how would this affect his wife?
What about the nurse who would have to turn him on hospital bed?
The prospect of blindness or amputation?
Did he know that the incidence of diabetes had doubled in the last two decades?
What do you think?
Let me know on the blog, OK?
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Whether you need to lose those pesky 20 pounds,
work on prevention or regain health, I can help.
Call me. 604.276.8673
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
Richmond, B.C. Canada
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
Ticket number…338147…Robert Coulter! A jubilant Mr. Coulter works his way up to the stage, holds up his prize, a carriage clock, and shows it to the attendees. And as he does that, his tummy pops out between the bottom of his T-shirt and his belt-line.
The audience was really polite.
I was at a huge family-oriented event this evening when this father of two got up to receive a prize. He had to weave through a maze of round tables, and weave his way back. He had quite a lot of difficulty with many of the chairs, as there was very little space between them.
At one point, Robert Coulter got stuck. There was simply no room for him between two chairs. Robert must have been carrying a 70-pound paunch around. He got quite short of breath just walking up to the stage, and even more so as he tried to get back to his own table. By that time, his face was red as a beetroot.
There, thought I , was a classic profile of the diabetic. Not all diabetics have the complication of obesity, but obesity is all too often a significant precursor of diabetes.
In Robert’s case, he most likely either had it or was struggling with pre-diabetes, something two-thirds of obese people don’t even know.
But let’s not even look at the disease of diabesity itself. As Robert got back to his table his twin toddlers were straining to see what the prize was. It was somewhere between funny and sad to see the two vying for a place on Daddy’s lap when they both slid off after several tries.
There simply wasn’t enough room on Daddy’s lap to house a kid. He ended up having one kid stand on each side of him as he showed them the clock. It’s things like this that make you wonder what’s keeping him and the millions of other diabesity sufferers from making a decision to lose some of that weight. Especially the weight around the middle, the most dangerous fat there is.
My thought was, here was a Dad who obviously loved his children. Did he know he was well on his way to a heart attack if he didn’t do something about his girth? Would he still be around when the twins were 10? If so, would he have the energy to play catch with them as they grew up? Would they, as teens, have to worry about Dad because he was going for dialysis twice or three times a week? And how would this affect his wife?
What about the nurse who would have to turn him on hospital bed?
The prospect of blindness or amputation?
Did he know that the incidence of diabetes had doubled in the last two decades?
What do you think?
Let me know on the blog, OK?
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Whether you need to lose those pesky 20 pounds,
work on prevention or regain health, I can help.
Call me. 604.276.8673
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
Richmond, B.C. Canada
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
October 2, 2009
Plane Flies into Building
Jacquelyn Johnston, M. Ed., Diabesity Coach
No, this is not about 9-11, although the thought did cross the mind of every person who witnessed it on October 19, 2007, in Richmond, BC. What crossed my mind when I read the paper this evening was how the denial of diabesity can lead to disaster.
Sit back while I tell you the story. Why am I telling you a story that’s 2 years old? Because the findings only just came out today.
This is the most tragic Diabesity story I know.
On October 19, 2007, my brother called me at about 4 pm with: “Switch on your TV. A guy flew his plane into a building a couple of streets from yours”. I couldn’t switch on my TV, as I was in my car, on my way to pick up a friend from a bus stop in that very area. I had to double back and go home, as there were police barricades everywhere, and policemen at every corner, diverting the traffic. The entire area was cordoned off for about ten blocks either way.
82-year-old Peter Garrison had just flown his plane straight into the 9th floor of a 15-floor condo complex, dying on impact. Fortunately, the residents of that charred apartment were not in that day, so were spared a fiery demise. The last thing they’d expected to find in their living room was a plane wreck and a dead pilot.
Police and Fire Services evacuated hundreds of people from surrounding apartments in record time. They became instantly homeless. The building was declared unfit for human habitation for months after that, and as I went on my daily walks I looked up to see the scaffolding go up and the workmen doing the restoration.
Peter had had three accidents before that. He was overweight, had Type 2 Diabetes (this equals Diabesity), had had a heart attack 10 years earlier, had high blood pressure and was on medication for all these conditions.
Many questions are now being asked. Why was he allowed to fly? Why did his doctor not warn Transport Canada about Peter’s medical condition, especially after the first accident?
