Tim Russert's Death puts coronary disease awareness on front page
 
Just like Tim Russert, my dad died of a massive heart attack.  
  
He died in his sleep and he was only 64.  And he had no history of heart disease although he had high blood pressure and a very type A personality.
 
With Tim Russert's sudden death, coronary disease is getting front page coverage. 

But did you know that heart disease doesn't just kill men?
 
Women are just as susceptible to heart disease as are men.  Studies show that heart disease causes more deaths in women than all the cancer's combined.  So for all you women out there, what's good for the goose... applies here too.
 
I'm constantly worried about my diet and maintain a healthy diet routine (at least 5 out of the 7 days, weekends being the toughest to stick to a healthy diet routine).  But I must admit,  for the past two months I've fallen off the exercise wagon.  There's no excuse for it other than pure and simple laziness.
    
Don't get me wrong, I'm plenty busy what with working full time while running a full time business. But I know that I can still find 45 minutes to exercise. That's why I'm saying it's pure laziness that's preventing me from working out.
 
It's just that after working out with a personal trainer for the past year, I just felt like I needed a break from including yet another 45 minutes of sweating to an already grueling schedule. 
 
But now with Tim Russert's death making front page news, I've got to get back into my exercise routine so that I don't end up prematurely dead like him.  After all, I've got a few additional black marks against me. In addition to family history, I'm also a super Type A personality.
 
So! I'll be back on that tread mill tomorrow, making sure that I get them heart muscles pumping. And I hope that by maintaining a good balance of diet and exercise, I ward off death by a few years.