Posts Tagged ‘Pounds’
By Cathy Cox
eDiets Member Success Coordinator
What’s it like to lose 50 pounds? What’s it like to be halfway to your goal of losing 100 pounds, to be closer to your goal than farther from it for the first time in your life?
It’s, like, amazing. Just ask Brooke…
Brooke joined eDiets just after her 24th birthday this [...]
FRIDAY, July 23 (HealthDay News) — Things hit the “big crescendo” for Marci Williams in December 2005.
Williams, 47, of Greensboro, N.C., had been obese for some time, weighing as much as 332 pounds at just 5-foot-3.
That month she went to her family doctor for a routine physical. The physical changed her life.
“That day, I left [...]
After
As told to Ashley Macha
Michelle Falanga, 40, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, battled high cholesterol by controlling her sugar cravings and adding exercise—even dancing—to her lifestyle.
I knew I had made the mental shift to change my life and lose weight when my doctor hit me with the news: I had high cholesterol and would need to take [...]
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As told to Shaun Chavis
From Health magazine
Julia Gressick was headed straight toward diabetes, so she dropped major pounds.
As an overweight teen, I thought the pounds would magically melt off when I hit 20. Instead, I turned 20 and my weight climbed. Within a few years I developed high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and prediabetes.
Boy, was [...]
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By Su Reid-St. John
From Health magazine
Here’s how—combine our circuit workout with a simple diet. Jump-start your weight loss and lose 5 pounds the first week by cutting your calories to 1,200 per day (roughly 300 calories for breakfast, 400 calories for lunch, and 400 calories for dinner—plus a 100-calorie snack).
For our daily meal plan, [...]
Eric Klein
As told to Jacquelyne Froeber
From Health magazine
In January 2007, my friends and I were making resolutions. Mine was to lose a few pounds—no big deal. I’d always been chubby but thought I “carried it well.” I didn’t know how wrong I was: when I stepped on the scale, it read 242 pounds. I was [...]
