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New You Resolution
Aired February 03, 2004 - 07:45 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.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Believe it or not, only three weeks left in our "New You Resolution" series, as we follow the five pokes -- the five folks -- sorry to all of you -- who want to make some big health changes this year.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: This week, concentrating on healthy cooking and cardio workouts, and that's why Sanjay is here.
Good morning.
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to both of you.
Diet is such an important thing. All of our participants have been meeting with a cooking expert to revamp all of their recipes.
Here is this week's "New You" checkup.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA (voice-over): David Peck's kitchen is now a healthy haven after a visit from "Cooking Light" magazine to de-fat family recipes.
DAVID PECK, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Very good. Very good.
GUPTA: But will he eat it long term?
PECK: Late night, if it's in the fridge? Sure, I'll eat it.
GUPTA: It's all part of Dave's "New You" diet, which includes heart healthy omega 3s, unsaturated fats and soy protein.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's (UNINTELLIGIBLE) in that it can help decrease the risk of heart disease.
GUPTA: And he's inching closer to his college weight. He dropped two more pounds this week, and the workout is up to almost six days a week.
PAM KIRKBRIDE, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Who's tired? Who's tired?
MICHAEL KIRKBRIDE, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Daddy.
GUPTA: Even between Michael's new job and sleep training baby Olivia... P. KIRKBRIDE: I think you're supposed to be 90 degrees, sir.
GUPTA: ... the Kirkbrides are still finding time to squeeze in their workouts.
P. KIRKBRIDE: The stomach needs to start shrinking.
GUPTA: But are they making time for meals?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If you can do two chickens at once, you can get enough leftovers for the whole week.
GUPTA: Lisa Bain (ph) from "Parenting" magazine gave them some quick and easy cooking tips. Bit have they kept it up?
M. KIRKBRIDE: It's hard, because we're hungry all the time.
P. KIRKBRIDE: Between this and exercise, the meals just kind of go to the wayside.
GUPTA: Kathryn is starting to feel like a non-smoker now.
KATHRYN BURKHOLDER, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: I'm definitely more successful than I've ever been before. I'm more calm.
GUPTA: Yoga at home helps relieve her stress, and she's walking.
BURKHOLDER: Even if I don't have time to really exercise, I'll still go out every day, even if it's just 15 or 20 minutes.
GUPTA: Kathryn had a home visit from her Intervent mentors. Bob Skilgen (ph) and Kim Allen (ph) showed her how to cook some healthy low-fat dishes. It's all an attempt to help Kathryn control her weight.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There's no food that's completely forbidden. It's a matter of how much and how often.
BURKHOLDER: That's surprisingly good.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA: All right, those are those three.
Now a closer look at Kim as well. Before the "New You" started, you'll remember, she was working two jobs, and eating fast food was the sum of her day.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA (voice-over): As we head into week five, Kim's days are even fuller, but she is trimmer.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Wow, Kim! You've lost five inches!
GUPTA: Kim fits in workouts around her two job schedules six days a week -- sometimes before the sun rises; sometimes as it sets.
And dietician Sonia Rusnick (ph) calls each day to see if she's entering every bite into her food diary. Sonia (ph) gave her an eating makeover at her favorite lunch stop.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, you got the baked potato soup last time, right?
KIM EVERETT, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Yes, the baked potato soup.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And that was almost 200 calories and 10 grams of fat.
EVERETT: OK.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Here, with the chicken noodle soup, you picked a winning choice, because now you're talking about 100 calories and, like, 2 grams of fat.
GUPTA: And thanks to "Cooking Light" magazine editor and dietician Christa Montgomery (ph)...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's rumored that you've got some kind of catfish that you love in your freezer. So, that's what I'm going to do today is try and give you one that's not deep-fried.
EVERETT: How many calories is this?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's about 320 calories and only 11 grams of fat, and the fat is the good fat, because it's from olive oil.
GUPTA: The hardest challenge for Kim so far?
