Winning losers (Weight Watchers Diet)

Winning losers
Toronto Sun - Shola Agoro, right before, and after, left. Face it, most of us have been hibernating, wrapped up in our elastic-waisted sweats, eating our way through the winter. But the cold wicked weather will soon be dissipating, along with the layers of woolies

Fremont walks into top 10
Inside Bay Area - FREMONT Walking in Memphis? Not this year. Walking in Fremont? You bet. The latest issue of Prevention magazine, which hits newsstands today, says Fremont is one of America's top 10 walking cities, beating out local favorite San Francisco for the

Pimento cheese a tasty spread
Chattanooga Times Free Press - IT S ALWAYS THIS time of year, when I begin planning a trip to The Masters in Augusta, Ga., that I begin thinking about pimento cheese. Some say the pimento cheese served during the tournament is the best ever. It could be that it s just because

Community calendar
Sterling Journal-Advocate - Blood Draw Appointment Scheduling for Sterling Community Health Fair - Call between 9 and 11 a.m. Call 521-5313. Colorado SHARE Food Distribution - 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., 18802 S. Hwy 6, Valley Imp. Event Center. Also register for March distribution. DAR

Lower my standards or go for the hotness?
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - After ample begging, I convinced my wife to lower her standards, and it's worked out quite well. For me, anyway. Thanks to the lowering of education standards, I very nearly graduated from high school, and would have had I attended classes. I won't

Weight Watchers Plans Share Offerering (Weight Watchers Diets)

Weight Watchers Plans Share Offerering
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) - Weight Watchers International Inc., a provider of weight management services, said Monday it plans a secondary offering of 10 million common shares owned by Artal Group SA. Artal has granted the underwriters for the offering an option

A "Stick-to-It" Diet Is More Important Than a Popular One
Food Consumer - With over 1,000 diet books available on bookstore shelves, popular diets clearly have become increasingly prevalent. At the same time, they have also become increasingly controversial, because some depart substantially from mainstream medical advice

Datebook for 2/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Women of First United Methodist Church, 5:15 p.m., room 244, 401 W. Randolph. Executive committee meeting. Enid Senior Center Evening Bridge, 6:30 p.m., 200 W. Walnut. Enid Rebekah Lodge No. 21, 7:30 p.m., 426 N. 30th. Oklahoma Delta, Delta Theta Chi

Fitness Solutions: Keys to long-term weight loss are exercise, eating
Tribune-Star - Fad diets are nothing new. There is no question most will help one lose weight. But do fad diets help the loser permanently keep it off? My description of a fad diet is a plan that contains one or more of the following: encourages weight loss while

Lean Plate Club (Updated 3.03.06): Nutrition and Health (Weight Watchers Food)

Lean Plate Club (Updated 3.03.06): Nutrition and Health
Washington Post - Welcome to The Lean Plate Club, hosted by Washington Post health and nutrition writer Sally Squires . Share your tips on healthy recipes, meal plans, sugar alternatives and resisting overeating with other readers. Now that the school bell is ringing

Losing weight? Fill yourself up with greens
Myrtle Beach Online - CONCORD, N.H. - Twelve down, 12 to go. Those are my baby-fat numbers and I can't wait to be rid of the second half. During my wife's pregnancy two years ago, I felt it was important to demonstrate my empathy and did my best to gain weight at the same

Healthy, Wealthy and Rise
Smart Money - See how the stocks on this page stack up. "[NutriSystem is] executing on all cylinders," wrote Sameet Sinha, an analyst at New York-based investment bank Kaufman Brothers Equity Research, in a note Wednesday. "We came away impressed on all fronts

Did Channel 11 Diet Challenge Winners Keep Off Weight?
WPXI - Five months ago, WPXI recruited 10 volunteers to take part in the Channel 11 Diet Challenge and followed the dieters for six weeks. At the end of the challenge, most lost some weight but there were two clear winners. Susann Collins and Colleen Zenobi

There s no quick fix for weight loss, and keeping it off
New Milford Spectrum - Weight loss diets continue to come and go in popularity. Often the latest diets are really old fad diets rewritten to make a comeback. Just a few examples of some current fad diets are Dr. Atkin s New Diet Revolution, The South Beach Diet

Frozen meals good for ease, speed and labels (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

Frozen meals good for ease, speed and labels
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Frozen dinners once offered little more than mushy Salisbury steak and shriveled green beans, but today's versions are so varied and well-labeled that some people use them to watch calories and carbs, fat and fiber. The average American now eats a

Community calendar
Sterling Journal-Advocate - Blood Draw Appointment Scheduling for Sterling Community Health Fair - Call between 9 and 11 a.m. Call 521-5313. Colorado SHARE Food Distribution - 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., 18802 S. Hwy 6, Valley Imp. Event Center. Also register for March distribution. DAR

