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New You Resolution
Aired January 21, 2004 - 07:53 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: It is week three of our "New You Resolution" series. We've been following some regular people who want to make big health changes in 2004.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: And today, we see them all again, what they're learning about their health and what we can learn from them, huh, Sanjay?
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes. And I'm sure you guys are curious -- because I was -- to see how they're doing.
Well, let me tell you. Some are making pretty good strides. Others aren't finding it so easy.
Here's this week's "New You" checkup.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA (voice-over): To stick with Kim's "New You" plan....
KIMBERLEY EVERETT, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Routine, routine, routine.
GUPTA: ... and avoid her favorite fast foods, dietician Sonya Rusnik (ph) taught Kim how to pack a lunch in five minutes.
EVERETT: How many pieces of bread can I have?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You have a nice sandwich.
EVERETT: A sandwich.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Carrots, a couple, you've got your apple.
GUPTA: So, are the lessons paying off?
EVERETT: No fried foods, 11 days now.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK, so you've worked out?
EVERETT: Forty-five minutes, I'm really tired.
GUPTA: Kim was disappointed that she only lost one pound this week, but the trainer says one to two pounds a week is the healthy way to go.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you do your ironing here. PAM KIRKBRIDE, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Yes.
GUPTA: For the Kirkbrides' "New You Resolution," it's all about organization.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Every minute you waste looking for a paperclip is a minute they could spending with their child.
GUPTA: "Real Simple" magazine's Elizabeth Mayhew (ph) came to the new parents' rescue.
P. KIRKBRIDE: This is so great!
GUPTA: Organization doesn't need to break the bank. All of this cost just a few hundred dollars.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It was a hall, now someplace you can actually work.
GUPTA: Real simple tips to remember: contain and maintain, think vertically.
MICHAEL KIRKBRIDE, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: It de- stresses and it saves time and it looks good.
KATHRYN BURKHOLDER, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Today is the worst day.
GUPTA: Heading back to work is testing Kathryn's willpower. She can't stop thinking about smoking.
BURKHOLDER: In the car, it seems like never stops.
GUPTA: Gum and bottled water helps get her through car trips, and she's been drinking caffeine-free tea to stem her other cravings, about eight cups a day.
BURKHOLDER: A whole lot of tea.
GUPTA: So, what's the one thought that keeps her from picking up a cigarette?
BURKHOLDER: I don't want to have to do this again.
GUPTA: She has not gained any weight so far. Swimming is her exercise of choice this week.
BURKHOLDER: I'll just swim for 30 minutes.
GUPTA: And her heart and lung scan came up clear.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
And Kathryn did get lucky with that heart and lung scan. All of those years of smoking and her family history haven't caught up with her. Now to David Peck. We've been talking about him. He's been working on improving his workout, and a stress test last month indicated possible blockages in his arteries. So, he had that angiogram.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
DAVID PECK, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: We're going backwards. I have never done this.
GUPTA (voice-over): David Peck starts out his week at the gym, trying some new moves and turning his workout around. His new trainer pumps more cardio into his routine.
ELIZABETH LARKAM, AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EXERCISE: Dave is not getting the most from the time he's putting into his workout.
GUPTA: Not enough stretching either. Pilates should help him with stress. And just by changing his diet, David has already lost five pounds.
PECK: As you can tell, the gut is going away a little bit.
GUPTA: At his meeting with an American Heart Association nutritionist, David may have learned a new mantra.
JUDITH LEVINE, REGISTERED DIETICIAN, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: Say to yourself, "I can stop eating now, my mouth wants more but my stomach has had enough."
GUPTA: Sure they help, but for Dave, meetings about food and fitness felt like a diversion, overshadowed by another doctor's visit for an angiogram to check for artery blockages.
PECK: I'm ready to get this over with.
GUPTA: During the procedure, his cardiologist checked one side of David's heart.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I checked the left side. The artery looks very good.
GUPTA: And then the other.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're right side looks quite good as well.
GUPTA: But:
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The third artery, which is on the left side, is a little small.
GUPTA: Explaining why his stress test was a false positive last month.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And that's why that part of the heart seems to be a little sluggish. PECK: I'm happy. That's good news.
GUPTA: But his doctor offers this caution:
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's still young and certainly he's at risk of still building up plaque in these arteries that are normal today.
GUPTA: He'll have to keep up the exercise and healthy eating habits. David says it's like he has a new lease on life.
PECK: I want to be around for the kids, and so now I'm even more blessed. You know, I think I have more time that I can treat my heart right.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA: Good news for David there.
For you at home, are you up for the challenge? Well, we want you to follow along with the "New You Resolution."
Here are some simple take-home tips: Avoid a workout runt by circuit training. When you're on the equipment, push yourself a little harder for a few minutes. Then back off for a few minutes at your own circuit training. Take your workout with you on business trips or whenever you hit the road. Some simple things like elastic tubing or weights can help you do your workout in your hotel room or even on the plane.
Feeling famished from cutting calories? Have strategic protein snacks, such as a half a turkey sandwich or yogurt -- all of those available to fight hunger pains.
And if you're at risk for heart disease, go and see your cardiologist for a stress test. Whether the test is negative or positive, the keys to heart health remain the same: exercise, healthy diet, no smoking.
For more information log on to CNN.com/resolution. You can follow along with our participants. You can read their daily journals. You can send them notes of encouragement.
Join us next Tuesday as well at 7:00 a.m. Eastern for another "New You" weekly checkup. I'll be here.
HEMMER: And no one has dropped out.
GUPTA: No one has dropped out. I think they're pretty excited still.
HEMMER: Good deal. Thank you, Sanjay.
GUPTA: All right.
