Health and Fitness
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Boxing her way to weight lossNov 14, 2021 4:45 pm - Jan Vitullo discovered a new method for weight loss: beating on her boyfriend. It worked. Vitullo, 50, won the Daily Herald/Push Fitness Fittest Loser Challenge, a three...
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Mom pushes through challengesNov 14, 2021 4:40 pm - Deb Mirabelli went on a significant journey. It was wrought with peril, in the form of strep throat, but she reached her destination. Mirabelli, 44, gave herself quite a...
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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...