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HAPPENING
What’s Happening
The deadline for What’s Happening items is 5 p.m. Friday.
Call the Eagle, 541-575-0710, or email editor@bmeagle.
com. For meetings this week, see our list in the classifi eds.
Thursday, Jan. 10
Quickbooks for Ag seminar
• 4-8 p.m., Extension Offi ce classroom
Space is limited to 20 people. RSVP by Jan. 4. The price
is $10 per person. For more information, call 541-575-1911
or stop by the offi ce at 116 NW Bridge St. in John Day.
Friday, Jan. 11
Cancer benefi t dinner
• 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m., John Day Golf Club
The dinner will support gastrointestinal stromal tumor
cancer research. There will be two dinner times at 4:30 p.m.
and 6 p.m. Dinner includes chicken or beef enchiladas, Mex-
ican rice, refried beans, chips and salsa with fl an for dessert.
The cost is $15 for singles, $25 for couples and $7 for kids
7 and under. For more information, call Linda McClellan at
541-620-2352 or call 541-575-0170.
Quality Healthcare Close To Home
170 Ford Road, John Day • 541-575-1311 • www.bluemountainhospital.org
How to make successful
New Year’s resolutions
By Green Shoot Media
Most people who set
New Year’s resolutions don’t
reach their goals.
Many people give up on
their resolutions because the
goals they set are either unre-
alistic or vague, or they set
too many to be able to focus
on one.
Losing 20 pounds in a
month is unhealthy, going
from no exercise to exer-
cising for three days every
week or immediately stick-
ing to a budget perfectly
aren’t the goals that will
get you in shape or out of
debt.
Before creating a plan and
telling people, though, the
most important step is pick-
ing a goal that you really
want to accomplish and that
you are ready to make. Oth-
erwise, you may set yourself
up for failure.
Pick one thing,
set smaller goals
along the way
If your goal is to lose 50
pounds in a year, set a goal to
lose a pound or two a week.
From there, make small
changes to your diet and
exercise routines. Changes
that you know you can
do.
Make those steps doable,
and celebrate your accom-
plishments, however small
they may seem. It also helps
to write your plan down once
you’ve made it.
Writing goals down is a
good way to measure your
progress and will require
you to articulate more clearly
what you actually want to
accomplish.
Having that clearly artic-
ulated goal will make feel-
ing successful that much
easier.
Get Moving in 2019!
Contributed photo
New Year’s resolutions
are more likely to be
successful by following
these tips.
Don’t worry
about slipping
up
If you’ve gone all week
without a cigarette and then
light up after a stressful day
at work, don’t give up on
your resolution. It takes time
to learn to break the habit
of smoking, binge-eating or
staying up too late, just as it
takes time to create a habit of
eating lots of fruits and veg-
etables, exercising every day
or studying for a class.
Enlist other
people
Find a workout buddy,
somebody else who wants to
have an early morning walk
instead of an early morning
smoke, an online group with
whom you can exchange
healthy recipes, a friend who
also wants to save money or
someone else who can go
on the journey with you and
encourage you, both when
you’re doing well and when
you slip up.
Even if you don’t have
someone making the same
resolution, let the people
around you know about your
goals so they can help hold
you accountable, give you
feedback and congratulate
you.
Experts recommend that adults get at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity activity per
week. That’s only 30 minutes of exercise five days per week. Why not make specific New Year’s
resolutions to help you achieve this goal in 2019? Here are some examples:
1. Start or join an exercise group
Exercising with others makes it harder to skip a workout and you are statistically more likely
to exercise longer and harder.
One study found that 95 percent of those who started a weight-loss program with friends
completed the program, compared to only 76 percent of those who tried to do it alone. The
friend group was also 42 percent more likely to maintain their weight loss.
2. Walk during your lunch break
A 2015 study found that workers who walked for 30 minutes at lunchtime had increased
enthusiasm, felt more relaxed, and were less nervous. They also improved their physical fitness
and other measures of health.
3. Join a gym
Those who have a gym membership are 14 times more likely to achieve the 150 minutes of
recommended exercise per week. They tend to have lower resting heart rates, their hearts and
lungs are stronger, and not surprisingly, they have a slimmer waistline than those who don’t go
to the gym.
4. Join the tai chi group at Blue Mountain Hospital Wednesday nights at 6 p.m.
Tai chi has been scientifically proven to reduce the risk of falls and reduce pain in older adults
and those with fibromyalgia.
5. Volunteer
Volunteering may not count toward your 150 minutes of exercise per week, but it has
proven benefits for you, as well as for those you serve. A scientific study found that people who
volunteer have lower rates of depression, increased sense of well being, and a 22 percent lower
risk of dying compared to those who do not volunteer. Find or suggest volunteer opportunities
on www.justserve.org.
Being physically active not only helps you lose weight, but it also reduces your risk of disease,
prolongs your life, and improves your mood.
Attention Grant County Veterans:
Did you know Grant County Veterans
Services Officer is available to assist
YOU in applying for all VA benefits
you may be entitled to?
So, for a better 2019, let’s get moving!
By Dr. Dave Hall
Strawberry Wilderness Community Clinic
See your Grant County Veteran Services
Officer today for more information.
10am-4pm Monday-Friday • 541-620-8057
530 E. Main, Ste. 5, John Day, OR
97688
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As a new year commences, have you thought of your New Year’s resolutions? Statistically, 32
percent of you will make goals for the New Year. And if you’re one of those people who do,
one of the resolutions you’re most likely to make is to exercise more. Most people make this a
goal because they want to get in shape and lose weight, which are great reasons to be active.
But there are many more reasons than that to be physically active.
Physical inactivity has been called the “Sitting Disease”. The average American spends 13
hours per day sitting and 8 hours in bed, which equals 21 hours per day of inactivity. It’s no
wonder, then, that almost 40 percent of all Americans are obese. Scientific research shows that
spending most of your time sitting is associated with:
- Overweight and obesity
- Decreased muscle mass
- High blood pressure and cholesterol
- Heart disease
- Diabetes
- Cancer
- Arthritis
- Dementia
- Depression and anxiety
- Increased pain, including fibromyalgia and chronic back pain
Blue Mountain
Care Center
Resident of the Month
ARLITA ARNETT
January
January
January
January
7, 21: Baker Podiatrist-Dr. Rushton
9, 30: Bend Cardio-Dr. McLellan
17: Bend Ortho-Dr. Jacobson
18: Bend Neuro-Dr. Tien 18
Arlita Arnett was born on March 19, 1940 in Mt. Vernon, Oregon to
Herman and Josephine Smith. She has 2 brothers, Gary and Norbert.
On June 11, 1959, she married Jerry Arnett and they had four
children; Kevin, Mark, Marlene and Joanna. They were raised
here in Grant County; in Mt. Vernon and Canyon City.
Arlita worked as a waitress and bartender. She has traveled to
Washington, Idaho, California, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana,
Alaska, Colorado and her favorite, Hawaii.
Arlita enjoys crocheting, gardening, puzzles, puzzle books,
reading romance novels, baking, cooking and fishing.
Arlita came to the Blue Mountain Care Center on August 1, 2018.
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