Heart Failure Solutions
  • Home
  • About
  • Join Life Breath Club
Main Menu
  • Home
  • About
  • Join Life Breath Club
  • About
  • Home
  • Join Life Breath Club
  • Legal Notices
  • Resources
    • Glossary
  • Life Breath Coach On Your Vibrant Life Summit

Tag Archives: the life breath coach

Uncategorized |

August 14, 2012

| by Carrie Tucker

Is Food Your Anxiety Treatment?

sugar cubes

Is food your refuge?

When you can’t handle the stress, is food your anxiety treatment?

Cleaning up your diet feels great, but when you fall off the wagon and eat unhealthy foods do you beat yourself up about it?

When you allow yourself to eat foods that aren’t ideal without guilt on occasion you free yourself up to really enjoy food instead of feeling controlled by a rigid diet!

Good food and good friends are both important parts of life. 

You don’t have to feel deprived to make real change in your health by choosing healthier foods! You really don’t!

Dr. Mark Hyman is a Clinical Nutritionist.  You can trust that he is one doctor who knows what he is talking about when it comes to food.

The following is an excerpt from a recent post on Dr. Hyman’s blog.

Let it invite you to lighten up, so you can realize REAL success with both your diet AND your life!

Eating better is about feeling better!

So, focus on what will help, and let the rest fall away!

____________________

Get back to basics

Are you one of those people who live for extremes, the all or nothing approach?  It’s very common to hear people rationalize their motives for straying from their diet protocol because something “off limits” slipped in at a family party or event.

Or maybe a stressful morning or afternoon led you to indulge in potentially inflammatory food.  The easiest and healthiest way to regain your sense of competence with a lifestyle modification program is to forget about the details and focus on the basics.  When you are back in flow you can resume the details.  Remember these principles the next time you need to reboot your body:

  • Eat real, unprocessed, whole foods
  • Make 50 percent of your plate a variety of colorful vegetables, 75 percent if you are on the Advanced Plan of the BSS
  • Clean up your pantry. Toss all packaged and convenience foods including anything with trans fats or high fructose corn syrup
  • Eat a protein-based meal or snack every 3 to 4 hours
  • Focus on making your meal a low-glycemic load. Hint: remove all refined flours and unnecessary sweeteners including anything artificial
  • Avoid all potential food sensitivities and allergens especially gluten and dairy

Plan, prep, and proceed

The ultimate way to keep yourself on the wagon or give yourself a boost back on if you have fallen off is to have a plan, account for prep work, and proceed until you see the moment through.  If you know you are going to a restaurant and you are not sure of the menu, a simple Google search can help calm you so your company gets more of your attention than the menu.

If you are going on the road, pack an emergency food kit with blood sugar stabilizing foods.

When I leave home, I usually bring some of the following:

  • An ice pack and a small cooler
  • Water
  • Almonds or walnuts
  • Can of sardines
  • Hummus, tahini, or cashew butter in a 1 ounce salad dressing container for easy storage
  • Carrots, sugar snap peas, or other stable veggies
  • An apple
  • Dark chocolate, 70% or higher

These are my staples but I would encourage you to find out what works for you.  Consider that in any situation the possibility to upgrade your food choice exists so you can optimize the quality of your nutrition.  Yes, you always have choice!

Speaking of choices, don’t hesitate to use your voice.  You would be surprised at the power we all have as consumers.  If you are at a restaurant remember you are in the driver’s seat and it is the restaurant’s goal for you to leave happy.

Ask for the gluten-free option, request fresh vegetables with olive oil on the side, and insist on having your meal prepared as you desire.  Sometimes labels can be deceiving and ingredients do not match the enticing menu descriptions.

By exercising your right to have a deliciously healthy meal you do more than simply get better quality food, you help trigger a ripple effect of change in our country to have consumers drive the market to a healthier restaurant experience.

Let go of perfectionism – it’s killing you!

I’ll fill you in on a little secret of mine: I don’t eat perfectly all the time.  But then again what I consider “perfect” means something different than conventional wisdom’s understanding of the word.  To me, eating well means providing my body with the nutrition it needs so that I can live the quality of life, which keeps me in flow.

