But no matter how it’s done, receipts will be required, without which fitness fanatics will automatically be out of the race, no matter how buffed.
If a federal fitness tax credit for children is the model, “golf lessons, horseback riding, sailing and bowling,” will all be eligible activities. There’s even talk skiing will be included.
Meanwhile running, walking the dog, speed walking and working out in the basement won’t.
The initiative, no Read the rest of this entry »
Two men jailed for permitting the “rampant” sale of ecstasy at a Devon nightclub have lost their appeal.
Manoucehr Bahmanzadeh and Tom Patrick Costelloe, owner and manager of the Dance Academy in Plymouth, claimed their trial in July was unfair.
They said undercover police officers should not have been allowed to testify anonymously from behind a screen.
But the Court of Appeal in London ruled their identity had rightly been kept secret for Read the rest of this entry »
Elephants at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park are slimming down. The seven elephants have collectively lost more than five tons of fat since 2000.
Never has the big boned excuse been more accurate, but the elephants at the San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park no longer need it. They're slimming down as part of a nutrition and exercise routine.
“They haven't really been on a diet per say cause they still get the same amount of food, Read the rest of this entry »
– Tim Kassouf lost 45 pounds, and it all started when he got really mad at his girlfriend.
Kassouf, a 24-year-old marketing manager in Baltimore, Maryland, was moaning to his beloved that he’d gained weight recently. He was worried. The men in his family are prone to heart attacks, and his grandfather died of one at age 29.
But instead of giving Kassouf the sympathy he expected, his girlfriend told him off.
“She said, ‘You keep complaining Read the rest of this entry »
TUESDAY, Dec. 9 (HealthDay News) — Putting money in people’s pockets can help persuade them to shed fat, suggest American researchers who created two incentive-based approaches for losing weight.
In one, participants played a lottery and received a prize if they achieved or lost more than the target weight. In the other approach — called “deposit contract” — participants invested their own money, which they lost if they failed to achieve weight Read the rest of this entry »
Suzie Velarde, a 38-year-old patient accounts representative at the Poulsbo Medical Center in Poulsbo, Wash., had struggled with her weight for years.
Velarde was about 40 pounds overweight, trying desperately to find the perfect diet to help her shed the pounds and keep them off. But nothing she tried seemed to work.
“I tried low-carb, low-fat, low-everything diets,” Velarde said. “But it was hard to stay motivated. I always felt like I was not Read the rest of this entry »
“Losing weight is 80 percent mental and 20 percent physical,” says Dr. Ian K. Smith in his latest book, “The 4 Day Diet.” Smith, best known as the diet expert on VH1’s “Celebrity Fit Club”, has designed a diet that is done in 4-day modules. In this excerpt, he writes about how to face temptation — and win.
Is it easy resisting temptation? Absolutely not, but this chapter will help you stay resolved in the face of it. Let’s establish context Read the rest of this entry »
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – There’s the weekly weigh-in, the tips
on healthy snacking and the chit-chat between women about
unruly kids or errant husbands.
But this is a slimming group with a difference: half its
members are Palestinian, half are Israeli and the aim is to
foster dialogue, through a common battle with weight.
“I never felt good about myself and my body, and that’s
something that women all over the world struggle with,” said Read the rest of this entry »
Trying to lose weight? Here’s some advice on what your
spouse shouldn’t say, from the book, “How to Lose 9,000 Lbs. (or Less)” (Hundreds of Heads Books, hundredsof heads.com, $13.95), straight from the people who’ve done it.
“They should never say that you are going to die if you don’t lose some weight. I don’t think negative comments should ever be used as motivation. And death is the ultimate negative.” – Tom Rhodes, Campbell,
, lost 5 pounds Read the rest of this entry »
BY CHRISTINE BEDELL, Californian staff writer
Saturday, Nov 15 2008 12:00 PM
Last Updated: Friday, Nov 14 2008 6:53 PM
A childrens health insurance program in which about 900 Kern County children enroll each month may stop taking on more kids because of state budget woes.
Local health officials say the result of capping Healthy Families Program enrollment would be sicker children and therefore increased costs for taxpayers in the end. Read the rest of this entry »