003 | Health Counselor Mary Mitchell Talks of Healthy Eating

Health Counselor Mary Mitchell Talks of Healthy Eating  | Also Hear WWII Story of B24s Waving Wings at Hotel Jayhawk

Heartsong Fit With Vickie Maris

Mary Mitchell, health counselor, shares wisdom in this interview with podcast host, Vickie Maris. While the conversation was conducted in early 2013, it has been repurposed for Heartsong Fit With Vickie Maris so that you can benefit from Mary’s insights. She shares several very useful tips and concepts for busy people who are striving to improve their eating habits. Her tips can help you in your weight loss journey as well. She addresses the primary and secondary foods. Before her conversation about secondary foods, Mary describes the importance of finding balance in the primary foods: career or purpose, physical activity, spiritual activity and relationships.  

Responding to Cravings
In regards to healthy snacks to satisfy a craving, she reminds us about the importance of responding to a craving by drinking a glass of water first, then waiting about about 15 minutes. If you’re still having a craving, then respond with a healthy snack. But more often than not, you were actually dehydrated when you first noticed the craving, and the glass of water will take care of the situation. Drink up!

Did You Work Out Today?
Vickie has finished the workout program, Focus T25, and recently started the new in-home fitness program, 21 Day Fix, with Beachbody trainer, Autumn Calabrese. Hear a quick description of this new program that includes 30-minute workouts and containers for food portion control. Also hear a reminder of why it’s important to listen to your body.

If you’d like to easily track your own fitness stats, blood pressure readings, inches lost, and more, you can you can set up a free account through Vickie’s Beachbody website. Vickie extends an invitation to her online health and fitness Beachbody challenge group that starts on May 1, 2014. http://www.beachbodycoach.com/heartsongfit

Feedback 

There are many ways you can connect with Vickie on the social web. Twitter and Instagram are two of her favorites. You can find her at either location with the handle @vickiemaris (http://www.twitter.com/vickiemaris or http://www.instagram.com/vickiemaris). Vickie also appreciates when you connect with her in iTunes by subscribing to the podcast for free and by leaving your rating and feedback in iTunes. This step helps the show improve in its iTunes ranking. The show is also available through Stitcher Radio.

To leave feedback via voice, you can visit Vickie’s website, www.heartsongfit.com and use the tab on the right edge of the page to leave a voicemail using your computer’s microphone, or send an email to [email protected].

Memory of Life in the 1940s by Lucille Maris – Saying Goodbye 

Vickie has been interviewing her Mom, Lucille Maris, who is 91 ½ years, for the book she is working on about her parents’ life during WWII which stems from the memoirs her dad, Lt. Col., James R. Maris drafted about his 30 missions as a bomber pilot. There will be more about the book in later episodes. For now, please enjoy this delightful story that Lucille shares about the day she and her girlfriends ran to the top of the Hotel Jayhawk, Topeka, Kansas, to wave farewell to their husbands as the men buzzed the top of the building in their B-24 bombers and headed on their journey overseas. Future episodes of the podcast will close with additional short stories told by Lucille to Vickie.