Are you receiving the same level of healthcare you once enjoyed?

Healthcare providers have difficult jobs, and things are even harder now as a result of COVID, healthcare consolidations, quotas, pharmaceuticals, and insurance protocols.

There’s no shortage of stories online where people complain about the challenging state of healthcare.

Here’s a sample:

• Your provider never returned your call.

• You couldn’t get a sick visit and were referred to Urgent Care.

• You received less than stellar care because the hospital staff is overworked or lacking experience (traveling nurses, etc. is a huge trend).

• You waited months to get an appointment.

While I’m not here to offer advice on how to fix our broken healthcare system, I would like to provide suggestions on steps you can take to rely less on our healthcare system.

When you stop taking care of yourself, your overall health begins to decline. For most people, that means more trips to the doctor’s office for tests and prescription drugs. Look at your calendar, is it filled with appointments and follow-ups? For the most part, our healthcare system is set up to manage symptoms, not get to the root cause.

Rather than taking responsibility for our own health, we defer to medical professionals to fix us. But in many cases, they are not fixing our problems - they are managing our symptoms.

When your blood pressure is high - doc writes a script. Your cholesterol is high - doc writes a script. Your joints ache, doc writes a script. You have diabetes - docs writes a script. You are stressed - doc writes a script. All of these scripts have side-effects, which then takes on a whole new set of problems. It’s a hamster wheel. See the pattern?

So what can you do to stop relying so heavily on our healthcare system? You have to think differently and change your approach.

• Get your ‘house’ in order. Take responsibility for your physical, mental, spiritual, and financial health.

• Stop looking externally to others to ‘fix’ you.

• Peel back the layers and focus on getting to the root of your problems - in all areas of your life.

I challenge you to start taking baby steps around your health. When you start feeling better, you’ll have more energy to handle the bigger stuff.

Today is the perfect day to start. No excuses.

• Take a walk, ride your bike, run, or go swimming

• Eat fruits and vegetables

• Drink a lot of water

It’s not too late to get healthy, get your finances on track, lose weight, reverse chronic disease, get in a healthy relationship, etc. You need a plan. I can help you create a plan in any of these areas, and more.

Get a FREE 45-Minute Consultation from Coach Patty today!

3 Things to Think About as 2020 Comes to a Close

This year has been a doozy, to put it mildly. The worry and stress is making people eat for comfort and the effects of social distancing is keeping us at home and not as active.

For many, that means added weight gain. While it is completely understandable that you’re eating to reduce stress, it is getting you nowhere fast.

I want to give you 3 things to think about:

1. Think of at least one good thing that came out of 2020. Look for the positive in your life and you will find more to be grateful for.

2. Be good to yourself this holiday season by gifting your body healthy food. Below, I have shared 3 delicious recipes that will help you get started.

3. Get help achieving your health goals for 2021. No excuses this time. 2021 is your year! But you can’t do it alone. I care and want to see you achieve your dreams. Hit reply to this email and let me know your goals and where you’re struggling the most.

My clients have been doing the work to finally shed the pounds, lower their A1C, get off medications, exercise, and so much more. All of my plans are tailored towards the individual and what they want to achieve.

People need to be reminded and encouraged to stay committed to their dreams. You’ll realize how much more fulfilling life can be when you are taking an active role in your life, rather than waiting for things to happen on their own.

3 Delicious Holiday Recipes

HOLIDAY HUMMUS

VEGAN OATMEAL RAISIN COOKIES

HOLIDAY FARRO SALAD WITH SWEET POTATOES, KALE, DRIED CRANBERRIES, & PISTACHIOS

I hope you’ll try these delicious recipes and treat your body well this holiday season.

Wishing you all a safe and peaceful holiday season!
~Patty

What’s Cooking this Thanksgiving? More American’s are Choosing Healthy Side Dishes

It’s no secret Thanksgiving provides a bountiful feast, but it doesn’t have to leave you lethargic and loosening your belt a notch. 

More and more we hear about ways to stay healthy and avoid excess weight by cutting back on sugar and processed foods.  Exercising and trying to decrease stress in order to minimize inflammation helps prevent chronic illnesses and autoimmune disease. 

Things like diabetes, anxiety, depression, ADHD, high blood pressure and other cardiac diseases can all be reversed when you begin a whole food regime and improve other aspects of your life.

You are what you eat!  According to Google searches by state, American’s choose “veggies” as a popular Thanksgiving side dish.  People are searching for new and exciting ways to prepare vegetables such as sweet potatoes, brussels sprouts, butternut squash, green beans, and mushrooms. 

This is encouraging and says that more people are getting the essential nutritional benefits out of their side dishes with less calories.  

Traditionally, casseroles are one of the most popular side dishes, which tend to be high in heavy cream, butter and cheese, adding unwanted calories resulting in extra pounds.  

Recipes that call for roasting and sauteing a variety of real whole vegetables rather than whipping and drenching in high calorie cream and cheese will help to move people’s health in a positive direction in 2020.  

Other popular U.S. searches includes dressing and stuffing. Dressing seems to be the descriptor for southern states whereas stuffing is preferred in New York, and other northern areas of the country. 

So what’s the difference between dressing and stuffing? The ingredients are pretty much the same. The difference is that dressing is prepared in a pan where as stuffing is used to stuff a turkey or some other foods such as mushrooms, or squash.  

Either way you like it, the good news is that both dressing and stuffing also have vegetables, such as onion, celery and seasoning made up of herbs and spices. 

Starting your holiday season with healthy habits and more vegetables can help to avoid those unwanted pounds in 2020 and help prevent disease. 

There are more than 30 days until the end of the year. It only takes 21 days to create a new habit, so why not start now, and choose a uniquely healthy side dish for all your holiday meals.  

Every body is unique and so too should be your approach to food and your health. Need help getting started with a healthy and happy 2020? Learn about my programs or call me at 518-221-9923.