Dieting dangers
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - They re all great ways for many people to cut calories and fat and lose weight. But if you re one of the estimated 11 million Americans who suffer from food allergies, or are among the countless millions more who have food sensitivities or

June's Journal: Time to weigh in on a healthy eating plan
San Antonio Express News - My lifestyle mantra is coming along. I think I can say I have a good start on my fitness life. I'm doing resistance training with a personal trainer two days a week. I do an hour of yoga at least twice a week and 20 minutes of "A.M. Yoga" most other

Did Channel 11 Diet Challenge Winners Keep Off Weight?
WPXI - Five months ago, WPXI recruited 10 volunteers to take part in the Channel 11 Diet Challenge and followed the dieters for six weeks. At the end of the challenge, most lost some weight but there were two clear winners. Susann Collins and Colleen Zenobi

Taxes, Careers, Travel and Weight Spike the Web
MediaPost - The top gaining property in January was HRBlock.com with an increase of 171 percent compared to December. Traffic to the Career Services and Development category jumped 26 percent for people unhappy with their current job situation. The Career-Job

Raw foods with plenty of yummy calories, too (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

Raw foods with plenty of yummy calories, too
Arizona Daily Star - The newest kid on the Northwest Side's raw-foods block may look healthful on the outside, but one bite of the onion-flecked, buttery focaccia bread will have you whipping out your Weight Watchers conversion chart. This is heady, decadent stuff

Losing weight? Fill yourself up with greens
Myrtle Beach Online - CONCORD, N.H. - Twelve down, 12 to go. Those are my baby-fat numbers and I can't wait to be rid of the second half. During my wife's pregnancy two years ago, I felt it was important to demonstrate my empathy and did my best to gain weight at the same

Milky, gelatinous Japanese noodle takes dieters by storm
Inside Bay Area - WHEN Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight 35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape by

Online Dating Ad Has Undesirable Match: Rape, Murder
MediaPost - TUESDAY MORNING, THE NEW YORK Post ran a front-page article detailing the ongoing investigation into the sexual assault and murder of graduate student Imette St. Guillen. In printed form, the article ran on page one, then jumped to pages four and

Taxes, Careers, Travel and Weight Spike the Web (Weight Watchers Diets)

Taxes, Careers, Travel and Weight Spike the Web
MediaPost - The top gaining property in January was HRBlock.com with an increase of 171 percent compared to December. Traffic to the Career Services and Development category jumped 26 percent for people unhappy with their current job situation. The Career-Job

Fire Destroys Plaza in Clifton Park
WTen.com - An early morning fire spread through several businesses in the Plank Road Plaza in Clifton Park. Fire crews were called to the scene around 2am Thursday morning. The plaza is located just off Exit 9 off the Northway. Witnesses said they could see the

Frozen meals good for ease, speed and labels
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Frozen dinners once offered little more than mushy Salisbury steak and shriveled green beans, but today's versions are so varied and well-labeled that some people use them to watch calories and carbs, fat and fiber. The average American now eats a

FYI for February 26, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Henderson Community College annual "Multicultural Feast," 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Henderson Fine Arts Center. Part of Black History Month celebration. Bring covered dish that reflects your heritage. Music provided by the E.J. Simmons band from the

Online Dating Ad Has Undesirable Match: Rape, Murder
MediaPost - TUESDAY MORNING, THE NEW YORK Post ran a front-page article detailing the ongoing investigation into the sexual assault and murder of graduate student Imette St. Guillen. In printed form, the article ran on page one, then jumped to pages four and

NutriSystem lures portly men
Arizona Daily Star - PHILADELPHIA Nate Griffin, a former Army sergeant, watches what he eats. He's even tried juice diets to shed pounds. But ask him if he'd join a group to talk about weight loss and he cringes. "To talk about a diet means you're really weak in a

Milky, gelatinous Japanese noodle takes dieters by storm (Weight Watchers Diet Plans)

Milky, gelatinous Japanese noodle takes dieters by storm
Inside Bay Area - WHEN Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight 35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape by

Did Channel 11 Diet Challenge Winners Keep Off Weight?
WPXI - Five months ago, WPXI recruited 10 volunteers to take part in the Channel 11 Diet Challenge and followed the dieters for six weeks. At the end of the challenge, most lost some weight but there were two clear winners. Susann Collins and Colleen Zenobi

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

Weighing In: Extra pounds cause problems
Marietta Times - Americans are bigger than ever before. In an ongoing series, The Times will look at the issue of obesity, its causes and how to turn things around. We will try to answer the question of what is a healthy weight, and tell readers how to get there. n

Lose weight with the Observer
Fayetteville Observer - Bryan and Jeannie Nelson did it with lots of teriyaki chicken and vegetables from a new Japanese restaurant near their downtown store. Teresa Wallace added fiber and cut white flour products. Loletha Porter tried new exercises at Pope Air Force Base

Today's event (Weight Watchers Recipes)