Sometimes this means I have to eat something that doesn’t quite meet my standards or in some situations I eat something I normally wouldn’t.  I like to call this “recreational” eating- it is more for entertainment, socializing, and amusement than for systemic health.

As long as I know my body is in the appropriate state to handle a treat, I call upon my secret weapon for UltraWellness: the 90:10 Rule.  Ninety percent of the time I eat an anti-inflammatory, real, whole foods diet and ten percent of the time I leave room for the unexpected.  This way, I am not flustered or deprived when I go to events.

And more so, I don’t let a good moment pass due to fear, anxiety, or guilt around not being perfect.  This negative mindset actually fuels the flames of inflammation as much or more than eating a single, small portion of a recreational food.  So when you are on a break, give yourself a break!

Trust the process

At the end of the day our goal is to find happiness.

Original Article Source: Dr. Hyman’s Blog

____________________

 

Forgiving yourself is the key to finding your flow. 

You might feel silly letting yourself off the hook after a day of terrible food choices but beating yourself up about it just isn’t going to help.

Why do you do the things you do?

You don’t need to know the answer to that question to give yourself a break.

You don’t need an excuse!

Heart Failure Solutions and The Life Breath Coach encourage you to work toward acknowledging emotions without being sabotaged by them!

The Secret to making that happen consistently lies with Sacred Breathing.

Sacred Breathing is the key to addressing every health concern from asthma to heart failure and it is also the key to processing difficult emotion!

Processing difficult emotions quickly and easily is effective anxiety treatment that can keep you from making bad choices.

Click on the link or blue button below to learn about the most important book you will ever read concerning weight loss OR life threatening health crisis!

Therapy For Emotional Eating

 

Many blessings,

Carrie Tucker, RCP

The Life Breath Coach

Heart Failure Solutions

AND

“Ambassador of Breathing Techniques” on HowToLiveOnPurpose.com

 

PS– Remember everyday:

  • Relax and Release tension
  • Exhale Slowly
  • Be active in a way that adds Joy to your life

Plus pure water ~whole foods~sunshine~and laughter

 

 

anxiety treatment, carrie tucker, heart failure solutions, technorati, the life breath coach | Comment
Uncategorized |

July 27, 2012

| by Carrie Tucker

How Do You Prepare For Your Cardiac Stress Test?

cardiac-stress-test-s

Can you prepare for a cardiac stress test?

It’s not exactly like you can study for that kind of test.

So why am I asking such a silly question?

To be fair, the answer to that question is to stay in cardiovascular shape in the first place!

You’ll be well prepared for that cardiac stress test … right?

Maybe …

Many folks who are in very good physical shape suffer heart attacks everyday!

So, passing your cardiac stress test is not a promise of vibrant health.

Let’s get real.

What can you really do to prepare for your cardiac stress test? Continue reading article →

cardiac stress test, carrie tucker, heart failure solutions, technorati, the life breath coach | Comment
Uncategorized |

July 23, 2012

| by Chad Kubo

Can Swing Dance Overcome Pain Better Than Pain Pills?

If you suffer from chronic pain please know that I have the deepest sympathy for what you live through every day!

Pain robs you of so much of the Joy in life.

You don’t pursue happiness or anything else if your chronic pain is significant!

It’s heart breaking to watch your elders age when they are in a great deal of pain.  Many times the elderly are neglected simply because their family just can’t handle watching their loved one suffer.

I’m not making excuses, but I’m not trying to judge either.metoprolol side effects

Pain is difficult to live with all the way around!

The Life Breath Coach here on Heart Failure Solutions will tell you that taking pain medication to cope with pain contributes to heart disease.

But even heart disease later is better than pain NOW … isn’t it?

With heart disease you think you will just grab your chest and fall to the ground.  But the world is experiencing an epidemic of heart failure and succumbing to that fate means Continue reading article →

Chad Kubo, heart failure solutions, pain pills, swing dance history, technorati, the life breath coach | Comment
Uncategorized |

July 18, 2012

| by Carrie Tucker

What Does An Epidemic of Heart Failure Have To Do With Emotional Eating?

You may hear argument that there is NOT an epidemic of heart failure.

It would be nice to put heart disease behind us.

However, heart disease is still killing us more than everything else.

