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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month or the
pink month, Women Fitness (WF) offers tips for those who
are interested in knowing something on how to really
prevent breast cancer. Women should focus on keeping
breast health through good lifestyle and dietary
choices. To learn more check out this week's article on
Top 10 to Prevent Breast Cancer. In fitness
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The best
and easiest way to figure out how much weight you should
use on each lift is to begin by taking your best
conservative guess. After you have warmed up by using a
light weight for 12 or 20 reps, choose a weight for your
next set that will challenge you for your goal number of
repetitions. If you are not sure what that weight should
be, choose a weight that is likely to be too light,
rather than making the mistake of going too heavy and
not reaching your desired number of repetitions.
For example, say you are trying to decide the proper
weight for a set of 12 repetitions on the Shoulder
Press. Choose a light, conservative weight slightly
heavier than your warm-up and do the set 12 times
(repetitions or reps). When you come to your twelfth
repetition, if you feel as though you can perform
another repetition or two, while still using good form,
you might as well do that (to further promote blood flow
to the shoulder muscle). Since you know that the weight
you chose was a little too light (your 12th repetition
was not a challenge), next time choose a slightly
heavier weight that will challenge you for all twelve
repetitions, or whatever your goal number of repetitions
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Change
Things change. Every moment is different from the last one. Do things change for
the better or for the worse? That depends. That depends entirely on you. Change
is neutral. It is neither good nor bad. It is simply necessary. If things did
not change, nothing would ever happen.
Change is the way you get from one point to another. It is fundamental to life
itself. Think of all the processes of change going on right now in your body,
which serve to keep you alive from moment to moment.
When things are going along great, something will change. When you're full of
despair, something will change. It is the nature of your existence.
Change is the way things happen. Change does not have to stop you or limit you.
In fact, change will empower you and pull you forward if you let it. You cannot
stop change. And you must not allow it to stop you.
The changes keep coming. Through them, you can learn, grow and prosper. Look for
the positive possibilities in every change. They're there, and they'll take you
where you want to go.
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"Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in
action; action form habits; habits decide character; and
character fixes our destiny."
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Baked Sweet
Potato Chips
Makes: 8
servings
Ingredients:
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2 pounds sweet
potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/8 inch thick slices
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1-1/2
teaspoons sugar
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1-1/2
tablespoons lemon juice
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1-1/2 teaspoon
non/lowfat margarine, melted
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1 tablespoon
pepper
Directions:
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Combine all
ingredients in a mixing bowl.
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Layer potatoes
in a baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray (nonfat).
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Add any
remaining liquid from bowl and cover dish with foil and bake at 350 degrees
F for 30-35 minutes.
Nutritional
Information (Serving size: 1/8 of dish):
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Calories: 150
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Fat: 1 g
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Cholesterol: 3
mg
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Protein: 9 g
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Carbohydrates:
30 g
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Fiber: 5 g
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Sodium: 190 mg
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Top 10 to prevent Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month or the pink
month, Women Fitness (WF) offer the following tips for
those who are interested in knowing something on how to
really prevent breast cancer.
The unalterable risk factors that boost the risk of
breast cancer, according to American Cancer Society,
include gender (females get more breast cancer); aging;
genetic risk factors (BRCA1 and BRCA2); genetic variants
(ATM, p53, CHEK2, PTEN, CDH1); family history of breast
cancer; personal history of breast cancer; race and
ethnicity; dense breast tissue, and certain benign
breast conditions; lobular carcinoma in situ; more
menstrual periods or early puberty; previous chest
conditions and diethylstilbestrol exposure.
Genetic variants can be controlled to some extent by
adjusting a person's diet and lifestyle. Just because
you have a relative who has breast cancer or you carry
certain genetic mutations does not mean you have suffer
with cancer. It is clear that lifestyle and diet can
influence risk from faulty genetics.
According to the ACS, modifiable factors that boost the
risk of breast cancer, include having children late in
or having no children; using oral contraceptives or
hormone therapy; not breast feeding; drinking alcohol;
being overweight or obese and physical inactivity.
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