Today's event
Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune - Benefit spaghetti supper, 5:30-11 p.m., Bloomville American Legion Hall, Marion Street. To help defray medical expenses for Jarred Collins, 16-year-old junior at Columbian battling cancer. Adults/$8, children 10-under /$5. Live entertainment, raffles

Daily Calendar
Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: Precision Ag Conference, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Ramkota Hotel, 1400 Eighth Ave. N.W. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Swim, 9-10 a.m., Northeast Regional Health and Fitness Center, 5 S. State St. Aberdeen: MOPS (Mothers Of Pre-Schoolers), 9-11 a.m

Before turning 60, overweight couple decide to shed a few hundred
Asheville Citizen-Times - Roy and Julia Norton are nearly half the couple they used to be. Both lost a combined total of about 238 pounds. Both feel fabulous and look like the picture of health. No saggy skin from the shock of fad diets and weight that comes off too fast. No

FYI for February 26, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Henderson Community College annual "Multicultural Feast," 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Henderson Fine Arts Center. Part of Black History Month celebration. Bring covered dish that reflects your heritage. Music provided by the E.J. Simmons band from the

There s no quick fix for weight loss, and keeping it off
New Milford Spectrum - Weight loss diets continue to come and go in popularity. Often the latest diets are really old fad diets rewritten to make a comeback. Just a few examples of some current fad diets are Dr. Atkin s New Diet Revolution, The South Beach Diet

Fire Destroys Plaza in Clifton Park (Weight Watchers Food)

Fire Destroys Plaza in Clifton Park
WTen.com - An early morning fire spread through several businesses in the Plank Road Plaza in Clifton Park. Fire crews were called to the scene around 2am Thursday morning. The plaza is located just off Exit 9 off the Northway. Witnesses said they could see the

Daily Calendar
Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: Precision Ag Conference, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Ramkota Hotel, 1400 Eighth Ave. N.W. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Swim, 9-10 a.m., Northeast Regional Health and Fitness Center, 5 S. State St. Aberdeen: MOPS (Mothers Of Pre-Schoolers), 9-11 a.m

Taking a trip? The right preparation will help you
St. Cloud Times - When traveling to other countries, Ruth Gross follows several rules of thumb. The 85-year-old Sauk Rapids resident likes salads, but they're sometimes washed in contaminated water, she said. The same goes for vegetables. But soups are often good

Community calendar
Sterling Journal-Advocate - Blood Draw Appointment Scheduling for Sterling Community Health Fair - Call between 9 and 11 a.m. Call 521-5313. Colorado SHARE Food Distribution - 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., 18802 S. Hwy 6, Valley Imp. Event Center. Also register for March distribution. DAR

Healthy, Wealthy and Rise
Smart Money - See how the stocks on this page stack up. "[NutriSystem is] executing on all cylinders," wrote Sameet Sinha, an analyst at New York-based investment bank Kaufman Brothers Equity Research, in a note Wednesday. "We came away impressed on all fronts

Dieters buying oodles of these noodles (Weight Watchers Diet)

Dieters buying oodles of these noodles
Newsday - When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight -- 35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape by

There's No Pulpit Like Home
Time - On a Sunday at their modest, gray ranch house in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Tim and Jeanine Pynes gather with four other Christians for an evening of fellowship, food and faith. Jeanine's spicy rigatoni precedes a yogurt-and-wafer confection by

Weight Watchers Plans Share Offerering
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) - Weight Watchers International Inc., a provider of weight management services, said Monday it plans a secondary offering of 10 million common shares owned by Artal Group SA. Artal has granted the underwriters for the offering an option

FULL STORY
Anderson Independent-Mail - As soon as I stepped into the lobby of the Anderson Independent-Mail carrying two dozen doughnuts, the lines were drawn. Jackie Alewine and Jean Fisher, two employees at the front counter, smiled and warmly welcomed me to work while hungrily eyeing

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

There's No Pulpit Like Home (Weight Watcher)

There's No Pulpit Like Home
Time - On a Sunday at their modest, gray ranch house in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Tim and Jeanine Pynes gather with four other Christians for an evening of fellowship, food and faith. Jeanine's spicy rigatoni precedes a yogurt-and-wafer confection by

Weight Watchers helps WFU student lose weight, get happier and gain
Winston-Salem Journal - Jenny Billings, a senior at Wake Forest, works out in a weight room at Reynolds Gymnasium at WFU. Billings has lost 120 pounds through the Weight Watchers program and an exercise and physical-fitness regimen. (Journal Photo by Jennifer Rotenizer) For

Raw foods with plenty of yummy calories, too
Arizona Daily Star - The newest kid on the Northwest Side's raw-foods block may look healthful on the outside, but one bite of the onion-flecked, buttery focaccia bread will have you whipping out your Weight Watchers conversion chart. This is heady, decadent stuff

