Heart Healthy Challenge

It's happening all over the country for Heart Healthy Month....StrollerFit is running a contest to bring awareness to Heart Health. This topic is near and dear....my family history of heart disease is extensive, lots and lots of early heart attacks and strokes. It is so scary to me that I carry the same gene for high cholesterol as my dad (heart attack 48) no matter what steps I take to correct it. I can keep the overall number down with exercise and eating well, but I have high bad cholesterol and low good. When I went to my doc to ask him to put me on a cholesterol medication at the age of 31, he looked at me cross-eyed. I am a young, healthy, of average weight, ate well, exercised but once we reviewed my family history, he applauded my proactiveness. Having high bad cholesterol over a long period of time increases your risk for disease. I am fighting tooth and nail to not have a heart attack or stroke....it's a clear reminder every week when I visit my 60 yr old aunt in a nursing home that I need to take care of myself. She had a stroke at age 60...she hadn't even retired yet. I have plans for my retirement and they don't have anything to do with the inside of a nursing home.
That's why I bought the StrollerFit franchise to begin with...it's a motivation for me and hopefully I will motivate other women in particular to have fun and workout and to be a role model to their children. I wished my mom got me in the habit of working out every morning instead of learning to do it myself. Ava now asks when do we go to exercise. She knows how important it is at the age of 3. This is something that she will keep with her for life.
Well, the challenge is on. Moms and babies are wearing red this month in class and really getting competitive! Love it!
So...StrollerFit in the morning, Restore The Core at night, and I am getting sick to boot! I need some shuteye!