New You Resolution update
Week 3
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From left: Kimberley Everett, David Peck, Kathryn Burkholder, and Michael and Pam Kirkbride.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta's weekly check with Kimberley, David, Kathryn, Pam and Michael. (January 20)
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What you can learn from our participants' progress, according to their trainers and health experts:
Join the circuit -- Just a few minutes on different pieces of gym equipment keeps the workout interesting.
Workout road trip -- Carry workout equipment to keep up when you're on the road.
Stretch it -- Stretching should be a staple of every workout routine.
'Strategic protein' -- Keep protein snacks around to avoid overeating later.
Heart stress? -- If you're at risk for heart disease, see a cardiologist for a stress test.
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(CNN) -- During the eight weeks of the New You Resolution program, CNN will check in with the participants and report on their progress, problems or any worries they might have. Below are updates for Week 3:
David Peck
For David Peck, the week was overshadowed by another doctor's visit for an angiogram to check for artery blockages in his heart.
During the procedure, his cardiologist checked one side of David's heart.
"This left side of the artery looks very good," said Dr. Alan Yeung of Stanford Hospital in California. "And the right side looks quite good as well. .. [but] the third artery which is on the left side is a little small."
That small artery explains why David's stress test was a false-positive last month. Enough blood wasn't getting through and that's why that part of the heart seemed a little sluggish.
"I'm happy. It's good news," says David.
But his doctor warns that David shouldn't be over-confident.
"He's still young and certainly he's at risk of still building up plaque in these arteries that are normal today," Yeung cautioned.
David started his week at the gym. He's trying some new moves and turning his workout around.
His new trainer, Elizabeth Larkam, with the American Council on Exercise, pumped more cardio into his routine. explaining, "Dave is not getting the most from the time he's putting into his workout."
He's not doing enough stretching either. Larkam added Pilates to his workout to help with flexibility and it should help him de-stress, too.
And just by changing his diet, David's already lost five pounds.
"You can tell the gut's going away a little bit," says David.
At his meeting with an American Heart Association nutritionist, Dave may have learned a new mantra: "Say to yourself: I can stop eating now. My mouth wants more but my stomach has had enough."
David will have to keep up the exercise and healthy eating habits to stay on the path to good heart health, but he says that after the doctor's visit, it's like he has a new lease on life.
"I want to be around for the kids and so now I'm even more blessed. I think I have more time. I can treat my heart right."
Kimberley Everett
To stick with Kim's New You eating plan of "routine, routine, routine," and avoid her favorite fast foods, dietitian Sonya Rusnak taught Kim how to pack a lunch in five minutes. It consisted of a turkey sandwich, pretzels, carrots and apples.
Are the lessons paying off? Kim confesses on her home video diary: "No fried foods for 11 days now! I've worked out for 45 minutes and I'm feeling really sweaty. "
Despite the tough workouts and new eating regiment, Kim was disappointed she only lost one pound this week. But her trainer says one to two pounds a week is the healthy way to go.
Pam and Michael Kirkbride
The Kirkbrides got a visit from "Real Simple" magazine this week. The experts checked out the Kirkbride clutter and helped organize it.
Elizabeth Mayhew of "Real Simple" came to the Kirkbride's rescue.
"Every minute you waste looking for a paper clip is a minute they could be spending with their child," she explains.
The makeover was astounding. Before, Pam and Michael used their dining room table not only for eating, but for ironing and as a home office, complete with computer and mail. Mayhew helped move the office to the hallway, building a desk and a series of shelves going straight up the wall.
Organization doesn't need to break the bank. All the shelving and containers for mail and papers cost just a few hundred dollars.
"It was a hall; now it's someplace you can actually work," says Mayhew.
"Real Simple" tips to remember: Think vertically and contain and maintain.
Michael loves it, too. "It de-stresses, it saves time and looks good."
Kathryn Burkholder
Heading back to work is tested Kathryn's willpower. She can't stop thinking about smoking.
"In the car, it seems like it never stops," she says.
Gum and bottled water help get her through car trips, and she's been drinking about eight cups of caffeine-free tea a day to stem her other cravings.
"It's a whole lotta tea!" laughs Kathryn.
What's the one thought that keeps her from picking up a cigarette?
"I don't want to have do this again," she confesses. "I think I've quit enough times."
She's not gained any weight so far and swimming is her exercise of choice this week.
And her heart and lung scan came up clear. Kathryn's lucky. Her heavy smoking and family history didn't catch up to her.