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Aired January 21, 2004 - 07:53 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: It is week three of our "New You Resolution" series. We've been following some regular people who want to make big health changes in 2004.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: And today, we see them all again, what they're learning about their health and what we can learn from them, huh, Sanjay?
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Yes. And I'm sure you guys are curious -- because I was -- to see how they're doing.
Well, let me tell you. Some are making pretty good strides. Others aren't finding it so easy.
Here's this week's "New You" checkup.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA (voice-over): To stick with Kim's "New You" plan....
KIMBERLEY EVERETT, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Routine, routine, routine.
GUPTA: ... and avoid her favorite fast foods, dietician Sonya Rusnik (ph) taught Kim how to pack a lunch in five minutes.
EVERETT: How many pieces of bread can I have?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You have a nice sandwich.
EVERETT: A sandwich.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Carrots, a couple, you've got your apple.
GUPTA: So, are the lessons paying off?
EVERETT: No fried foods, 11 days now.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: OK, so you've worked out?
EVERETT: Forty-five minutes, I'm really tired.
GUPTA: Kim was disappointed that she only lost one pound this week, but the trainer says one to two pounds a week is the healthy way to go.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Do you do your ironing here. PAM KIRKBRIDE, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Yes.
GUPTA: For the Kirkbrides' "New You Resolution," it's all about organization.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Every minute you waste looking for a paperclip is a minute they could spending with their child.
GUPTA: "Real Simple" magazine's Elizabeth Mayhew (ph) came to the new parents' rescue.
P. KIRKBRIDE: This is so great!
GUPTA: Organization doesn't need to break the bank. All of this cost just a few hundred dollars.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It was a hall, now someplace you can actually work.
GUPTA: Real simple tips to remember: contain and maintain, think vertically.
MICHAEL KIRKBRIDE, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: It de- stresses and it saves time and it looks good.
KATHRYN BURKHOLDER, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Today is the worst day.
GUPTA: Heading back to work is testing Kathryn's willpower. She can't stop thinking about smoking.
BURKHOLDER: In the car, it seems like never stops.
GUPTA: Gum and bottled water helps get her through car trips, and she's been drinking caffeine-free tea to stem her other cravings, about eight cups a day.
BURKHOLDER: A whole lot of tea.
GUPTA: So, what's the one thought that keeps her from picking up a cigarette?
BURKHOLDER: I don't want to have to do this again.
GUPTA: She has not gained any weight so far. Swimming is her exercise of choice this week.
BURKHOLDER: I'll just swim for 30 minutes.
GUPTA: And her heart and lung scan came up clear.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
And Kathryn did get lucky with that heart and lung scan. All of those years of smoking and her family history haven't caught up with her. Now to David Peck. We've been talking about him. He's been working on improving his workout, and a stress test last month indicated possible blockages in his arteries. So, he had that angiogram.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
DAVID PECK, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: We're going backwards. I have never done this.
GUPTA (voice-over): David Peck starts out his week at the gym, trying some new moves and turning his workout around. His new trainer pumps more cardio into his routine.
ELIZABETH LARKAM, AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EXERCISE: Dave is not getting the most from the time he's putting into his workout.
GUPTA: Not enough stretching either. Pilates should help him with stress. And just by changing his diet, David has already lost five pounds.
PECK: As you can tell, the gut is going away a little bit.
GUPTA: At his meeting with an American Heart Association nutritionist, David may have learned a new mantra.
JUDITH LEVINE, REGISTERED DIETICIAN, AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION: Say to yourself, "I can stop eating now, my mouth wants more but my stomach has had enough."
GUPTA: Sure they help, but for Dave, meetings about food and fitness felt like a diversion, overshadowed by another doctor's visit for an angiogram to check for artery blockages.
PECK: I'm ready to get this over with.
GUPTA: During the procedure, his cardiologist checked one side of David's heart.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I checked the left side. The artery looks very good.
GUPTA: And then the other.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You're right side looks quite good as well.
GUPTA: But:
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The third artery, which is on the left side, is a little small.
GUPTA: Explaining why his stress test was a false positive last month.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: And that's why that part of the heart seems to be a little sluggish. PECK: I'm happy. That's good news.
GUPTA: But his doctor offers this caution:
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's still young and certainly he's at risk of still building up plaque in these arteries that are normal today.
GUPTA: He'll have to keep up the exercise and healthy eating habits. David says it's like he has a new lease on life.
PECK: I want to be around for the kids, and so now I'm even more blessed. You know, I think I have more time that I can treat my heart right.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA: Good news for David there.
For you at home, are you up for the challenge? Well, we want you to follow along with the "New You Resolution."
Here are some simple take-home tips: Avoid a workout runt by circuit training. When you're on the equipment, push yourself a little harder for a few minutes. Then back off for a few minutes at your own circuit training. Take your workout with you on business trips or whenever you hit the road. Some simple things like elastic tubing or weights can help you do your workout in your hotel room or even on the plane.
Feeling famished from cutting calories? Have strategic protein snacks, such as a half a turkey sandwich or yogurt -- all of those available to fight hunger pains.
And if you're at risk for heart disease, go and see your cardiologist for a stress test. Whether the test is negative or positive, the keys to heart health remain the same: exercise, healthy diet, no smoking.
For more information log on to CNN.com/resolution. You can follow along with our participants. You can read their daily journals. You can send them notes of encouragement.
Join us next Tuesday as well at 7:00 a.m. Eastern for another "New You" weekly checkup. I'll be here.
HEMMER: And no one has dropped out.
GUPTA: No one has dropped out. I think they're pretty excited still.
HEMMER: Good deal. Thank you, Sanjay.
GUPTA: All right.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com.
