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Staying Healthy
American Diabetes Alert. By Lynn FaulknerHere is some facts on the toll of Diabetes in Wisconsin:
1.) There are 475,00 adults in Wisconsin with diabetes and 4,500 children and adolescents. There are also 1.45 million adults with pre-diabetes. 2.) Type II diabetes can often be managed by diet and exercise alone, but usually require medications- i.e., insulin or an oral medicine. 3.) 1 of every 3 individuals over age 65 has diabetes, nearly half of whom are undiagnosed. 4.) Average individual has diabetes 7-10 years before diagnosis 5.) Losing 5-7% of a person' weight can make an enormous impact on how your diabetes will affect your lifestyle. 6.) Diabetes is the leading cause of blindness, heart disease and stroke, amputation of lower extremities. 7.) Costs: 2009 data for Wisconsin shows direct cost ( e.g. hospital and other medical costs) of $4.07 billion; indirect costs (e.g. lost wages) of $2.7 billion. 8.) Diabetes disproportionately affects certain populations. For example, diabetes generally affects 1/3 of Native American populations, with some tribal nations having rates as high as 50%. Know your risk for developing diabetes by taking an online risk test at the American Diabetes Webpage- www.diabetes.org. |
Time for Some Exercise
Cardiac Rehab - Add Exercise to your Honey-do-List. By Cyndi Belanger, RNSummer is upon us and I don’t know about you, but I didn’t stick with any of my New Year’s resolutions. So now I plan to make some healthy lifestyle changes for the summer and hopefully, the rest of my life. If you are like me, you have several excuses and a list of jobs and "honey-do’s" a mile long.
Maybe that is the first step to becoming active; making a list of excuses why you are not exercising. Then, after you have done that, make a commitment to yourself and a daily date with exercise. I think staying motivated is one of the hardest things to do, along with commitment. If you make a date with exercise everyday, like you do for other things in your life, such as your job, making dinner, and mowing the lawn, you may be more apt to walk or exercise on a daily basis. Before you know it, it will be a lifestyle practice and you may even notice you might miss it if you stop. Make exercise something you do without question, like brushing your teeth. Find a fitness partner. Studies show that you will commit to exercise if you have a friend or family member join you in your exercise plan. Start a journal or exercise log. This is a good way to track your progress and keep you motivated in your fitness challenge. You can look back on where you started and see your accomplishments over the days, weeks, or months. Dress for exercise. Wear comfortable clothing and this may help you feel like working out. Keep entertained and keep it fun. If it’s not fun and enjoyable, you will never stick with it. If you are walking alone, keep yourself entertained with portable music or books on tape. If you exercise indoors, read while you are biking, or have music playing or the television on within viewing range. Some stationary bikes and treadmills are equipped with racks for books or magazines, so you can read while exercising. Make sure you evaluate your progress along the way and test your fitness level. You can do this by getting a body composition test every six months, or just judge for yourself what you were able to do at the beginning of starting exercise and what you are able to do after six months. Exercise will help reduce your risk of heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. It will help reduce stress, weight, and your risk of developing certain types of cancer. It can be fun and enjoyable, so start now and make it a part of your daily routine! |
Lutheran Airlines
We are pleased to announce Lutheran Air is now operating in Minnysota. Also serving Visconsin, Nort and Sout Dakota.
If you are travelin soon, consider Lutran (Lutheran) Air, da no-frills airline. You’re all in da same boat on Lutran Air, where flyin is a upliftin experience. Dere is no first class on any Lutran Air flight.
Meals are potluck. Rows 1-6, bring rolls; 7-16, bring a salad; 16-21, a main dish and 22-20, a dessert. Basses and tenors please sit in da rear of da aircraft.
Everyone is responsible for his or her own baggage. All fares are by free will offering and da plane will not land ‘til da budget is met.
Pay attention to your flight attendant, who will acquaint you wit da safety system aboard dis Lutran Air.
“Okay den, listen up. I’m only gonna say dis vonce. In da event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, I am frankly going to be real surprised and so vill Captain Olson, because we fly right around two thousand feet, so loss of cabin pressure would probably mean da Second Coming or something of dat nature, and I wouldn’t bodar with doze liddle masks on da rubber tubes. You’re gonna have bigger tings to worry about den dat. Just stuff doze back up dair little holes. Probably da masks fell out because of turbulence which, to be honest vit you, we’re going to have quite a bit of at two thousand feet, sorta like driving across a plowed field, but after a while you get used to it.
In da event of a water landing, I’d say forget it. Start saying da Lord’s Prayer and just hope you get to da part about forgive us our sins as we forgive doze who sin against us, which some people say, ‘trespass against us,’ which isn’t right, but what can you do?
Da use of cell phones on da plane is strictly forbidden, not because day may confuse da plane’s navigation system, which is seat of da pants all da way. No, it’s because cell phones are a pain in da wazoo, and if God meant you to use a cell phone He would have put your mout on da side of your head.
We start lunch right around noon and its buffet style with da coffee pot up front.
Den we’ll have da hymn sing; hymnals are in da seat pocket in front of you. Don’t take yours wit you when you go or I am going to be real upset and I’m not kiddin!
Right now, I’ll say Grace: ‘Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest and let deze gifts to us be blessed. Fader, Son, and Holy Ghost, may we land in Dulut or pretty close.’
Amen.”
Thank You, Jan Bergman for sharing this story with us!
If you are travelin soon, consider Lutran (Lutheran) Air, da no-frills airline. You’re all in da same boat on Lutran Air, where flyin is a upliftin experience. Dere is no first class on any Lutran Air flight.
Meals are potluck. Rows 1-6, bring rolls; 7-16, bring a salad; 16-21, a main dish and 22-20, a dessert. Basses and tenors please sit in da rear of da aircraft.
Everyone is responsible for his or her own baggage. All fares are by free will offering and da plane will not land ‘til da budget is met.
Pay attention to your flight attendant, who will acquaint you wit da safety system aboard dis Lutran Air.
“Okay den, listen up. I’m only gonna say dis vonce. In da event of a sudden loss of cabin pressure, I am frankly going to be real surprised and so vill Captain Olson, because we fly right around two thousand feet, so loss of cabin pressure would probably mean da Second Coming or something of dat nature, and I wouldn’t bodar with doze liddle masks on da rubber tubes. You’re gonna have bigger tings to worry about den dat. Just stuff doze back up dair little holes. Probably da masks fell out because of turbulence which, to be honest vit you, we’re going to have quite a bit of at two thousand feet, sorta like driving across a plowed field, but after a while you get used to it.
In da event of a water landing, I’d say forget it. Start saying da Lord’s Prayer and just hope you get to da part about forgive us our sins as we forgive doze who sin against us, which some people say, ‘trespass against us,’ which isn’t right, but what can you do?
Da use of cell phones on da plane is strictly forbidden, not because day may confuse da plane’s navigation system, which is seat of da pants all da way. No, it’s because cell phones are a pain in da wazoo, and if God meant you to use a cell phone He would have put your mout on da side of your head.
We start lunch right around noon and its buffet style with da coffee pot up front.
Den we’ll have da hymn sing; hymnals are in da seat pocket in front of you. Don’t take yours wit you when you go or I am going to be real upset and I’m not kiddin!
Right now, I’ll say Grace: ‘Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest and let deze gifts to us be blessed. Fader, Son, and Holy Ghost, may we land in Dulut or pretty close.’
Amen.”
Thank You, Jan Bergman for sharing this story with us!