Taking a trip? The right preparation will help you
St. Cloud Times - When traveling to other countries, Ruth Gross follows several rules of thumb. The 85-year-old Sauk Rapids resident likes salads, but they're sometimes washed in contaminated water, she said. The same goes for vegetables. But soups are often good

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

Coast Solutions Rolling Out 12-Month Services Program For VARs
CRN - Coast Solutions Group is planning to roll out a series of training and certification programs to help smaller solution providers make services a part of their businesses. The Irvine, Calif.-based Coast -- a provider of packaged services, management

On Pace: On your marks for Tucson Challenge (Weight Watchers Diet)

On Pace: On your marks for Tucson Challenge
Arizona Daily Star - Don't let a long day at work keep you out of the gym. One day last week, I worked until about 8 p.m. and went right to the gym afterward to do some cardio. When I got home, I felt great and went right to sleep. The next night I worked just as late

Turkey bacon and cream cheese lighten breakfast panini
Honolulu Advertiser - Breakfast on a bun: Eggs, spinach, cheese and bacon on a roll with a roasted red pepper spread. Q. I like buying this breakfast sandwich at a nearby deli eggs, bacon, Swiss cheese and spinach on ciabatta bread with roasted red pepper mayonnaise

Fremont walks into top 10
Inside Bay Area - FREMONT Walking in Memphis? Not this year. Walking in Fremont? You bet. The latest issue of Prevention magazine, which hits newsstands today, says Fremont is one of America's top 10 walking cities, beating out local favorite San Francisco for the

HEALTHY LIFE BEGAN AT 40 FOR MUM
Daily Record - MUM-OF-ONE Liz McPhee-Macintyre planned to enjoy a family meal for her 40th birthday - but then a friend persuaded her to go to a Weight Watchers meeting instead. When Liz hit the scales and realized how heavy she'd become she was determined to lose

Staying Fit is Painless Pursuit (Weight Watchers)

Staying Fit is Painless Pursuit
Harvard Crimson - Students who dread the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) need no longer worry losing weight and staying healthy is possible just by doing laundry, bowling, or gardening, according to a new book by a Harvard Medical School researcher. Dr. Harvey B. Simon

Weight Watchers Plans Share Offerering
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) - Weight Watchers International Inc., a provider of weight management services, said Monday it plans a secondary offering of 10 million common shares owned by Artal Group SA. Artal has granted the underwriters for the offering an option

Lower my standards or go for the hotness?
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - After ample begging, I convinced my wife to lower her standards, and it's worked out quite well. For me, anyway. Thanks to the lowering of education standards, I very nearly graduated from high school, and would have had I attended classes. I won't

Datebook for 2/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Women of First United Methodist Church, 5:15 p.m., room 244, 401 W. Randolph. Executive committee meeting. Enid Senior Center Evening Bridge, 6:30 p.m., 200 W. Walnut. Enid Rebekah Lodge No. 21, 7:30 p.m., 426 N. 30th. Oklahoma Delta, Delta Theta Chi

LEGACY OF LOSS
Courier News - John M. Shanagher wants the world to know his father as "Pop-pop," "Daddy" and "Jack" -- not a murder victim. John "Jack" Shanagher wasn't very tall and was soft-spoken, but he lived a remarkable life. "My father was the Forrest Gump of World War II

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish (Weight Watchers Food)

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

DIY Diet: Paula Marci
WPBF News 25 - Disclaimer: This diet worked for Paula, but remember, before starting any weight loss plan, it's best to check with your doctor. A Treasure Coast woman with her own Do-It-Yourself Diet says she shed pounds without breaking a sweat -- and now she

Weighing In: Extra pounds cause problems
Marietta Times - Americans are bigger than ever before. In an ongoing series, The Times will look at the issue of obesity, its causes and how to turn things around. We will try to answer the question of what is a healthy weight, and tell readers how to get there. n

Lose weight with the Observer
Fayetteville Observer - Bryan and Jeannie Nelson did it with lots of teriyaki chicken and vegetables from a new Japanese restaurant near their downtown store. Teresa Wallace added fiber and cut white flour products. Loletha Porter tried new exercises at Pope Air Force Base

Governors urge change in eating culture (Weight Watchers Recipes)

Governors urge change in eating culture
Philadelphia Enquirer - WASHINGTON - Greasy food. Sugary drinks. And exercise? The tolls from today's temptations, from sweet soft drinks popular with school kids to drive-through lunches eaten behind the wheel, are well-known: obesity, diabetes, heart attacks. Governors

Before turning 60, overweight couple decide to shed a few hundred
Asheville Citizen-Times - Roy and Julia Norton are nearly half the couple they used to be. Both lost a combined total of about 238 pounds. Both feel fabulous and look like the picture of health. No saggy skin from the shock of fad diets and weight that comes off too fast. No