EVERETT: It's fried food.
GUPTA: And:
EVERETT: It's just with two jobs and working out now and packing lunch, I have no time.
GUPTA: But she knows this is just an adjustment period to make a lifetime of healthy habits.
EVERETT: Three weeks to form a habit. That's what it takes. Three weeks to kind of get in the hang of things and feel good about it.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA: All right. Everyone seems to be making their plans almost habit by now. That typically takes about 21 days to make a habit.
You, too, at home can form healthy habits by using these simple take-home tips. Schedule early-morning workouts. That's going to help you from skipping them later on in the day when things will certainly get busy. Instead of deep-frying foods, mimic the taste by crunching up corn flakes, add a tablespoon of heart-healthy olive oil and simmer it all together in a skillet. Also, by cutting just 100 calories a day, you can ward off the one or two pounds most people will gain by year's end. Some simple tips.
Log on to CNN.com/resolution to follow along with our participants. You can read their daily journals or send them notes of encouragement. And you've been doing so, and they are great.
Be sure to join us next Tuesday morning at 7:00 a.m. Eastern with a more in-depth look at the program each "New You" participant has been following.
O'BRIEN: Gosh, good for Kim, five inches. Wow!
HEMMER: Yes, great.
O'BRIEN: And she doesn't have a ton of time in her schedule with two jobs. So, wow! That's impressive.
GUPTA: Yes.
O'BRIEN: You go, girl.
GUPTA: All right.
O'BRIEN: She's doing great.
HEMMER: Twenty-one days to form a habit, huh?
GUPTA: Twenty-one days to form a habit. That's what they say.
O'BRIEN: To form it and to break it, too?
GUPTA: Well, hopefully, it's...
HEMMER: It takes two.
GUPTA: It becomes a lot harder to break it after 21 days.
O'BRIEN: Interesting. All right, Sanjay, thanks.
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Aired February 3, 2004 - 07:45 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
SOLEDAD O'BRIEN, CNN ANCHOR: Believe it or not, only three weeks left in our "New You Resolution" series, as we follow the five pokes -- the five folks -- sorry to all of you -- who want to make some big health changes this year.
BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: This week, concentrating on healthy cooking and cardio workouts, and that's why Sanjay is here.
Good morning.
DR. SANJAY GUPTA, CNN MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to both of you.
Diet is such an important thing. All of our participants have been meeting with a cooking expert to revamp all of their recipes.
Here is this week's "New You" checkup.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA (voice-over): David Peck's kitchen is now a healthy haven after a visit from "Cooking Light" magazine to de-fat family recipes.
DAVID PECK, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Very good. Very good.
GUPTA: But will he eat it long term?
PECK: Late night, if it's in the fridge? Sure, I'll eat it.
GUPTA: It's all part of Dave's "New You" diet, which includes heart healthy omega 3s, unsaturated fats and soy protein.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's (UNINTELLIGIBLE) in that it can help decrease the risk of heart disease.
GUPTA: And he's inching closer to his college weight. He dropped two more pounds this week, and the workout is up to almost six days a week.
PAM KIRKBRIDE, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Who's tired? Who's tired?
MICHAEL KIRKBRIDE, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Daddy.
GUPTA: Even between Michael's new job and sleep training baby Olivia... P. KIRKBRIDE: I think you're supposed to be 90 degrees, sir.
GUPTA: ... the Kirkbrides are still finding time to squeeze in their workouts.
P. KIRKBRIDE: The stomach needs to start shrinking.
GUPTA: But are they making time for meals?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: If you can do two chickens at once, you can get enough leftovers for the whole week.
GUPTA: Lisa Bain (ph) from "Parenting" magazine gave them some quick and easy cooking tips. Bit have they kept it up?
M. KIRKBRIDE: It's hard, because we're hungry all the time.
P. KIRKBRIDE: Between this and exercise, the meals just kind of go to the wayside.
GUPTA: Kathryn is starting to feel like a non-smoker now.
