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There are many (too many) things in life that are totally out of our control. And, until recently, many believed that we had little control over whether we would develop diseases such as cancer and heart disease. We now know, that lifestyle plays a large role in these diseases, and healthy living can actually prevent or minimize your risk.
Did you know that...
More than 50% of cancer deaths could be prevented through healthy lifestyle choices like not smoking or using other tobacco products, maintaining a healthy body weight, getting regular physical activity, eating a healthy diet, limiting alcohol consumption and getting cancer screening tests.
Are your lifestyle or food choices, putting your health at risk? Do you feel like adjusting your lifestyle and diet would be too difficult? Have you tried and failed in the past? Would you like to be making better food and lifestyle choices, but you're just not sure how to go about it? Are you trying to model good eating habits for your children? If you have answered yes to any of these questions...I may have just the thing for you.
It's called The Great American Eat Right Challenge and it is sponsored by The American Cancer Society.
Eat your way to better health. What you eat (or don't eat) and how active you are can influence your risk of developing cancer. Learn about the best ways to reduce your risk through simple lifestyle changes.
The American Cancer Society promotes the Great American Health Challenge to educate Americans about how to reduce cancer risk. The Great American Health Challenge, a year-long program, encourages Americans to make a commitment to take the following actions to reduce their cancer risk or detect cancer when it is most treatable.
The best part is, you can get started right now. Take about five minutes and answer a couple of Health Check Questions - just click on the get started button. Once you are finished, you will instantly receive a personalized health action plan, that you can share with your doctor.
If you are ready to make healthy lifestyle changes, this program will give you everything you need, by providing you with tools to help you with all aspects of the program. Here is some of what you'll find at the Great American Eat Right Challenge website...
Learn about Shopping and Cooking Smart.
The first step to cooking healthy is to stock your kitchen with a variety of foods that you can throw together for healthy meals in a hurry. Keep these foods on hand for fast meals on busy nights.
- Get a shopping list of healthy foods.
- Find quick and healthy entrees.
- Learn how to cut calories and fat, without cutting the flavor.
- Watch the shopping smart video.
Here is a YouTube Video on The Great American Eat Right Challenge...
Also, learn how to take control of your weight.
Controlling the portion sizes of meals.
See a list of health snacks.
Get some great healthy recipes.
Are you ready to start The Great American Eat Right Challenge? Now that summer vacations are winding down, this may be the perfect time for you to begin a healthy lifestyle program.
If you're looking for inspiration, check out Carmen from The Elff Diet (Eat Less Fatty Foods). Carmen has lost over 75 pounds, and has been keeping it off since 2006. Carmen's blog is great. She talks about her successes as well as her struggles. Carmen has a wonderful way of making you feel like...you can do it too.
Yes, I did lose a lot of weight. And I did it the old fashioned way. I ate less fatty foods and moved more.
I lost 80 pounds between January of 2005, when I made a New Year's Resolution to get in shape, and May of 2006. I've kept all but five pounds away from my body since then. I've discovered many cool things about myself during this time - I can climb the rope at the gym, punch and kick like no one's business at Muy Thai, and was amazed and astounded to be awarded my first belt rank for capoeira this past spring. I completed a dozen 5K's, 2 8K's and one Half