FULL STORY
Anderson Independent-Mail - As soon as I stepped into the lobby of the Anderson Independent-Mail carrying two dozen doughnuts, the lines were drawn. Jackie Alewine and Jean Fisher, two employees at the front counter, smiled and warmly welcomed me to work while hungrily eyeing

Daily Calendar
Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: Precision Ag Conference, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Ramkota Hotel, 1400 Eighth Ave. N.W. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Swim, 9-10 a.m., Northeast Regional Health and Fitness Center, 5 S. State St. Aberdeen: MOPS (Mothers Of Pre-Schoolers), 9-11 a.m

Dropping the F-Bomb Forever
Hartford Informer - I believe it is high time I talk about the f-word. Actually, screw censorship, I am just going to say it. I have been hearing the word fat since I have learned opposites and I am getting a little fed up about it(no pun intended). What does fat

FYI for February 26, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Henderson Community College annual "Multicultural Feast," 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Henderson Fine Arts Center. Part of Black History Month celebration. Bring covered dish that reflects your heritage. Music provided by the E.J. Simmons band from the

Losing weight? Fill yourself up with greens (Weight Watcher)

Losing weight? Fill yourself up with greens
Myrtle Beach Online - CONCORD, N.H. - Twelve down, 12 to go. Those are my baby-fat numbers and I can't wait to be rid of the second half. During my wife's pregnancy two years ago, I felt it was important to demonstrate my empathy and did my best to gain weight at the same

Lose weight with the Observer
Fayetteville Observer - Bryan and Jeannie Nelson did it with lots of teriyaki chicken and vegetables from a new Japanese restaurant near their downtown store. Teresa Wallace added fiber and cut white flour products. Loletha Porter tried new exercises at Pope Air Force Base

Lower my standards or go for the hotness?
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - After ample begging, I convinced my wife to lower her standards, and it's worked out quite well. For me, anyway. Thanks to the lowering of education standards, I very nearly graduated from high school, and would have had I attended classes. I won't

Governors urge change in eating culture
Philadelphia Enquirer - WASHINGTON - Greasy food. Sugary drinks. And exercise? The tolls from today's temptations, from sweet soft drinks popular with school kids to drive-through lunches eaten behind the wheel, are well-known: obesity, diabetes, heart attacks. Governors

Success story: Half the woman she was
AZCentral.com - She's almost there. Dorlisa Dvorak is 9 pounds from her goal weight of 160 pounds. When she reaches her goal, she'll weigh less than half as much as she did 2 1/2 years ago. Dvorak, 45, of Glendale, works as a monitor technician at Maricopa Medical

There's No Pulpit Like Home
Time - On a Sunday at their modest, gray ranch house in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Tim and Jeanine Pynes gather with four other Christians for an evening of fellowship, food and faith. Jeanine's spicy rigatoni precedes a yogurt-and-wafer confection by

Turkey bacon and cream cheese lighten breakfast panini (Weight Watchers Diets)

Turkey bacon and cream cheese lighten breakfast panini
Honolulu Advertiser - Breakfast on a bun: Eggs, spinach, cheese and bacon on a roll with a roasted red pepper spread. Q. I like buying this breakfast sandwich at a nearby deli eggs, bacon, Swiss cheese and spinach on ciabatta bread with roasted red pepper mayonnaise

Dieters buying oodles of these noodles
Newsday - When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight -- 35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape by

FYI for February 26, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Henderson Community College annual "Multicultural Feast," 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Henderson Fine Arts Center. Part of Black History Month celebration. Bring covered dish that reflects your heritage. Music provided by the E.J. Simmons band from the

Frozen meals good for ease, speed and labels
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Frozen dinners once offered little more than mushy Salisbury steak and shriveled green beans, but today's versions are so varied and well-labeled that some people use them to watch calories and carbs, fat and fiber. The average American now eats a

Before turning 60, overweight couple decide to shed a few hundred
Asheville Citizen-Times - Roy and Julia Norton are nearly half the couple they used to be. Both lost a combined total of about 238 pounds. Both feel fabulous and look like the picture of health. No saggy skin from the shock of fad diets and weight that comes off too fast. No

FYI for February 26, 2006 (Weight Watchers)

FYI for February 26, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Henderson Community College annual "Multicultural Feast," 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Henderson Fine Arts Center. Part of Black History Month celebration. Bring covered dish that reflects your heritage. Music provided by the E.J. Simmons band from the

The fight with food
Spokane Spokesman-Review - The story: Three years after gastric banding surgery, Linette Freeman of Coeur d'Alene is still working toward a healthy weight. Linette Freeman of Coeur d'Alene first shared her story with Spokesman-Review columnist Cynthia Taggart three years ago

Lose weight with the Observer
Fayetteville Observer - Bryan and Jeannie Nelson did it with lots of teriyaki chicken and vegetables from a new Japanese restaurant near their downtown store. Teresa Wallace added fiber and cut white flour products. Loletha Porter tried new exercises at Pope Air Force Base

