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Healthy Weight Week!
Lost Creek Guide
Weld County, Colorado – It’s time to celebrate the new year, a new you, and a healthy weight. Each year, Healthy Weight Week (January 17-23) focuses on this by encouraging the public to make wellness a lifestyle by consuming nutritious foods and living actively. The Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment (WCDPHE) is encouraging the public to join the cause and celebrate their health by following these tips: 1. Get a Move On: Dance, swim, jog, or take a brisk walk to start the week. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggests the average American adult exercise for two hours and 30 minutes per week. Find an aerobic exercise you love, and you won’t want to miss a sweat session. 2. Drink Water: Drinking water when you’re thirsty and with meals can help you keep a normal temperature, feel more focused, and help your body rid itself of waste. 3. Get Adequate Sleep: Aim for six to eight hours of rest each evening. Sleeping not only helps you feel more rejuvenated but also reduces your stress levels. Go to bed at the same time each night and wake up at a similar time each morning to reap the most benefit. 4. Derail Your Stress: There are several ways to overcome the stress and anxiety that can contribute to weight gain. The CDC suggests avoiding drugs and alcohol, confiding in loved ones, participating in social events, eating a well-balanced diet, and becoming active in your community as ways to manage stress. 5. Snack on It: Snacking is imperative for weight management, but you must choose snacks that fuel your body. The CDC suggests choosing fruits and vegetables for snacks since they are low-calorie and filling, like a cup of baby carrots or a banana. 6. Just “Be”: Live in the moment for a few minutes each day. Carving out time in your day to relax and enjoy life is imperative for true happiness. You can change your lifestyle and get to a healthy weight. Start with small changes, get professional help if necessary, join up with friends, and celebrate your hard work. For more information on resources WCDPHE offers the public to support healthy eating and active living, go to https://www.weldgov.com/departments/health_and_environment/health_education_programs.
Payback
January 20, 2021
By: Bill O’Reilly Imitating the bloody baptism scene in The Godfather, anti-Trump zealots are coming with guns blazing. The horrendous display of sedition and treachery at the nation’s Capitol has provided some leftists with a license to figuratively kill and they are locked and loaded. President Trump is the primary target and he is badly wounded with more pain to come. Mr. Trump is obviously loathed by many powerful people and is now stripped of defenders. Those who would even grant the President a fair hearing are putting themselves at risk. Mr. Trump’s failure to tamp down the angry protestors supporting him in Washington has destroyed his legacy. The Trumphaters are screaming that he “encouraged” the violence but I believe that’s false. The President is an opportunist and smart enough to understand that a calculated violent attack on Congress in his name would destroy him. Because of his bitterness over the election and the unprecedented press mistreatment he’s received, the President has lost all perspective and personal discipline. Not an excuse, just accurate analysis. I know the man. Now we have even more hatred. Let me ask a simple question: do you think Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer care about “bringing the country together?” Of course they don’t. They want to punish Donald Trump and every single one of his supporters by ginning up another impeachment fiasco that they know will light yet another fuse in this nation. Joe Biden has not signed on because he understands the brutal consequences of totally emasculating his predecessor, a man who garnered 74 million votes. I’m not even going to address the corrupt media which believes its reckless disregard of facts and perspective is a moral obligation. But social media? Now, that’s a different story. Pun intended. I agree that violent threats and defamation must be policed by Silicon Valley. But denying the President and others the right to express opinions is dangerous to the nation. Companies have a perfect right to “flag” what they deem as inaccurate. But punishing political expression is obviously unconstitutional. The corporate media uses anonymous, unverifiable sources every day and social media aggressively distributes that. We are in a danger zone here that may require Congressional scrutiny. It is beyond any doubt that the assault on Congress by Trump supporters has created a national emergency. We are descending into the madness of irrationality. In addition, the anti-Trumpers are now exacting vivid revenge and there doesn’t seem to be any cease fire in sight. And so our divided nation turns to you, Joe Biden. Defuse it. As best you can.
The Effort to Humiliate Trump and His Supporters
By: Bill O’Reilly Nancy Pelosi is moving to impeach President Trump for a second time, on the grounds that he “incited” the assault on the nation’s Capitol. That is an opinion, not a fact. It can never be established as fact. If you read Trump’s speech, he clearly called for his supporters to “peacefully” march to the Capitol to show their displeasure with the election. You can say it is irresponsible. You can say he should not have done it. You can say it is provocative. But if you say he fostered violence, you are lying, because there is nothing to back that up. So, what is the impeachable offense? This impeachment effort is about humiliating President Trump and his supporters – not uniting the country. Donald Trump, in his four years, did a lot of good for this country. He lost it after the election – but if you voted for him based on his policies and accomplishments, you have nothing to be sorry about. Anti-Trump zealots are trying to “cancel” you – but you have nothing to be ashamed of.
Community UMC Reopening for Worship
By Linda Meyer, CUMC Pastor On January 17, 2021, Community United Methodist Church in Keenesburg reopened for Sunday worship. Weld County’s Covid-19 numbers have been falling for over a month, and the positivity rate is now approximately 9.5%. It was over 16% in mid-November. Based on the falling number of cases of Covid-19, especially in the Keenesburg-Hudson area, we decided to reopen worship to all of our members and neighbors. The positivity rate in southwest Weld County is between 3% and 6%, depending on the location. Everyone who attends worship must wear a face mask. Masks may be removed once you are seated in a pew. Households need to sit at least six feet apart from other households. Some pews have been roped off to allow for space between households. We still need to be cautious we are not spreading any viruses, whether it is a slight cold, or influenza, or Covid-19. For those who are not able to attend worship, Community UMC’s worship services are livestreamed on our Facebook page. Worship videos will be available on our YouTube channel later on Sunday.