One of the questions I have is, why did Peter himself decide to fly, in face of one of the worst medical combo anyone could have?
How many people exist out there who are in the same situation? “Ah, I’m just a coupla pounds overweight; nothing’s gonna happen”. Just sit down and count all the people who would be affected if you had a diabesity crisis of any sort. I’m curious why people think, in spite of the fact their belts don’t fit and the scales don’t lie, they are different. They won’t be affected by high blood pressure. Or blindness, or amputation, kidney disease or a stroke. Everyone else but me.
What will it take for you to decide you need to lose twenty pounds now? Peter’s story illustrated one thing that can happen. Don’t be the next one. Call me and we’ll devise an action plan.
If you recognize any of the above symptoms you need to take action now. Denial can mean a plane flies into a building.
Ciao for now.
Jacquelyn
No, this is not about 9-11, although the thought did cross the mind of every person who witnessed it on October 19, 2007, in Richmond, BC. What crossed my mind when I read the paper this evening was how the denial of diabesity can lead to disaster.
Sit back while I tell you the story. Why am I telling you a story that’s 2 years old? Because the findings only just came out today.
This is the most tragic Diabesity story I know.
On October 19, 2007, my brother called me at about 4 pm with: “Switch on your TV. A guy flew his plane into a building a couple of streets from yours”. I couldn’t switch on my TV, as I was in my car, on my way to pick up a friend from a bus stop in that very area. I had to double back and go home, as there were police barricades everywhere, and policemen at every corner, diverting the traffic. The entire area was cordoned off for about ten blocks either way.
82-year-old Peter Garrison had just flown his plane straight into the 9th floor of a 15-floor condo complex, dying on impact. Fortunately, the residents of that charred apartment were not in that day, so were spared a fiery demise. The last thing they’d expected to find in their living room was a plane wreck and a dead pilot.
Police and Fire Services evacuated hundreds of people from surrounding apartments in record time. They became instantly homeless. The building was declared unfit for human habitation for months after that, and as I went on my daily walks I looked up to see the scaffolding go up and the workmen doing the restoration.
Peter had had three accidents before that. He was overweight, had Type 2 Diabetes (this equals Diabesity), had had a heart attack 10 years earlier, had high blood pressure and was on medication for all these conditions.
Many questions are now being asked. Why was he allowed to fly? Why did his doctor not warn Transport Canada about Peter’s medical condition, especially after the first accident?
One of the questions I have is, why did Peter himself decide to fly, in face of one of the worst medical combo anyone could have?
How many people exist out there who are in the same situation? “Ah, I’m just a coupla pounds overweight; nothing’s gonna happen”. Just sit down and count all the people who would be affected if you had a diabesity crisis of any sort. I’m curious why people think, in spite of the fact their belts don’t fit and the scales don’t lie, they are different. They won’t be affected by high blood pressure. Or blindness, or amputation, kidney disease or a stroke. Everyone else but me.
What will it take for you to decide you need to lose twenty pounds now? Peter’s story illustrated one thing that can happen. Don’t be the next one. Call me and we’ll devise an action plan.
If you recognize any of the above symptoms you need to take action now. Denial can mean a plane flies into a building.
Ciao for now.
Jacquelyn
October 1, 2009
H1N1 and Diabetes
Jacquelyn Johnston, M.Ed. Diabesity Coach
You already know if you’ve been following my blog, that Diabetics are at least 50% more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics. If diabetes is combined with obesity, the odds are upped to at least 70%. And that’s a conservative estimate.
I was telling this to Jake over coffee on Monday, and he asked how the stats would be affected if H1N1 struck. “Well, that’s a great question” says I. “I really don’t know. We’ll have to wait and see what stats come up over time”. He knew from our previous conversations that Diabesity compromised the whole immune system and wanted a magic pill that would take care of business FAST. (Sigh!)
“Now,Jake—you know there’s no such thing as a magic pill” I continue, but…but—here’s the closest thing”.
“I already know what you’re going to say, Jacquelyn. You’re going to tell me to drink 8 glasses of water a day”. He was sure he was one up on me.
“Pretty close! Jake, I’m not going to tell you to do anything! And you don’t have to drink 8 glasses a day. That went out with cassette tapes. What you do is drink half your weight in ounces. And that’s not all. You want to know if your tap water’s chlorinated. If you want to get the best from the water you drink it has to be alkaline, and free of metals and bugs for starters”.
