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Healthy Living Today, Not Tomorrow Stories
Classes carry on Healthy Living vision
The La Crosse County Health Department is continuing the “Healthy Living Today, Not Tomorrow” project with free educational sessions on healthy living aimed at downtown La Crosse businesses and their employees starting Thusrsday, April 22.
Team feels good 134 pounds later
Holly Blanchard struggled for almost five months as a member of the Healthy Living Team.
Franciscan Skemp employees keep busy with Healthy Living
Franciscan Skemp Health-care employees were very busy walking and working out in the past six months.
Small changes can lead to big results
Sherry Schmitz and Susan Erickson made small changes in their lifestyles over the past six months for big healthy changes in their lives.
Ten secrets of health success
Maintaining your weight is not a matter of going off a diet or plan.
“I feel better”: Exercise group at YMCA keeps seniors active
Older adults march in place to swing music, swing their arms as they slide from side to side and lift their legs. They use 10-pound free weights for curl-ups, and then properly use their legs to bend down and pick up the weights.
Family meets ambitious fitness goal: Push-ups, sit-ups part of daily routine
ONALASKA, Wis. -- Two years ago, 6-year-old Andrew Ernst made his a goal to do 36,500 pushups in one year. His 4-year-old brother, Konrad, made his goal of 18,250 pushups in one year.
Don’t let workouts get stale
Fitness doesn’t take long to attain if you continue to work at it, says Ray Martinez, assistant professor of exercise and sports science at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
Toddlers need to stay active, too
We know millions of adults and children don’t excerise enough or move their bodies to stay fit.
The final weigh-in: Program participants can reap rewards, win prizes by seeing effort through
The six-month “Healthy Living - Today, Not Tomorrow” project is winding down as weigh-in sites and two major public events have been planned.
Healthy Living team members lose combined 200 pounds
Healthy Living team members have lost a combined 200 pounds with a little more than a month left in the “Healthy Living - Today, Not Tomorrow" project, a six-month community initiative spearheaded by the La Crosse Tribune and WXOW-TV to promote healthy eating and physical activity.
10 Ten Ways to Inspire People to Get Fit
Most people know they should exercise, but they just need a little extra motivation to get started. It can be a struggle to come up with new ways to inspire friends and family members to become more active.
Try adding these foods as you age
Several people have asked me about how they can add just a few things in their diet to help them stay healthy as they get older.
Debate over diets will never end
The media is treating the debate over Dr. Atkins' popular high-fat, low-carb diet and other diets like a sports event.
Promote body confidence at school and home
Parents and schools play a significant role in the formation of body image and self-esteem.
UW-L to study buttocks and thigh toner
Many women are searching for ways to tone their buttocks and thighs.
UW-L studies high rates of ACL injuries
For some reason, female athletes have two to eight times greater incidence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries than males. About 80 percent of these knee injuries are non-contact in nature. In order words, they land or cut in such a way that they tear this ligament.
A message of body tolerance and acceptance
Rebecca Radcliffe believes society trivializes body image issues among women.
If the shoe fits, buy it: Tips on buying a good exercise shoe
A good walking shoe is a must for walkers, mainly because you put about 800 tons of stress on your feet every day.
Without weights: No exercise room? Pretend there is!
There are really no great substitutes for regular weight training than getting into the weight room or using free weights at home.
Eating breakfast can help with weight loss, body fat and cavities
It is becoming clear that eating breakfast is one of the best healthy habits we can adopt.
School hosts its own health challenge
La Crosse Central High School’s faculty and staff had their own Healthy Living challenge during the first semester of the 2003-04 school year.
Healthy travel
Whether you're traveling via airplane, or car .. it's important to take some time to plan ahead ... and avoid the drive-through.
Safe shoveling
When Mother Nature fills our porches and sidewalks with the white stuff ... we have to shovel it off.
Franciscan Skemp employees reaching healthy living goals
Joan Rausch leads a 22-member Healthy Living team at Franciscan SkempMedical Center called the Control Alt Deleters.
Heavy lifting; Weight training can help you lose weight and stay fit
Joe Kruse has found eating out one of his biggest challenges as a member of the Healthy Living Team.
