Health and Fitness
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Streamwood woman, husband pleased with resultsJun 01, 2010 11:00 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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200 pounds later, how are 2009 Fittest Losers doing now?Dec 27, 2009 10:00 pm - 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 08, 2009 4:06 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 contestantsMay 10, 2009 11:00 pm - 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 LoserMay 10, 2009 11:00 pm - 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 goApr 19, 2009 11:00 pm - 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 contestantsApr 06, 2009 11:00 pm - 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 pointMar 15, 2009 11:00 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 ...
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Fittest Losers eat more often - and better - on a dietMar 01, 2009 10:00 pm - Christine Reiss' brother returned safely from Iraq last week, and her family went out to eat to celebrate. Christine missed part of the get-together to exercise. Then sh...
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Updates from our Fittest LosersFeb 19, 2009 10:00 pm - What's it like trying to whip yourself into shape in 12 weeks? Here's the latest update on the Fittest Loser Challenge from the contestants themselves: Lisa Notarnicola:...