hearts rule how to have a healthy heart

(I will spare the thought of putting in a human heart but i think that this heart will rock this blog)

The advice that i have given on the bottom on this blog is my own advice and if anyone needs tips on having  healthy heart check out the irish heart fountain website.

Oh my god how tough is the student life? I have been asking myself this question for the past few weeks now. It’s tough to say the least. Its 3 50 sunday morning and while everyone else is sound asleep and all comfy in their beds im literally stressing about my paper for college. As you all know im doing my holistic course at the moment and i have to say that its going really good but im stuck. I am in the middle of writing a paper on coronary heart disease and i have to say that it’s not easy. It’s a challenge though and an interesting you at that. But as i right this paper i am learning more about myself and everyone around me.

I must have spent the best part of the last few weeks talking to doctors nurses, and other people who work in the wonderful world of cardiac care and i have also did my research on all the heart fountain websites and to say the least taking care of the human heart is a right that is god given and its something that should never be taken for granted.

But while doing this paper i had to take a long life at myself and life in general and i am so glad to say that i am well fit and healthy (ok i may complain about been tired all the time but thats a given). But as i was looking at case studies of people with congenital heart defects. Im so glad that i dont put my body under extreme pressure. I know certain people who have either have and are still making a mess of their bodies and i think christ almighty the big man upstairs has given you a life now im not going on a rant here to tell you how to live your life but i will give a few health tips if anyone is interested.

What i have found out in writing this heart paper is that i may have a few bad habits but my bad habits are nothing compared to what my findings are when it came to having a healthy heart. I might have a sweet tooth and i might enjoy a burger every once in a while. But i have seen people younger than me having health issues. This is really due to bad habits. As a human being we all have bad habits but it’s what we can do for ourselves in the present time can and might actually save us in the long run. 

My attitude in life has always been everything in moderation and it’s always worked.  But its all well and done saying that we tend to make promises to ourselves to eat healthy but then again we tend to binge on our favorite foods but i actually see no harm in having that little bit of you time and having a slice of cake. But as long as it is part of a healthy diet.

But what alarms me is when i see people not taking care of themselves and in some cases i have seen people who are a bad food step to having a heart attack. But i have noticed when you try and advise people about having a healthy attitude to diet and exercise they laugh at me. But than again the way i see i the jokes on them.   So i have to say im so glad to be healthy and at least my habits are ok on my and my old ticker but im not perfect but hey who is.

now i will give you all a few tips on having a healthy heart.

Get plenty of exercise.

Yes i know everyone says this but its true. whatever exercise you like go for it and make sure you have fun in doing it. Whether its walking running cycling or going to the gym. You can have a healthy heart rate in doing it and also its fun to do as well. I have to say my favourite exercise is walking shep. Shep’s really grown up now and he loves nothing more than to run along the park on his new lead. It also makes me happy and its also a great stress buster.

Have a healthy diet

Now everyone know this by now to have a healthy diet. But i like to think that i can have a bit of everything that i like in my every day diet. i also use olive oil in my cooking as it is low in cholesterol and its also good for the heart as well. also try to have a diet that always have oily fish like sardines. Nuts fruit red meat white meat breads pastas and everything else that your heart desires just remember to go easy on your irish breakfasts.

Have a laugh

This one is important to me. Whether its Homer Simpson saying d’oh or reading granddad’s headrambles blog or shep barking at me as in asking for a re match in tug of war. It’s always important to have a laugh. I have to say that i have been in a few sticky situations of late and the best way i got out of them is by laughing. It’s good for you and it also can relax you as well.

Have a drink

A personal favourite of mine. A glass of red wine is good for your heart studies have shown that red wine is good for your heart and its also pretty nice as well. just make sure its a glass and try not to over do it.

Having a pet to look after

You may laugh at this but its true. Having a furry friend in your life can have good effects on the heart and on the person themselves. I know that shep has a huge calming effect on my mum. Anytime mum got upset over anything shep would always walk over to her and put his big paw out. he would do this as in saying look im here for you. I maybe be a dog but im a clever collie and im also a good listener. I have to say that  having shep has calmed me down a lot. Anytime i feel a stress attack coming on. I just call Shep and say walkies and true to form shep coming running up to me with his leash in his mouth and we than get ready to run out the door and have a ramble around the park.

Try and not sweat over the small stuff

if i had a euro for every time i got stressed over the little things in life. i would be a rich girl but no im not rich. I have to say in letting go of the small stuff that i use to get stressed over. I feel much better in myself and i also feel comfortable in my own skin.

now theres my little insight in having a stress free life and in also doing my coronary heart disease paper. Now i have to admit that it’s not done yet. It’s not yet near complete but you know what. Thats way there is extensions and thats why i am going to use them to my advanage.

 

call off the search im back

Hiya folks.

 

After much needed talks with eircom regarding the whole kidnapping and holding my modem to ransom im back. I came to a small agree ment with eircom and with that thet have decided to put me back on line. After all i am a student who needs the internet nearly all the time for her case studies and if i need to look up information on different subjects well i am certaintly not going to go to any more internet cafes any more. ugh internet cafes they are just the pits.

 

so i dont really have much news i have started on my holistics course and its going really well. i have made new friends and my new friends in return have made me a student council rep. Its a fun job but mighty tiresome but hey someone has to do it.