Eating out makes healthy lifestyle changes tougher
Margaret Grenisen enjoys working out, but she has trouble fitting physical activity into her busy schedule as a Franciscan Skemp Healthcare physician.
Are you really ready to diet?
Losing weight demands focus plus mental and physical energy. If you want to succeed, you can't just plunge in. You need to make a commitment and prepare yourself.
Encourage children to be active every day
With a dramatic rise in obesity among American children, there’s no question children need to be more physically active.
Experts pick top fitness trends for 2004
The biggest reason to adopt more healthy habits is for your loved ones. You want to be around for those special moments in lives of your children and your loved ones.
Tried and true healthy habits
The biggest reason to adopt more healthy habits is for your loved ones. You want to be around for those special moments in lives of your children and your loved ones.
Rely on support from family members, friendst
Support from family and friends often is the key to achieving weight-loss and physical activity goals.
Group effort
David Amborn, Joe Kruse and Lisa Berekvam have found that small changes in their eating and physical activity levels can make a big difference in their lives.
Popular diets don't show same results for everyone
Studies from now until forever will try to settle whether low-carbohydrate or low-fat diets are better for the heart.
Strength training is powerful way to lose weight
Popular diets don't show same results for everyone
It's important to keep your focus
OK, youve been involved in an exercise and weight-loss program for five weeks, and youre just not seeing many changes in your body, and especially not the changes you had expected and wanted.
Practice
moderation, good sense when eating the foods you
crave
It is a dilemma. How
do you work in your favorite high-fat, high-calorie foods when you're trying to
eat healthy?
Understand the reasons why you eat
Emotional hunger is a
big part of why we can't stay on a diet or move toward healthier eating.
Find the time to exercise
Too much work, too many family obligations.
Too many changes at once can lead to failure
OK, youve started your healthy eating and physical activity program as part of the Healthy Living Project, and things are going pretty well.
Healthy Living sparks changes
Fitness testing at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse is motivating Tammy Addleman to make healthy changes in her life.
Chef adapts a more healhty lifestyle
Chef Thomas Sacksteder has been teaching healthy cooking techniques in Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center’s Winning Weighs weight management class for six years.
Town hall meeting kicks off Healthy Living initiative
Forget a particular diet and make small, healthy changes in your eating and add more physical activity to your daily life.
Teaming up for healthy living: Community members hope to motivate others to make changes
David Amborn is 51 years old today, and he has been thinking about his health for some time.
Teen Obesity
Teen obesity is on the rise nationwide, and health officials say our area is no exception.
Finding Time to Exercise
Obesity is a growing problem in our country. According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, more than two-thirds of adults are overweight, and more than 30 percent are considered obese.
Portion Sizes
Proper nutrition and exercise are important, but it is still necessary to think about how much you are eating.
Success Story
Making the decision to lose weight and get in shape is not an easy one. But, actually following through and achieving your goal can be even tougher, but as one Winona woman found, it is possible.
Walking with pedometer can increase physical activity
Brenda Rooney started walking to increase her level of physical activity, but it was a pedometer that motivated her to walk and move more throughout the day.
Diet is important part of healhy living plan
Karen Gibson and her husband, Randy, sit down every Sunday night to plan the week ahead.
Fast pace, fast food hurt chances for healthy lives
It seems like we are always on the run. Hurry to work, hurry to eat lunch, hurry to take the children to soccer practice and music lessons and hurry to run errands, shop and cook. Our fast-paced lives contribute greatly to why we eat too much and exercise too little, experts say.
Coalition addresses increase in health problems related to childhood obesity
Childhood obesity has more than doubled since 1980. Today, one in four children is overweight.
Onalaska woman loses 160 pounds through exercise, portion control
Deb Pisarik was one of those 45 million obese adults in the United States. In fact, the Onalaska, Wis., woman was severely obese. At 5 feet, 4 inches tall, Pisarik weighed 310 pounds in 1987, when she decided she no longer wanted to be part of the obesity epidemic.
Community Project encourages everyone to get in better shape
If you're like me, you have lost weight and tried to get back into shape a few times.
New initiative focuses on healthy living
La Crosse Mayor John Medinger likes cheeseburgers and beer. He also knows he needs to eat healthier.
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