By American Heart Association NEWS The Stroke Survivor twice Tamika Quinn had to change their whole lifestyle to lose weight after the b...
By American Heart Association NEWS
The Stroke Survivor twice Tamika Quinn had to change their whole lifestyle to lose weight after the birth of her third child, which depend on healthy food for the heart and the portion size under control.
Quinn, who lives in Chesapeake, Virginia, gets an extra motivation these days thanks to Red to Go fit, a media campaign based on groups of Facebook from the American Heart Association designed to help women from different communities to make healthy changes, habits become.
The year-long campaign nationally by Macy sponsored, which launched in March to life, sophisticated women where at least 10,000 steps per day to connect and limit sugar to 24 grams per day. every day, at least five days a week, and choose water over sugary drinks 100 percent of the time in June, the participants were asked to add 30 minutes cardio workout.
From September, the participants are invited to build on their sodium intake in previous health goals for better control. Your goal: do not eat more than 1,500 milligrams per day.
On average, women 20 or older in the United States 3000 milligrams of sodium per day consume aged to recommend twice the upper limit by the AHA for ideal heart health. These figures are even higher for women in the African-American communities, Asian and Hispanic.
Reduce the amount of salt in the diet is important linked to high blood pressure because of the strong evidence excess sodium for heart health, which increases the risk of heart attack, stroke and kidney disease.
Quinn, 41, has already seen the results of their efforts, lost 6 pounds in the first quarter.
"I'm happy, I take pictures of my scale and to publish my results," he said.
Quinn was 27 when she scored twice. Although he came from a family with a history of hypertension, informed doctors that seemed to leave high blood pressure during pregnancy after the birth of her daughter. It did not.
Ten days later, Quinn went to the emergency room with a terrible headache and was diagnosed with hemorrhagic stroke or stroke, which occurs when a weakened blood vessel bursts and bleeds into the brain surrounds. A second followed a few days later and Quinn spent the next few months, hence, the ability to recover to go down and talk. She continues to deal with the loss of short- and long-term memory and muscle control.
Quinn was losing some of the weight he had gained, but took things seriously, after his daughter was diagnosed at the age of 8, with severe obesity Cashara and high cholesterol and referred to a pediatric cardiologist. The pair suffered nutrition classes at a local hospital and examined your lifestyle, change your diet, cutting portion sizes and exercise contains.
The work was worth it. Quinn went from a size 16 to a size 8. I still need medication to control their blood pressure, but their doctors could remove two of the three drugs, because their lifestyle changes.
Cashara also turned to his health.
"My daughter in the best shape of your life is," he said. "It has been physically redesigned and made instinctively a wide variety of food."
Quinn says Go Red Fit Inspiration added features in an attempt to stay healthy.
"I know the value of my life, almost lost," he said. "I want to move on and live the best life possible."
Quinn said the campaign Go Red Get Fit has helped with new friends in your community connect classes to train and find inspiration from across the country by other participants.
"I used to make videos at home, but the group really helps responsibility," he said.
The community aspect of Go Red Get Fit System provides a valuable tool for many women, Alice said Benjamin, a nurse who as cardiac clinical nurse specialist in Los Angeles works and known as Alice nurse.
"Sometimes you have to be the only person in the social group that wants to eat healthy and exercise, and because of the culture or group of peers, the silence sometimes our desire healthier," Alice nurse said that the Working Group on Multicultural Health AHA for Western states chaired. "Go Red Get fit provides an online community where you can come and hear more success stories and ideas to get women like you."
Nurse Alice said access to experts is an important forum for information.
This campaign "As a nurse when a patient is in the hospital, there is always so much to do, that is not always the best time to get information for someone," he said. "It allows them to information from the comfort of their home or wherever they want to get 24 hours a day, when they are ready to receive them."
The nurse said Alice Go Red Fit challenges offer women easy ways Get fit in exercise wherever they are and whatever your schedule.
"Many people say:" I did not train 30 minutes, "she said." If that is the case, you get 10 minutes three times during the day. Eat your lunch, then spend 10 minutes around your building on foot, or some sitting for a break at your desk. "
Promoting participants to choose water, it is also important to reduce calories and extra sugar.
"I love a good Starbucks, but too often we only consume calories stupidly without knowing it," Alice said Nurse. "The healthiest choice is water."
Quinn said she is a big difference in your health noticed when water is selected.
"You feel awake and alive when you drink enough water," he said.