 

I am actaully very sick with the flu so as soon as i get better i will write a longer better blog. So i am going back to bed and see if i can get any better in myself. Bye for now and take care

 

regards vicky

 

I have the diet blues

Hiya guys hope your all well and life is treating you good.

Well me i am not doing so good at all. I have been sick for the last while and when i say sick i mean very sick. I think its due to the stress of everything really. I mean this whole global money crisis havent helped anyone and the whole thing of not having a whole lot of money in the kitty hasnt helps things either. So after a while of being sick i decided to go to the doctr. I have had crippling tummy pains for the last while and well anytime i ate some food well i wasnt keeping it for long. I also noticed a little while back i was getting a bit too skinny for my liking. Dont get me wrong i am a skinny girl but when i started to see a size zero person standing in front of my mirror instead of me i was starting to worry.

So i took a trip to my GP last week. Only to see that my regular doctor wasnt there so i had to see the part time doctor that is actaully a parttimer who comes in to cover the other doctors that might be on leave or might be on holiday. Now i have to say that i hate seeing new doctors its something that i dont like doing. Seeing a complete stranger and telling her my most personal information about me and who i am and what i do. So as i knocked on the door i was greeted by a somewhat nice lady doctor. So tell me she says what can i do for you today she said in a cheery voice. Well i have been sick for the last while and i havent been eating properly and i need you to fix this problem. Okay dokey she says and as i took off my jacket she gave me this shocked looked on her face. Have you been eating properly ms rogers she said as she poked at my frame with her finger. Well you see thats the probelm i have been sick for the last while and i cant eat. So as soon as she said down and i got dressed i was given the low down on my shocking weight loss.

So i told her i was under stress and anytime i ate food i could not keep it in me. So she told me staright away what it was. I think you should avoid dairy and wheat for the next while. Try and take some vitamins and try and cut back on the stress. Wwhn she said cut back on the stress i could have cried. I had to tell her what was going on living in a bad neighbour hood and worrying about my sick mum. So she wasnt all that helpful so when were finsihed i got my coat and walked away. I went for walk thru the park and had a little time to myself and think about whats been going on and how to fix this problem. When i went home i typed in my little problem to yahoo answers and 2 minutes later i got the answer and not only the answer some nice tasty recipes to help me alone the way.

I now have cut all dairy and wheat away from my diet and i am feeling a bit better in myself. My skin is starting to clear up my body is slowly starting to accept food again and i actaullyfeel better in myself. I think the only thing that i miss from my diet is my latte coffees but its a small sacrifice  to getting back to proper health. I am eating plenty of greens and lots of vegetables and some red meat and lots of fish but i am getting there towards better health.  So in a way this blog is just to clear up a few things about me and my health and why i have been commenting on my dairy and wheat free diet on facebook.

So i say goodbye to you and i hope that this clears things up.

 

meah i cant be bothered

oh why do i bother i sigh to myself. This has been happening a lot of late. I am currently not sleeping all well of late and i feel as though that everything is so hard to do. I know that i am being bitchy here but i tend to get like this from lack of sleep. This is going to be short but sweet as i cant function my brain from my sleeping problem.

Although if you do have any helpful advice on my sleeping problems please do drop me a line plese and the best answer will get a goodie bag and i big hug from me.

 

all i want for christmas

hi everyone

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Hope your all well and happy.  I have had a few good days but today wasnt so good.  I went shopping for my mum i was instructed to get xmas presents so i thought this is grand this should be easy.  So i wrapped up warm put on my new gloves and scarf and of course a nice warm coat and headed in to my town to get my shopping down.  this is going to be so easy or so i thought.

I dont whether people had it in for me today but every shop i want to they were playing xmas songs so i bet your all thinking well vicks it is xmas after all and everyone likes xmas songs.  \now dont get me wrong i love my xmas songs i was even rocking out to jingle bell rock the other day at home.  Thats one of my favourite xams songs ever but as soon as i headed into dunnes that they decided to play mariah carey all i want for christmas.  Oh god i how i hate this song i dont know what is worst herself prancing around in a little santa suit or hitting the high notes that only dogs can hear.  as soon as i heard this song i was like oh shite right i was scanning for the nearset exit in dunnes grr how i hate this song.

 

thankfully i had all my business done in dunnes and with that i breathed a sigh of relief and got my pressy shopping done for mum.  So i decided than to garb a coffee in a coffee shop so as soon as i popped my head in the door guess who is hitting the doggy notes again you guessed it MC herself again.  As soon as the song came on i just had to head out the door what made things worse was a waitress came over to me would you like anything to drink?  I just gave her a hassled look and said something along the lines ooh my phone just rang and i had to take this call.

 

No offense to anyone but i hate mariah carey shes such a dope and a poddle hair wearing idiot does this woman have talent?   I think not although the lads might say well she does have a great ahem rack on her.  I mean jesus lads i have weird crushes in my time but her shes a minger.  although i did go through a phase of late having a thing for the hamster richard hammond form the fast show  which i will say is cute in a strange way but hey thats me.

So i am just going to say this all i want for christmas is for bloody mariah carey to stop singing that bloody f%&%ing song.  failing that i would not say no to having either Hugh Jackman wearing nothing but a smile sitting at the end of my bed at xmas morning or it would be so lovely if he was here right now hmm i girl can dream.

 

But i will leave you with this note i totally love this song by the pretenders 2000 miles in my view its one of the best xmas songs ever and it always puts a smile of my face.

 

Oh happy days