Health and Fitness
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Weighing the options for weight lossNov 14, 2021 4:43 pm - Oral surgery restricted me to a soft food diet. After five days of Jell-O, broth, yogurt and ice cream, I anxiously stepped on the scale. My torture and bland diet were ...
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Streamwood woman, husband pleased with resultsNov 14, 2021 4:40 pm - Wendy Kreiser has found a happy place. Kreiser, a 25-year-old mother from Streamwood, participated in the Push Fitness Fittest Loser competition, a three-month contest d...
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Acupuncturist helps Fittest Loser contestants lose weightNov 14, 2021 4:43 pm - Steve Amsden, a trainer at Push Fitness, had a back problem, and acupuncturist Dr. Hiroya Nakamura helped him. So when Push Fitness co-owner Mark Trapp was looking for a...
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200 pounds later, how are 2009 Fittest Losers doing now?Nov 10, 2021 11:26 am - In 12 weeks, five contestants in the Daily Herald's Fittest Loser contest lost a total of almost 200 pounds. Eight months later, they have kept it off. The contest, spon...
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Komosa’s life 10 years after the accidentOct 15, 2012 9:18 pm - Editor’s note: This column originally ran on Oct. 8, 2009. Life, 10 years later His blurry memories of Oct. 6, 1999, include getting dressed for another routine day of h...
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New bodies and a new lease on life for Fittest Loser contestantsNov 07, 2021 11:36 am - Life-changing. That's how contestants in the Daily Herald's Fittest Loser Challenge described the 12-week weight loss competition. Not only did they each lose from 17 to...
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Hoffman Estates cop sheds 42 pounds to become Fittest LoserNov 07, 2021 11:37 am - How did the Fittest Loser Challenge change Lisa Notarnicola's life? Her pants size dropped from 12 to 6. Her cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar all plummeted. S...
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Fittest Losers get leaner, healthier and tougher with two weeks to goNov 07, 2021 8:21 am - It is possible. If there is one message our five Fittest Loser contestants want to share, it's that everyone can lose weight - if they act to make it happen. All five ha...
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Pounds flying off Fittest Loser contestantsNov 07, 2021 6:20 am - Our five contestants in the Fittest Loser Challenge all continue to lose weight and get more fit. They are now in the home stretch, with only three more weeks of trainin...
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Fittest Losers battle adversity to reach halfway pointNov 06, 2021 10:58 pm - To lose weight, Liesl Ignoffo thought she'd have to spend endless hours on a treadmill. She does run the treadmill - between all her other exercises. She also crawls on ...