by Cathy Leman | Mar 7, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Food labeling, Healthy Eating, Nutrition
You know how confusing it can be to make healthy choices when grocery shopping. Or eating out. Or buying a dark chocolate bar. You do your best, yet you often feel like you overlooked something. Or misunderstood something. Or forgot to ask about something. One year...
by Cathy Leman | Feb 28, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Nutrition
I don’t care how fabulous your grocery shopping skills are. It’s impossible to write a grocery list from “everything in moderation.” As a breast cancer patient, you deserve a crackerjack treatment team. Oncologist? Check. Radiologist? Check....
by Cathy Leman | Feb 13, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Heart Health, Nutrition, Risk Reduction
“An increasing number of patients with pre-existing cardiovascular diseases are presenting for breast cancer therapy, adding another level of complexity.” At ~108,000 beats per day, every minute of every hour, your heart faithfully pumps oxygen and...
by Cathy Leman | Jan 23, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Nutrition, Plant-based, Risk Reduction
We don’t know for certain, but it’s been postulated that perhaps there’s a critical period after a breast cancer diagnosis when we should move quickly to change the environment of the cancer patient. This final post in my three-part series on breast cancer...
by Cathy Leman | Jan 16, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Cancer, Fitness, Lifestyle, Risk Reduction
I would venture to say that not many breast cancer survivors or patients have the opportunity to hear a practicing breast oncologist from a distinguished cancer center say; “Oncologists receive no training in how to talk to people about nutrition and physical...
by Cathy Leman | Jan 9, 2019 | Breast Cancer, Cancer, Fitness, Lifestyle, Risk Reduction
Body weight, exercise and their relationship to something as complex as breast cancer may seem too daunting to consider, but a fairly large body of evidence suggests that these factors absolutely relate to risk and outcome. This week’s post is the first in a...
by Cathy Leman | Dec 20, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Inspiration, Lifestyle, Motivation
It’s possible to keep the holidays merry and bright without obsessing over every nibble, feeling guilty for every missed workout or late night, or careening in the opposite direction to abandon any semblance of balance. Welcome to the 2018 holiday season, now pretty...
by Cathy Leman | Dec 5, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Motivation, Risk Reduction
Remember, one of the most important things you can do to reduce recurrence risk and improve outcomes is to get moving and keep moving more often than not – even if it’s only for a short amount of time (which depending on how you execute it, could be...
by Cathy Leman | Nov 29, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Fitness, Risk Reduction, Strength Training
My suspicion is that your vision of exercise doesn’t match what actually counts as exercise – it’s possible you either don’t know about some of the options, or you’ve been brain-washed by the fitness industry to believe that exercise is...
by Cathy Leman | Nov 21, 2018 | Breast Cancer, Fitness
Right now, while you’re still in charge and have 100% free rein to exercise on your own terms, find and do an activity that you love, because strong recovery and survivorship, even living with metastatic breast cancer, relies on physical strength. I was raised...