Dieting dangers
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - They re all great ways for many people to cut calories and fat and lose weight. But if you re one of the estimated 11 million Americans who suffer from food allergies, or are among the countless millions more who have food sensitivities or

50 Fittest CEOs
Crain's Detroit Business - Crain's Detroit Business is teaming again with the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan to put local CEOs through their paces and find out who's the fittest. RIM will test CEOs at sites throughout the area for free between now and April 14. The last

Raw foods with plenty of yummy calories, too
Arizona Daily Star - The newest kid on the Northwest Side's raw-foods block may look healthful on the outside, but one bite of the onion-flecked, buttery focaccia bread will have you whipping out your Weight Watchers conversion chart. This is heady, decadent stuff

Raw foods with plenty of yummy calories, too (Weight Watcher)

Raw foods with plenty of yummy calories, too
Arizona Daily Star - The newest kid on the Northwest Side's raw-foods block may look healthful on the outside, but one bite of the onion-flecked, buttery focaccia bread will have you whipping out your Weight Watchers conversion chart. This is heady, decadent stuff

Church offers comfort for grief
Roanoke Times - Everyone has lost someone. But not everyone has a place to turn when they do. First Baptist Church in Radford is providing a haven for members of its congregation -- and beyond -- who have lost friends and family members. Late last year, the church

Don't forget the penis
Western Courier - In the past six months, how often have we seen advertisements, articles or news stories about women's health, women's issues, the Women's Center, women's studies, Women's History Month and National Girls and Women in Sports Day? Clearly, Western

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

NutriSystem lures portly men (Weight Watchers Diet)

NutriSystem lures portly men
Arizona Daily Star - PHILADELPHIA Nate Griffin, a former Army sergeant, watches what he eats. He's even tried juice diets to shed pounds. But ask him if he'd join a group to talk about weight loss and he cringes. "To talk about a diet means you're really weak in a

Before turning 60, overweight couple decide to shed a few hundred
Asheville Citizen-Times - Roy and Julia Norton are nearly half the couple they used to be. Both lost a combined total of about 238 pounds. Both feel fabulous and look like the picture of health. No saggy skin from the shock of fad diets and weight that comes off too fast. No

There's No Pulpit Like Home
Time - On a Sunday at their modest, gray ranch house in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Tim and Jeanine Pynes gather with four other Christians for an evening of fellowship, food and faith. Jeanine's spicy rigatoni precedes a yogurt-and-wafer confection by

Raw foods with plenty of yummy calories, too
Arizona Daily Star - The newest kid on the Northwest Side's raw-foods block may look healthful on the outside, but one bite of the onion-flecked, buttery focaccia bread will have you whipping out your Weight Watchers conversion chart. This is heady, decadent stuff

FYI for February 26, 2006 (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

FYI for February 26, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Henderson Community College annual "Multicultural Feast," 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Henderson Fine Arts Center. Part of Black History Month celebration. Bring covered dish that reflects your heritage. Music provided by the E.J. Simmons band from the

Fire Destroys Plaza in Clifton Park
WTen.com - An early morning fire spread through several businesses in the Plank Road Plaza in Clifton Park. Fire crews were called to the scene around 2am Thursday morning. The plaza is located just off Exit 9 off the Northway. Witnesses said they could see the

Taking a trip? The right preparation will help you
St. Cloud Times - When traveling to other countries, Ruth Gross follows several rules of thumb. The 85-year-old Sauk Rapids resident likes salads, but they're sometimes washed in contaminated water, she said. The same goes for vegetables. But soups are often good

Losing weight? Fill yourself up with greens
Myrtle Beach Online - CONCORD, N.H. - Twelve down, 12 to go. Those are my baby-fat numbers and I can't wait to be rid of the second half. During my wife's pregnancy two years ago, I felt it was important to demonstrate my empathy and did my best to gain weight at the same

50 Fittest CEOs
Crain's Detroit Business - Crain's Detroit Business is teaming again with the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan to put local CEOs through their paces and find out who's the fittest. RIM will test CEOs at sites throughout the area for free between now and April 14. The last

Turkey bacon and cream cheese lighten breakfast panini
Honolulu Advertiser - Breakfast on a bun: Eggs, spinach, cheese and bacon on a roll with a roasted red pepper spread. Q. I like buying this breakfast sandwich at a nearby deli eggs, bacon, Swiss cheese and spinach on ciabatta bread with roasted red pepper mayonnaise

There s no quick fix for weight loss, and keeping it off (Weight Watchers)

There s no quick fix for weight loss, and keeping it off
New Milford Spectrum - Weight loss diets continue to come and go in popularity. Often the latest diets are really old fad diets rewritten to make a comeback. Just a few examples of some current fad diets are Dr. Atkin s New Diet Revolution, The South Beach Diet

