Veronica Boley to discuss planning
meals with affordable healthy foods
“Eating
healthy on a budget” is the topic for this week’s Pounds Off Pulaski (POP)
meeting. The meeting will be held at
6:00 p.m. on Monday, March 17, in the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital
Conference Center on the basement level of the East Tower.
Many people
find it challenging to purchase and prepare healthful foods without breaking
the bank. Our guest speaker for Monday
night is Veronica Boley, APRN, CDE, Endocrinology Center of Lake
Cumberland. Boley will be discussing the
importance of food in relation to your overall health, focusing on healthful
foods that are also affordable. She will provide information on the difference
between good carbs and bad carbs, how to save money as you plan your meals, as
well as the best ways to preserve garden vegetables so you can have them
available all year. Recipes will be provided, and participants will have the
opportunity to sample some of those delicious, healthful foods.
Since there
is a link between obesity and diabetes, Boley will also be discussing diabetes
basics: risk factors, signs and symptom, and prevention.
During the
12-week POP challenge, weekly meetings are held each Monday with weigh-ins beginning
at 5:00 p.m. Individuals who are unable to attend the meetings each week may
watch the programs online by visiting www.PoundsOffPulaski.blogspot.com.
“We want to remind participants who have
filled their exercise tracker cards and have had them certified by our fitness
partners to bring them to the next meeting so we can get their POP Points
updated and they can get their incentive prizes,” said Susan Ramsey Wilson,
director of marketing and community relations at Lake Cumberland Regional
Hospital.
“Our final
weigh-in is just around the corner,” said Wilson. “Monday, March 31 is the
final day! POP participants can stop by the hospital anytime between 8 a.m. and
8 p.m. to weigh.”
Wilson noted
that 1st and 2nd place male and female prizes will be
awarded, based on the percentage of weight lost. The cash prizes of $500 for first and $300
for second prize will be presented to the winners at the
Somerset-Pulaski County Chamber of Commerce meeting on Tuesday, May 6.
