| Description |
1 online resource (144 pages) : color illustrations, portraits. |
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Healthy aging & fitness |
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Healthy aging & fitness.
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| Summary |
You Can Be Beautiful Beyond Breast Cancer is the personal story of Leslie Spencer, a professor of health and exercise science, who trained for and competed in her first women's figure competition during treatment for breast cancer. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Contents |
Cover; Author; Titlepage; Copyright; Table of Contents; FOREWORD by Lou Schuler; Why I did this and why you might do it, too; Why me?; How my cancer affected my family; Surgery, chemotherapy, commitment, and sex; References; CHAPTER ONE "You look better AFTER cancer treatment than before!"; CHAPTER TWO "You'll never lift more than 10 pounds again!"; Safe, but definitely sorry; Enter our heroine, Dr. Kathryn Schmitz!; The surprising evidence that overturned the "Old School Thinking"; Training "smart" after breast surgery; Still not convinced? There's more evidence. |
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How could so many physicians be so wrong for so long?Final thoughts from Katie and her team; References; I used to work out, now I train; "Training" post-mastectomy; The emotional drain of surgical drains; Training with lymphedema; Training through chemotherapy; How cancer changed the way I train; The dreaded big, bulky muscles; Will heavy training hurt the breast implants?; References; CHAPTER THREE My exercise goal today is walking to the mailbox; My diet is based on six main principles; The two things you won't want to do and why you should do them anyway. |
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Following this plan AND enjoying a social lifeWhat to eat to promote healing after surgery; Eating well through chemotherapy; If Momma ain't happy, ain't nobody happy; The ketogenic diet trap; It's called eating, not cheating; References; CHAPTER FOUR Everything tastes like dirty pennies; What do you REALLY want?; How to get what you REALLY want; Overcoming a lack of motivation; References; CHAPTER FIVE Failing to plan is planning to fail; Preparing for a figure contest; The joy of competition day; CHAPTER SIX The beauty pageant with muscles; Living according to my priorities. |
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Called, not drivenCHAPTER SEVEN Making it all work together; POSTSCRIPT Courage is being afraid and doing it anyway; APPENDIX The conditioning and flexibility program; PICTURE CREDITS. |
| Subject |
Breast -- Cancer.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Diet therapy.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- Rehabilitation.
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Exercise therapy.
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Breast -- Cancer.
(OCoLC)fst00838260
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Breast -- Cancer -- Diet therapy.
(OCoLC)fst00838271
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Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- Rehabilitation.
(OCoLC)fst00838297
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Exercise therapy. (OCoLC)fst00918063
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HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General.
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MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine.
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MEDICAL / Diseases.
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MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine.
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MEDICAL / Internal Medicine.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Spencer, Leslie. You can be beautiful beyond breast cancer 9781841263564 (OCoLC)822585260 |
| ISBN |
9781841268217 (electronic bk.) |
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1841268216 (electronic bk.) |
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