FULL STORY
Anderson Independent-Mail - As soon as I stepped into the lobby of the Anderson Independent-Mail carrying two dozen doughnuts, the lines were drawn. Jackie Alewine and Jean Fisher, two employees at the front counter, smiled and warmly welcomed me to work while hungrily eyeing

Success story: Half the woman she was
AZCentral.com - She's almost there. Dorlisa Dvorak is 9 pounds from her goal weight of 160 pounds. When she reaches her goal, she'll weigh less than half as much as she did 2 1/2 years ago. Dvorak, 45, of Glendale, works as a monitor technician at Maricopa Medical

'Family' plan turns the scales
Orlando Sentinel - A year ago, Maureen Kennedy was living a life a lot of working parents do -- long hours, an overbooked schedule and a stop at the fast-food drive-through window most nights to pick up her family's dinner. Kennedy, a 45-year-old warranty administrator

Weighing In: Extra pounds cause problems (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

Weighing In: Extra pounds cause problems
Marietta Times - Americans are bigger than ever before. In an ongoing series, The Times will look at the issue of obesity, its causes and how to turn things around. We will try to answer the question of what is a healthy weight, and tell readers how to get there. n

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

DIY Diet: Paula Marci
WPBF News 25 - Disclaimer: This diet worked for Paula, but remember, before starting any weight loss plan, it's best to check with your doctor. A Treasure Coast woman with her own Do-It-Yourself Diet says she shed pounds without breaking a sweat -- and now she

Before turning 60, overweight couple decide to shed a few hundred
Asheville Citizen-Times - Roy and Julia Norton are nearly half the couple they used to be. Both lost a combined total of about 238 pounds. Both feel fabulous and look like the picture of health. No saggy skin from the shock of fad diets and weight that comes off too fast. No

Success story: Half the woman she was
AZCentral.com - She's almost there. Dorlisa Dvorak is 9 pounds from her goal weight of 160 pounds. When she reaches her goal, she'll weigh less than half as much as she did 2 1/2 years ago. Dvorak, 45, of Glendale, works as a monitor technician at Maricopa Medical

Governors urge change in eating culture
Philadelphia Enquirer - WASHINGTON - Greasy food. Sugary drinks. And exercise? The tolls from today's temptations, from sweet soft drinks popular with school kids to drive-through lunches eaten behind the wheel, are well-known: obesity, diabetes, heart attacks. Governors

Dropping the F-Bomb Forever (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

Dropping the F-Bomb Forever
Hartford Informer - I believe it is high time I talk about the f-word. Actually, screw censorship, I am just going to say it. I have been hearing the word fat since I have learned opposites and I am getting a little fed up about it(no pun intended). What does fat

Coming Events for Friday, March 10, 2006
Herald Journal - Monon Student Council hosting spring carnival from 5-7 p.m. Friday, March 17, in the school gym. Games and prizes will be available for all ages. Pizza, chips and pop will be sold. VFW Post No. 2231, Monticello, Bingo from 1-4 p.m. every Thursday, at

Lean Plate Club (Updated 3.03.06): Nutrition and Health
Washington Post - Welcome to The Lean Plate Club, hosted by Washington Post health and nutrition writer Sally Squires . Share your tips on healthy recipes, meal plans, sugar alternatives and resisting overeating with other readers. Now that the school bell is ringing

Governors urge change in eating culture
Philadelphia Enquirer - WASHINGTON - Greasy food. Sugary drinks. And exercise? The tolls from today's temptations, from sweet soft drinks popular with school kids to drive-through lunches eaten behind the wheel, are well-known: obesity, diabetes, heart attacks. Governors

50 Fittest CEOs
Crain's Detroit Business - Crain's Detroit Business is teaming again with the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan to put local CEOs through their paces and find out who's the fittest. RIM will test CEOs at sites throughout the area for free between now and April 14. The last

Weight Watchers Plans Share Offerering
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) - Weight Watchers International Inc., a provider of weight management services, said Monday it plans a secondary offering of 10 million common shares owned by Artal Group SA. Artal has granted the underwriters for the offering an option

There s no quick fix for weight loss, and keeping it off (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

There s no quick fix for weight loss, and keeping it off
New Milford Spectrum - Weight loss diets continue to come and go in popularity. Often the latest diets are really old fad diets rewritten to make a comeback. Just a few examples of some current fad diets are Dr. Atkin s New Diet Revolution, The South Beach Diet

Opera San Jos founder Irene Dalis driven to go full speed ahead
San Jose Mercury News - At 80, Irene Dalis is svelte, stylish, opinionated and energized -- and thinking long-term, already plotting out Opera San Jos 's 2009-10 season. The San Jose native, the company's founder and general director, is an irrepressible go-getter. The