“Alkaline? What do you mean?”
“Well, if you go to the health food store and get a little bottle of pH tester, put a few drops in your water and match it against this chart here, you’ll see”. When you’ve got the tester, call me and read me the number you land on. It’s so easy your grandchild could do it”. I gave Jake the handy chart and off he went.
On Wednesday morning he called me with “It’s a 5”. I told him what to do next.
Jake knows how acidic most meat-based diets are. I’ve explained it all to him and recommended doing his liver a favour by going easy on the meat once a week to begin with. He’s been very good with that, and has begun to lose some weight. He’s hoping to get through winter without the usual cold. He knows it’s entirely possible.
I’ve also told him all this hype about H1N1 is pretty irrelevant. That if he strengthens his immune system by making his body more alkaline he will be better able to fight any bug that comes his way. That’s two for the price of one: take care of diabesity and you’ll take care of the swine ‘flu. And the first oinkment he needs is not that mercury and squalene-ridden (not to mention the other stuff) vaccine, but water. Filtered, alkaline water.
Plus the other stuff I will tell him about tomorrow. To know what Jake will hear tomorrow, let me know in the comment section if you’d like to join the conversation.
Cheers,
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Whether you need to lose those pesky 20 pounds,
work on prevention or regain health, I can help.
Call me. 604.276.8673
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
Richmond, B.C. Canada
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
You already know if you’ve been following my blog, that Diabetics are at least 50% more vulnerable to heart attacks than non-diabetics. If diabetes is combined with obesity, the odds are upped to at least 70%. And that’s a conservative estimate.
I was telling this to Jake over coffee on Monday, and he asked how the stats would be affected if H1N1 struck. “Well, that’s a great question” says I. “I really don’t know. We’ll have to wait and see what stats come up over time”. He knew from our previous conversations that Diabesity compromised the whole immune system and wanted a magic pill that would take care of business FAST. (Sigh!)
“Now,Jake—you know there’s no such thing as a magic pill” I continue, but…but—here’s the closest thing”.
“I already know what you’re going to say, Jacquelyn. You’re going to tell me to drink 8 glasses of water a day”. He was sure he was one up on me.
“Pretty close! Jake, I’m not going to tell you to do anything! And you don’t have to drink 8 glasses a day. That went out with cassette tapes. What you do is drink half your weight in ounces. And that’s not all. You want to know if your tap water’s chlorinated. If you want to get the best from the water you drink it has to be alkaline, and free of metals and bugs for starters”.
“Alkaline? What do you mean?”
“Well, if you go to the health food store and get a little bottle of pH tester, put a few drops in your water and match it against this chart here, you’ll see”. When you’ve got the tester, call me and read me the number you land on. It’s so easy your grandchild could do it”. I gave Jake the handy chart and off he went.
On Wednesday morning he called me with “It’s a 5”. I told him what to do next.
Jake knows how acidic most meat-based diets are. I’ve explained it all to him and recommended doing his liver a favour by going easy on the meat once a week to begin with. He’s been very good with that, and has begun to lose some weight. He’s hoping to get through winter without the usual cold. He knows it’s entirely possible.
I’ve also told him all this hype about H1N1 is pretty irrelevant. That if he strengthens his immune system by making his body more alkaline he will be better able to fight any bug that comes his way. That’s two for the price of one: take care of diabesity and you’ll take care of the swine ‘flu. And the first oinkment he needs is not that mercury and squalene-ridden (not to mention the other stuff) vaccine, but water. Filtered, alkaline water.
Plus the other stuff I will tell him about tomorrow. To know what Jake will hear tomorrow, let me know in the comment section if you’d like to join the conversation.
Cheers,
Jacquelyn
Jacquelyn Johnston M.Ed.
Professional Health Coach and Educator,
Solutions and Support for Optimal Health
Whether you need to lose those pesky 20 pounds,
work on prevention or regain health, I can help.
Call me. 604.276.8673
www.LifestyleForLongevity.com
www.LoseTwentyPoundsNow.com
Richmond, B.C. Canada
mail to:jj@lifestyleforlongevity.com
Tel. 604.276.8673 Fax. 604.276.8675
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