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YOUR FUTURE HEALTH

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BE HEALTHY IN 20 YEARS

Invest in your health today and increase your chances of remaining vigorous in the future. Here are some tips to making sure that happens.

  • Keep your muscles strong. If you’re sedentary, you can lose 8 percent of your muscle mass between ages 40 and 50. Muscle loss means less physical strength. How will you fare in 20 years with less strength than you have today?
  • Be aware of your posture. Hunching over your computer can tighten your chest muscles and weaken those in your upper back. This imbalance can lead to back and neck pain. Stretch and strengthen your muscles.
  • Eat fish twice a week. Most brains shrink with age, more so after age 60, but eating fish can slow that progress. Studies have shown that people who eat baked or broiled fish at least once a week show less brain volume shrinkage in key areas related to dementia compared to those who consumed less fish. The Omega-3 fatty acids in fish have been linked in research to better brain health because they reduce inflammation.
  • Cut calories. Overeating may be harmful to our brains. Consuming more than 2,140 calories a day doubles the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment over the course of 12 months. “Eat less to prevent memory loss,” says Yonas E. Geda, MD.

 

LET’S SHARE THE INSPIRATION

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A few days ago I received an email from one of  my readers. Mary wrote to ask for a copy of one of my past newsletters, which she inadvertently deleted.  Then she went on to say:

“This also gives me the chance to tell you how much I loved your book. I couldn’t put it down, it was such an inspiration. I am also 72 and have always been into exercise and it has really paid off.”

I thanked Mary for her kind words and asked her if she would post that statement as a review on my Amazon book page. “Please help me spread the word of health and well-being” I said, “this world needs healing and we all can be healers contributing even in small ways.”

I have been a seeker of inspiration for 26 years. Inspiration feeds my soul.  Part of my day is spent reading inspirational literature. I like to fill my mind with the good, the holy and the beautiful. It’s my way of neutralizing the negativity we are exposed to every moment of our day: criticism, bickering, judgment, blaming and despair. Embedded in these qualities are toxic words that heighten our sense of fear and make us forget that our very essence is love.

Many of the problems that plague us could be eradicated by 30 minutes spent in silence reflecting on words of wisdom—words we read in a book or heard in a song or heard someone speak. We don’t realize that the constant barrage of toxic words we ingest is cumulative and in time changes who we are.

So now I ask you, dear reader, if you liked my book and found it helpful to your health and well-being, would you please let others know by posting a review on my Amazon book page?

Thank you

AGE WITH STRENGTH AND VIGOR

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Age with strength and vigor is my mantra, my passion and mission.
In my book you can view pictures of seasoned lifters who started ten, twenty years ago, and today at their advance age can handle heavy weights.
However, don’t let those pictures discourage you. They, like all beginners started with 2-3 pound dumbbells. Gradually, as they gained strength, they were albe to lift more. There’s no limit to how much you can lift if that is what you desire. And if not, you can stop at 8 or 10 pounds just to maintain.
The important thing is to prevent further muscle loss and and with it the ability to live life to the fullest by being able to do everything you want to do.

Maria Muno interviews Emelina Edwards

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Maria Muno of WLAE interviews Emelina Edwards about her book, Forever Fit and Fabulous: A Guide to Health and Vigor — Even At 70 and Beyond! and Emelina’s healthy lifestyle philosophy.

A BEGINNING FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE

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My wish for you is that you view this New Year as an opportunity to reach greater heights of wellness, happiness and success.Wellness and fitness come first because when we’re not feeling our best, it’s hard to be happy or successful.
Treat your body as the greatest gift and joy of your life. It is your most precious possession. Feed it nutritious fouds, exercise it to keep your muscles strong, stretch it for flexibility and rest it in meditation for mental sharpness.
At the end of each week ask yourself the question, How Am I Doing? Am I staying true to my purpose, have I kept up with my promise to myself.?
If you can answer yes, congratulate yourself and go on to the next week. If you answered no, start over because you are not a quitter.Begin again with greater resolve.
If you keep asking yurself that question week by week, you will find yourself at the end of 2013 with greater accomplishments than you had ever dreamed possible.
Believe in yourself, you’re more powerful than you can possibly imagine.

Emelina Edwards
January 1, 2013
 

Belly Fat Burner Workout

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Watch these four belly fat burner exercises that helped me flatten my abs. Perform 2-3 times a week or every other day and you will not only see results, but you will be very pleased with yourself.

One Minute Energizer

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Stand up to slim down and help your heart.

Sitting for long periods (in a car, at work, in front of a television), even if you exercise regularly, increases your risk of obesity, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and early death. When sitting for longer than three hours, your metabolism and immune system slow down, putting you at risk for blood clots. Older adults are the worst offenders. About 3/4 are sedentary. Get up every 30 minutes and do this mini-routine to burn fat throughout your day.

Finding ourselves

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“Sometimes the best journeys aren’t necessarily from east to west, or from ground to summit,but from heart to head. Between them we find our voice.”—Jermy Collins

Listening to my heart saying “go get healthy” was the best decision of my life. Not just listening, but taking the mandate seriously enough to make it a priority in my life. It paid off big time, I got more than healthy. I gained success and happiness.Today, listening to my inner voice is my guiding force.

A COURSE IN WEIGHT LOSS – Book Review

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A COURSE IN WEIGHT LOSS
By Maryanne Williamson
BOOK REVIEW

Maryanne maintains that the problem of overeating is a spiritual one. Her book offers a spiritual curriculum consisting of 21 lessons.

When we overindulge in the wrong kinds of foods and neglect the needs of our bodies by avoiding exercise, we are basically expressing hatred towards ourselves, says Maryanne.

Every time we engage in unconscious overeating, we are starving from healthy self-love. Once our relationship with love is healed we make better choices for our health and well-being.

So, for our bodies to let go of excess weight naturally we must replace fear with love. Love is that which created and sustains us. It’s our connection to our true reality—our Divine self and the positive flow of the Universe.

The principles behind the lessons are:

  • Your body is an effect, not a cause. Your body is not the cause of your weight problem.
  • Mind is cause, body is effect. Poor diet and lack of exercise are not the cause of your excess weight.
  • The cause of your excess weight is fear—a place in your mind where love is blocked.
  • This fear expresses itself as subconscious urges, which then trigger overeating and resistance to exercise. This fear must be dug out for the excess weight to be permanently healed.

Losing weight requires a shift in perception and understanding of our many selves. For anyone ready to drop those excess pounds, this book offers insight and hope.