Fort Scott Presbyterian Village
February – Love FEBRUARY 2023
Make your heart sing with these healthy habits While February is a time for matters of the heart, it’s also a great time to think about taking steps to keep yours happy and healthy in the new year. A healthy diet is one way to keep your heart strong. Another way - exercise. Three categories of exercises are all critical to a healthy heart, and overall well-being. If you can find ways to incorporate a few of these easy exercises into your daily routine, evidence shows you’ll feel better and feel more confident as you navigate the world. Aerobic Exercise This type of exercise improves circulation throughout the body and helps strengthen the heart. It can also help reduce blood pressure and resting heart rates, can cut the risk of Type 2 diabetes and prevents a host of other health issues. You’d want to try to get at least 30 minutes of aerobic exercise each day. This can include brisk walking, running, swimming, cycling, tennis or other sports. What you do is less important that getting your heart pumping in what is considered moderate activity for at least 150 minutes per week. Resistance Training This is most often associated with lifting weights - but anything that makes
Editor’s Note: In a nod to our Presbyterian heritage, we regularly feature a column from a PMMA® chaplain in our newsletter. This month’s column comes from Rev. Bob Webb, chaplain at Farmington Presbyterian Manor®.
How quickly time goes and now we are into the New Year. The stores have put away Christmas and New Year’s gifts and we’re already in Bob Webb February, the month of love. The problem with holidays is if we aren’t careful we become “holiday people” and miss the reason for the celebration and its personal meaning to us. When I think of February, it’s the month of valentines, candy, flowers and all the reminders of those who are special in our lives. As the activities department is busy helping our residents to remind them of how special you are to all of us who work and love you, my thought of love is not one we have one time a year but something we all need to learn to cultivate each day of our life. When I think of love I am reminded who it is that loves each of us so very much and shows us that love, not just once a year but day in and day out. That one is God who loves each one of us, no matter what goes on. Even when I forget Him He remembers me and loves me. God's Word tells us in First Corinthians
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