Heart Smart for Women

Program Description

Midwest Heart Community Foundation in collaboration with Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center is once again pleased to offer the Heart Smart for Women Program.

This 12-week program provides a step-by-step plan proven to help women (and now men) develop healthy lifestyle skills that will last for a lifetime. Classes are ideal for those concerned about their risk for heart disease or who simply want to improve their lifestyle and health. Heart Smart for Women is not a diet or exercise program but rather one that focuses on developing lifestyle skills that will help individuals adopt and maintain physical activity and healthy eating habits for a life time.

It emphasizes the components of a healthy lifestyle and will help you learn strategies for fitting in physical activity at home, work, and play. Making a lifestyle change takes time and commitment, but if you are ready to start improving your health, then this program will give you the support and motivation to get moving!

Program Topics

Topics covered in the 12-week course include (but are not limited to): • Setting goals and rewarding yourself • Gaining self confidence • Understanding the risks of cardiovascular disease • Reducing the impact of daily stress • Overcoming barriers to physical activity and healthy eating • Identifying appropriate meal portions • Identifying available support systems • Measuring goals with objective assessments

Registration and Information

To register please call the Advocate Health Advisor at 1.800.323.8622 and ask for class code 4C47.
If you have additional questions contact Lori Suchor at 630.873.3408 or email: lsuchor@midwestheart.org.

Fees
Women $40; Men $100 (Men are not covered by the grant; $100 will cover the cost of the pedometer, heart rate monitor, book and instruction). Fee is payable in full the first day of class.

Winter/Spring 2010 Start Dates and Locations

January 11th, 2010	Good Samaritan Wellness Center, Downers Grove
February 1st, 2010	DuPage AME Church, Lisle, Illinois
February 8th, 2010	First Church of Lombard, Lombard, Illinois
March 1st, 2010	Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church, Glen Ellyn, Illinois