KATHRYN BURKHOLDER, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: I'm definitely more successful than I've ever been before. I'm more calm.
GUPTA: Yoga at home helps relieve her stress, and she's walking.
BURKHOLDER: Even if I don't have time to really exercise, I'll still go out every day, even if it's just 15 or 20 minutes.
GUPTA: Kathryn had a home visit from her Intervent mentors. Bob Skilgen (ph) and Kim Allen (ph) showed her how to cook some healthy low-fat dishes. It's all an attempt to help Kathryn control her weight.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There's no food that's completely forbidden. It's a matter of how much and how often.
BURKHOLDER: That's surprisingly good.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA: All right, those are those three.
Now a closer look at Kim as well. Before the "New You" started, you'll remember, she was working two jobs, and eating fast food was the sum of her day.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA (voice-over): As we head into week five, Kim's days are even fuller, but she is trimmer.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Wow, Kim! You've lost five inches!
GUPTA: Kim fits in workouts around her two job schedules six days a week -- sometimes before the sun rises; sometimes as it sets.
And dietician Sonia Rusnick (ph) calls each day to see if she's entering every bite into her food diary. Sonia (ph) gave her an eating makeover at her favorite lunch stop.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, you got the baked potato soup last time, right?
KIM EVERETT, NEW YOU RESOLUTION PARTICIPANT: Yes, the baked potato soup.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And that was almost 200 calories and 10 grams of fat.
EVERETT: OK.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Here, with the chicken noodle soup, you picked a winning choice, because now you're talking about 100 calories and, like, 2 grams of fat.
GUPTA: And thanks to "Cooking Light" magazine editor and dietician Christa Montgomery (ph)...
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It's rumored that you've got some kind of catfish that you love in your freezer. So, that's what I'm going to do today is try and give you one that's not deep-fried.
EVERETT: How many calories is this?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's about 320 calories and only 11 grams of fat, and the fat is the good fat, because it's from olive oil.
GUPTA: The hardest challenge for Kim so far?
EVERETT: It's fried food.
GUPTA: And:
EVERETT: It's just with two jobs and working out now and packing lunch, I have no time.
GUPTA: But she knows this is just an adjustment period to make a lifetime of healthy habits.
EVERETT: Three weeks to form a habit. That's what it takes. Three weeks to kind of get in the hang of things and feel good about it.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
GUPTA: All right. Everyone seems to be making their plans almost habit by now. That typically takes about 21 days to make a habit.
You, too, at home can form healthy habits by using these simple take-home tips. Schedule early-morning workouts. That's going to help you from skipping them later on in the day when things will certainly get busy. Instead of deep-frying foods, mimic the taste by crunching up corn flakes, add a tablespoon of heart-healthy olive oil and simmer it all together in a skillet. Also, by cutting just 100 calories a day, you can ward off the one or two pounds most people will gain by year's end. Some simple tips.
Log on to CNN.com/resolution to follow along with our participants. You can read their daily journals or send them notes of encouragement. And you've been doing so, and they are great.
Be sure to join us next Tuesday morning at 7:00 a.m. Eastern with a more in-depth look at the program each "New You" participant has been following.
O'BRIEN: Gosh, good for Kim, five inches. Wow!
HEMMER: Yes, great.
O'BRIEN: And she doesn't have a ton of time in her schedule with two jobs. So, wow! That's impressive.
GUPTA: Yes.
O'BRIEN: You go, girl.
GUPTA: All right.
O'BRIEN: She's doing great.
HEMMER: Twenty-one days to form a habit, huh?
GUPTA: Twenty-one days to form a habit. That's what they say.
O'BRIEN: To form it and to break it, too?
GUPTA: Well, hopefully, it's...
HEMMER: It takes two.
GUPTA: It becomes a lot harder to break it after 21 days.
O'BRIEN: Interesting. All right, Sanjay, thanks.
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