Don\u2019t forget to wear Red in February for Heart Disease Awareness Month.\u00a0 Exercise and dietary changes can help lower cholesterol and blood pressure.\u00a0 Eating foods that are high in Omega 3 fatty acids is proven to help lower cholesterol levels.\u00a0 Some of those foods would be salmon and other fish, almonds, walnuts, flaxseeds and chia seeds, just to name a few.\u00a0 Some other heart healthy foods would be green leafy vegetables, berries, whole grains, avocados, dark chocolate and olive oils.\u00a0 So for Valentine\u2019s Day this year you could have bought your loved one some strawberries dipped in dark chocolate!<\/p>\n
If it\u2019s too cold to get outside, don\u2019t forget about all the fitness classes I teach.\u00a0 Monday, Wednesday and Friday I have Fit Camp from 5-5:45 p.m. \u00a0Tuesdays I teach a Total Body Weight Training class from 12-12:30 p.m. \u00a0And Monday and Thursdays I teach Fusion from 12-12:45 p.m. in the Campus Center, room 112.\u00a0 I also offer personal training if you need someone to set you up on a personalized workout routine.\u00a0 Email me at keli.marston@maine.edu<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n Welcome back students for a second semester!!\u00a0 Let\u2019s get active with some intramurals!<\/p>\n Basketball sign up is from Feb. 25 until March 1.\u00a0 Basketball season will start on March 4. If you have any questions about intramurals, you can email Jonathon Bowman at<\/p>\n jonathon.bowman@maine.edu<\/a><\/p>\n Students, faculty and staff, don\u2019t forget about all the rentals Gentile Hall has so that you can take part in all the wonderful snow we have gotten!\u00a0 Get outside and enjoy some fresh air skiing or snowshoeing.\u00a0 We have skis, boots, poles and snowshoes for you all to use.\u00a0 The ski trails are wonderful at the Nordic Heritage Center and Aroostook State Park.\u00a0 Stop by our front desk for any questions concerning our rentals or email Dick Gardner at richard.gardner@maine.edu<\/a><\/p>\n For all of you who love to downhill ski, don\u2019t forget about Quoggy Jo out toward Fort Fairfield and Big Rock Mountain in Mars Hill.<\/p>\n After the holidays, it is time to get back on track with our diets and get ready for spring.<\/p>\n Here is a one month cleanse to help kickstart those New Year\u2019s resolutions!\u00a0 I did this with a lot of my clients during the month of January.\u00a0 It consists of avoiding chips, soda, juice, candy, donuts, cake, cookies, ice cream, white bread, French fries, fried food and pizza.\u00a0 Here is one of my protein smoothies that is a perfect option for breakfast or lunch and is heart healthy too!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00bd Banana<\/p>\n \u00bd cup Strawberries<\/p>\n \u00bc cup Oatmeal<\/p>\n \u00bd scoop Protein Powder<\/p>\n 1 Dan Active Yogurt<\/p>\n 1 cup of Juice (I like to use light or diet options for fewer calories)<\/p>\n Blend all together and is a total of 300 calories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Don\u2019t forget to wear Red in February for Heart Disease Awareness Month.\u00a0 Exercise and dietary changes can help lower cholesterol and blood pressure.\u00a0 Eating foods that are high in Omega 3 fatty acids is proven to help lower cholesterol levels.\u00a0 Some of those foods would be salmon and other fish, almonds, walnuts, flaxseeds and chia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7381],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archives","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5706"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5706\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8540,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5706\/revisions\/8540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.umpi.edu\/utimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}