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- None of my clothes fit me!
I began to eat more healthy because it felt better.
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- Changes have now come natural
Determination and motivation will always equal your success
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- Diagnosed with the early stages of Barrett’s Esophagus
100-Day Challenge helped inspire me to get serious about my health.
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- I don’t want diabetes to take my life
It is so wonderful to have other people encouraging you to eat healthy and lose weight.
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- Hour glass figure is coming back
If I can do it..anyone can do it!
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- Live Healthy program inspires me to keep going
This year I am even more inspired to keep exercising.
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- "Healthy Snackbox"
I think the real success of the program was that our habits changed.
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- The Queen of Excuses
I think I’m allergic to exercise!
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- “Mr. Chocolate”
He just quietly leads by example.
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- A healthy life means a longer life !!
We all care so much for each other that we support each other every day.
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- Ladies in our office banded a team together.
Thanks for inspiring me to do better for me.
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- Walk 5 miles mowing yard
I cannot believe how much better I feel.
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- As many women struggle with weight, my mother is no different.
The Live Healthy America Challenge helped my mom become a healthier person and establish an exercise routine that she can stick to.
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- Being healthier is the mental battles we face
Normally a plateau for me is almost a stopping point.
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- Each day she used her break to walk around our building.
She turned the walk into a habit and a social event!
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- Electrical generating plant located in Chehalis Washington
We put the letters of the alphabet into a bowl, and if you were going to town to get snacks, you would pick a letter and your snack would have to start with that letter.
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- Getting up off my tush.
I no longer have couches as I threw them out.
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- He walked past a person who was running.
Add to this is the fact that he is far from being one of our younger members.
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- He went out and got a Y membership right away but for the first 3 weeks he did nothing.
He couldn't wait to tell people how his weight loss and workouts were going.
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- I go down each size, I am giving away all my clothes.
I will not allow myself the opportunity to "grow" back into them this time!!
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- I pledge to take care of my body
Spelling out “L I V E” on our field and surrounded by a big Heart shape.
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- I practically had become a couch potato.
Now my Sunday ritual to get a newspaper is by walking the 3 miles to get it.
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- I walk any where from 2-6 miles a day
I do try to do the small plate trick. It does work.
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- Increased activity level from ground zero
Teresa comments that she feels so much better and that her knees don’t hurt and that she has cut way back on her pain medication.
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- Iowa Hawkeyes in the Outback Bowl on New Year’s Day.
That evening he had severe chest pains and was rushed to the emergency room.
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- It just doesn’t seem enough to just say thanks for changing one’s life.
She made sure we walked twice every day, whether we wanted to or not.
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- Never too late to find success
I have struggled with my weight all my life.
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- Nothing tastes as good as thin feels!
I had lost around 100 pounds.
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- Pella Regional Health Center
She has showed me that simply "living healthy" by making the right choices really works!”
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- Rekindle Your Passion!
It was the third week of ‘100-Day Live Healthy Challenge’ and I had started giving excuses already.
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- She has learned how to incorporate more activity in her lifestyle and to eat healthier.
Darla is very happy to being losing weight on her own as she was put on the list by her doctor to have the bariatric surgery.
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- She hopes to be able to train and compete in an Iron Man competition.
Monica tells us that the more she works out, the more energy she has.
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- Single mom of 3
I was about 60 lbs over weight...
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- Small changes can and have made a difference.
We started meeting once a week to discuss what was working for us, what things weren’t, etc.
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- Thank you Live Healthy Iowa!
About 10 years ago as I approached age 50, I knew I needed to lose weight.
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- The Pines at Marston Lake – Tonti Properties
He started the challenge because of a serious health concern.
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- We aren't trying to become bikini models but just be healthier for ourselves and our families.
Susan has been fierce in attacking her weight loss goals.
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- Project "Y" - You can do anything for 25 days right?
Too often we start a "challenge" and we don't finish it. How many New Years resolutions have you already broken? It's OK! Now you have a team to hold you accountable and to lean on for support.
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