Emotional eating has everything to do with heart failure.  Think about the things you do everyday instead of thinking in terms of “someday”.

Surviving a heart attack “someday”, does not mean that you won’t suffer heart failure within a year!

Heart failure is no joke, but at first you may not notice it much.

But by the time the disease process advances, you become painfully aware of what heart failure feels like.

Heart failure will erase YEARS of your life time earning potential costing you millions!

Heart failure will cost you the gift of watching your grand children grow.

The planet is facing an epidemic of heart failure and if you don’t figure out how to avoid it, you may become a victim before you know you have a problem!

Today I’ve decided to curate a post from Dr. Mark Hyman because so much of the issues surrounding heart failure happen because Continue reading article →

an epidemic of heart failure, carrie tucker, heart failure, the life breath coach | Comment
Drug Safety |

July 12, 2012

| by Carrie Tucker

Are You Concerned About Metoprolol Side Effects?

pill bottle

What’s in your little yellow bottle?

When you go to the doctor, the “help” he/she offers usually comes in a little yellow bottle.

If you are like most people, you take what your doctor gives you.

Do you wonder if it’s the right option, or do you just take the pill?

It’s a really good idea to at least check out the side effects for the drug you have just been given BEFORE you swallow it!

Should you be concerned about Metoprolol side effects or would you rather let your doctor worry about that?

I mean, your doctor wouldn’t give you a drug that would cause you harm, would he/she?

It’s easy to trust your doctor because you know that your doctor knows more than you do.

The problem is that your doctor has been educated by an educational system with incredible bias built in.  The drug companies that subsidize your doctor’s education are invested in making sure that your doctor’s job is to drug your symptoms!

Many doctors feel fearful to even tell you that nutrition is one choice for managing your symptoms.  Nutrition is MUCH safer than drugs and the side effects that come with them, so why so much concern about nutritional advice?

The fear of nutrition is not about your well being, it’s about their liability.

Your doctor isn’t liable if the drug he (or she) gives you KILLS you, but he is worried that he may risk his livelihood by giving you solid harmless advice.

The drug companies as well as the corn refiners want you to “ask your doctor” for advice.

Yet, clinical nutritionists who should know nutritional facts much better than any other doctor are threatened to cease and desist from telling you the bitter truth.

Drugging symptoms is not removing cause and high fructose corn syrup is NOT corn sugar, it is poison.  Those are 2 facts your Clinical Nutritionist can tell you are true, but they will be threatened when they say it!

The truth will suppress profits and the powers that be know it.

Today I want to talk to you about a drug that I see so often that it concerns me.

Do you take Metoprolol?

You need to know all the facts if you do.

After reading the following information re-posted from another web site, you may decide you’d like to explore alternatives before agreeing to drug yourself with Metoprolol.

From www.Drugs.com

What is metoprolol? Continue reading article →

cardiac stress test, carrie tucker, heart failure solutions, metoprolol side effects, technorati, the life breath coach | Comment
Uncategorized |

July 8, 2012

| by Chad Kubo

Do You Have Swing Dance History That Brings a Smile To Your Face?

It’s already Sunday and we are heading into a new week.

Did the holiday turn your schedule upside down last week?

Falling mid week the way it did messed with the entire week.

The 4th of July was also my birthday.Swing Dance History

And this year my celebration was bittersweet.

For many years, my family and I have gone to the Marin County Fair to celebrate my birthday.

It’s a great place to celebrate because the Preservation Jazz Hall Band performs, and it’s always guaranteed that swing dancers will show up and have a great time.

With my Swing Dance History, it’s the perfect place to celebrate another year!

Since my divorce I have gone each year with my youngest daughter.

This year, my ex-wife was planning to go with friends and my teen-aged stepdaughter and called asking us to meet them there.

I had my reservations about it – would it be awkward? would my ex want to dance with me? should I accept? Continue reading article →

Chad Kubo, heart failure solutions, life breath coach, swing dance history, technorati, the life breath coach, zen dance master | Comment

Post navigation

« Prev 1 … 4 5 6 7 8 9 Next »

Login To Gain Access

You are not currently logged in.








» Register
» Lost your Password?

                Legal Pages                                                                Copyright © 2008-2015 · All Rights Reserved · Heart Failure Solutions

Translate »