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For Immediate Release
January 5, 2007
Make Healthy Habits Happen in 2007
Oklahoma City — By taking some simple steps this
month, Oklahomans can eat healthier, feel better and exercise smarter.
Beginning January 15, Mercy will offer a 30-minute
Healthy Habits class every Monday from 12:30 to 1 p.m. with simple tips
to help jumpstart a healthier lifestyle.
“It’s critical that we begin to eat healthier foods
and exercise smarter,” said Lori Manning, Mercy dietitian. “It’s not
about our waistlines. It’s about feeling better, having more energy and
finding a better balance in life.”
Participants will focus on three simple steps each
week to eat better, exercise more efficiently and find ways to de-stress
and simplify life. Unlike other structured diet plans, this class won’t
include any calorie counting or food records.
“The key to long-term health is making small, simple
steps and staying with them over the long haul,” said Manning. “When
people make huge changes, they can’t maintain them. Besides providing
some simple ways to exercise and eat better, we also want to provide
people with some ways to simplify life. One idea we will offer is to
find one closet or drawer or cabinet each week to clean out. That’s
doable. But when we try to do everything all at once, like trying to
organize the entire house or start some impossible fitness program, it’s
just too much. It really takes simple steps, one day at a time, to make
lifestyle changes.”
The four-week program will be held in Mercy’s
conference center. Program costs $15 per person. Class size is limited.
For more information or to register, call 752-3087.
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