Articles filed under Fittest Loser

• Readers cheer on Fittest Loser contestantsApr 9, 2012 12:00 AM
  Readers encourage the Fittest Losers.
  

   

• Status report for Fittest Loser contestantsApr 2, 2012 12:00 AM
  The Fittest Losers reach Week 7 and the pounds continue to come off ... here are their stats.
  

   

• Health, wellness seminarsApr 2, 2012 12:00 AM
  Deer Park Town Center offers Health and Wellness seminars.
  

   
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  Feeling good, seeing progess motivates Fittest LosersApr 2, 2012 12:00 AM
  If you want to know what a difference seven weeks can make, just ask the Fittest Losers. From amusing wardrobe malfunctions to taking less medication, all six of the contestants are happy to talk about the changes, big and small. They and others are noticing the differences in the way they look and feel. “It just boggles my mind to think of all of the changes I've seen since the contest started,” Matt Kramer says.
  

   
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  Contestants find strength from family, friends Apr 2, 2012 12:00 AM
  The 2012 Fittest Losers talk about their support system. Who has been motivating, inspiring and encouraging them as they've competed these last nine weeks.
  

   

• Readers cheer on Fittest Loser contestants Apr 2, 2012 12:00 AM
  Readers offers the Fittest Losers tips and words of encouragement.
  

   

• Enjoying these new bumps along the way Apr 2, 2012 12:00 AM
  There I was, standing in front of the toaster waiting for it to finish my sprouted spelt bread when I felt it. A rock hard lump. It was early in the morning and I was standing with my hand on my hip.
  

   
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  Fittest Losers halfway through battle to shed pounds Mar 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Going into this, the six contestants of the Daily Herald's 2012 Fittest Loser competition knew this wasn't going to be easy. The four men and two women contestants have spent nearly six weeks learning to eat healthy and work out regularly, each paired with a personal trainer. Despite their struggles thus far, each contestant is losing weight. And they have all started noticing changes in their overall health.
  

   

• Health and wellness seminars at Deer Park Town CenterMar 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Deer Park Town Center sponsors a series of Health & Wellness events during the month of April.
  

   

• Readers cheer on Fittest Loser contestantsMar 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  Daily Herald readers offer tips and words of encouragement to the Fittest Losers.
  

   

• Fitness ‘marathon' has a few bumps along the way Mar 26, 2012 12:00 AM
  After months of determined progress, I finally hit a proverbial wall. The voices in my head, I know them as discouragement, criticism and defeat, were all arguing loudly and simultaneously. You hear about the experience of "the wall" from marathon runners where toward the end of the race their body wants to quit and their minds must overcome the physical resistance to continue forward.
  

   

• Keeping those Oreos as memories making a difference Mar 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  You just don't realize the willpower you're called upon to exercise when you're trying to reboot your life until Oreo celebrates its 100th birthday. Seriously. I didn't just make a simple little decision to bypass Oreos. I've chosen another alternative: to skip acting impulsively where food is concerned, and to ponder the consequences beyond the ''yum.' It's a daily, sometimes hourly, process.
  

   

• Status report for our Fittest Loser contestantsMar 19, 2012 12:00 AM
  Status report for Week 5 of the Fittest Loser Challenge
  

   
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  Exercise now part of normal routine for contestants Mar 18, 2012 12:00 AM
  If they're not exercising, they're thinking about the next time they're going to exercise. When they are exercising, they're hearing their trainer's voice in their head urging them on. Such is the life of the Fittest Losers five weeks into the competition. They're driven, they're focused, they're tired and they're in it 100 percent.
  

   
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  Trainers give contestants that extra push Mar 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  It's week four of the competition and the Fittest Loser contestants are adjusting to a new health and fitness regimen. Meanwhile their trainers have been making some adjustments as well. Each contestant brings a unique personality and their own set of physical challenges. It's their trainer's role to determine how to bring out the best in each of them. This week the trainers tell us how it's going.
  

   

• She’s counting on balanced workout reps Mar 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  Our Fittest Loser, Catherine Edman, has a predilection for balance even regarding workouts. She admits she gets nutty when things arent even. If she does three sets of something, they need to be in ascending numbers, or descending numbers or balanced.
  

   
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  Edman’s sense of humor a plus Mar 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  Push Fitness trainer George Gersch talks about working with the Daily Herald's Catherine Edman and the challenges she is facing.
  

   

• Readers cheer on the Fittest LosersMar 12, 2012 12:00 AM
  Our readers encourage and offer practical tips to the Fittest Loser competitors.
  

   
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  A new workout world for Fittest Loser contestants Mar 5, 2012 12:00 AM
  The six Fittest Loser contestants told their stories to Push Fitness trainers and Daily Herald editors and said they were ready to do whatever it took to change. Week 3 finds the contestants trying to adjust to their workout routines with their trainers.
  

   

• Status report for our Fittest Loser contestantsMar 5, 2012 12:00 AM
  Fittest Loser Challenge Week 2: Weight loss percentages