Lovett Wellness Warriors

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Lovett Wellness Warriors
Welcome to the Wellness World!
Lets Talk Heart to Heart
Keeping your family's heart healthy and beating
strong involves healthy habits like eating
healthy, fresh, low fat foods and daily exercise.
This is the something that children can benefit
from too.  We know that behaviors are formed
during childhood so it is very important to help
children establish healthy heart habits while
they are young.

• Heart-Healthy Tips!
• Increase Fiber Intake
• Serve oatmeal for breakfast and switch over to
  100 whole wheat bread
• Add beans to soups or offer as a side dish
• Place sliced fruit and veggies on the table for
  your child
• Offer fresh fruit smoothies using low-fat yogurt
• Decrease Saturated Fat Intake
• Offer low-fat mozzarella or Swiss cheese
• Serve fish and chicken breast more often than
  red meat
• Stir fry and bake your meals instead of deep
  frying
• Use spray dressings vs. traditional Thousand
  Island or Blue Cheese salad dressing
• Increase Intake of Healthy Fats - Monounsaturated
  and Polyunsaturated fats
• Cook with olive, safflower, or canola oil (use
  small amounts as oils are high in calories)
• Offer 2 tablespoons of cashews on top of yogurt
  all nuts have healthy fat in them. (nuts can be a
  choking hazard so avoid offering to young
  children or children with nut allergies)
• Seeds can be another great source for healthy
  oils. You can add ground flax seeds into a fruit
  smoothie or a on top of their favorite cereal or
  salad.
• Add avocado slices to a salad
• Daily Movement Get Your Heart Rate Up
• Get the dance music on and dance with your child
• Turn off the computer games and play basketball
  with your child

Weekly Challenge Start with a 10 second wall-sit
and increase your wall-sit time by 5-10 seconds
every day. Work your way up to a 60 second
wall-sit ! Wall-sit form Back
flat against wall, knees at a 90 degree angle,
look straight ahead, and hold position for
desired amount of time.
Lovett PTO walking group Come join the FUN at
8am every Monday at the flagpole. Come out and
get your week started right! All fitness levels
welcome. For more information and volunteering,
please contact Christine at wytutors_at_gmail.com