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Workout Mama

An Interview with Fitness Guru Kathy Smith

By Teri Brown

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KS: There's a saying, "Health is not your greatest asset, but without it, nothing else matters." We live in a country where the obesity rate is rising, adult onset diabetes is starting in childhood and there were 3,000 to 4,000 deaths last year attributed to people's sedentary lifestyles. There's no one solution to all of these issues, but the collective effort of families making lifestyle changes that impact the entire household is a first step in creating change in this country. I lost my dad; he died of a heart attack when I was 17. It was devastating to me and my mom and sister, and it could have been prevented with some lifestyle education.

Kathy Smith has shared her master recipe for stir fry. After you have mastered the basic stir fry, you can vary the taste by enjoying one of the three different sauces. Check it out!

iP: How do you think fitness affects a person's quality of life?
KS: Exercise for me is like a helium balloon. It lifts my spirits and my attitude and makes me feel so much younger than my age. I still love experimenting with all forms of exercise. As a matter of fact, in the last two weeks I have been taking a new class here in Santa Monica called indo-row. Like spinning, it's a group effort that has you both competing against and working with other rowers in the class. It's intense, but lots of fun. Exercise is also my morning cup of coffee. It gets me going ad helps me focus. It takes the edge off if I'm feeling tense.


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