Winning losers
Toronto Sun - Shola Agoro, right before, and after, left. Face it, most of us have been hibernating, wrapped up in our elastic-waisted sweats, eating our way through the winter. But the cold wicked weather will soon be dissipating, along with the layers of woolies

Dieters buying oodles of these noodles
Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel - When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight -- 35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape by

Church offers comfort for grief (Weight Watchers Points System)

Church offers comfort for grief
Roanoke Times - Everyone has lost someone. But not everyone has a place to turn when they do. First Baptist Church in Radford is providing a haven for members of its congregation -- and beyond -- who have lost friends and family members. Late last year, the church

NutriSystem lures portly men
Arizona Daily Star - PHILADELPHIA Nate Griffin, a former Army sergeant, watches what he eats. He's even tried juice diets to shed pounds. But ask him if he'd join a group to talk about weight loss and he cringes. "To talk about a diet means you're really weak in a

FULL STORY
Anderson Independent-Mail - As soon as I stepped into the lobby of the Anderson Independent-Mail carrying two dozen doughnuts, the lines were drawn. Jackie Alewine and Jean Fisher, two employees at the front counter, smiled and warmly welcomed me to work while hungrily eyeing

Dropping the F-Bomb Forever
Hartford Informer - I believe it is high time I talk about the f-word. Actually, screw censorship, I am just going to say it. I have been hearing the word fat since I have learned opposites and I am getting a little fed up about it(no pun intended). What does fat

Weight Watchers Plans Share Offerering (Weight Watchers Recipes)

Weight Watchers Plans Share Offerering
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) - Weight Watchers International Inc., a provider of weight management services, said Monday it plans a secondary offering of 10 million common shares owned by Artal Group SA. Artal has granted the underwriters for the offering an option

Governors urge change in eating culture
Philadelphia Enquirer - WASHINGTON - Greasy food. Sugary drinks. And exercise? The tolls from today's temptations, from sweet soft drinks popular with school kids to drive-through lunches eaten behind the wheel, are well-known: obesity, diabetes, heart attacks. Governors

Church offers comfort for grief
Roanoke Times - Everyone has lost someone. But not everyone has a place to turn when they do. First Baptist Church in Radford is providing a haven for members of its congregation -- and beyond -- who have lost friends and family members. Late last year, the church

On Pace: On your marks for Tucson Challenge
Arizona Daily Star - Don't let a long day at work keep you out of the gym. One day last week, I worked until about 8 p.m. and went right to the gym afterward to do some cardio. When I got home, I felt great and went right to sleep. The next night I worked just as late

DIY Diet: Paula Marci (Weight Watchers Diets)

DIY Diet: Paula Marci
WPBF News 25 - Disclaimer: This diet worked for Paula, but remember, before starting any weight loss plan, it's best to check with your doctor. A Treasure Coast woman with her own Do-It-Yourself Diet says she shed pounds without breaking a sweat -- and now she

There's No Pulpit Like Home
Time - On a Sunday at their modest, gray ranch house in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Tim and Jeanine Pynes gather with four other Christians for an evening of fellowship, food and faith. Jeanine's spicy rigatoni precedes a yogurt-and-wafer confection by

On Pace: On your marks for Tucson Challenge
Arizona Daily Star - Don't let a long day at work keep you out of the gym. One day last week, I worked until about 8 p.m. and went right to the gym afterward to do some cardio. When I got home, I felt great and went right to sleep. The next night I worked just as late

Coming Attractions
Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune - Wild game feed, 6 p.m., Sandusky River Coon Hunters Clubhouse, South Seneca TR 131 (next to Walnut Grove Campground). Adults/$10, children/$5. "Frogs and Toads" Nature Time for Toddlers, 10 a.m., Franciscan Earth Literacy Center. Designed for 2-year

Datebook for 2/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Women of First United Methodist Church, 5:15 p.m., room 244, 401 W. Randolph. Executive committee meeting. Enid Senior Center Evening Bridge, 6:30 p.m., 200 W. Walnut. Enid Rebekah Lodge No. 21, 7:30 p.m., 426 N. 30th. Oklahoma Delta, Delta Theta Chi

LEGACY OF LOSS
Courier News - John M. Shanagher wants the world to know his father as "Pop-pop," "Daddy" and "Jack" -- not a murder victim. John "Jack" Shanagher wasn't very tall and was soft-spoken, but he lived a remarkable life. "My father was the Forrest Gump of World War II

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish (Weight Watcher)

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

Marketing turns poor man's crop into gourmet's delights
Kerala Next - Like an "ugly duckling" of food, the sweet potato has risen from a poor man's crop to a gourmet's delight. Baked sweet potatoes are served in a specialty kiosk of a ritzy department store in Tokyo's Ginza district. "What kind of sweet potatoes would

Losing weight? Fill yourself up with greens
Myrtle Beach Online - CONCORD, N.H. - Twelve down, 12 to go. Those are my baby-fat numbers and I can't wait to be rid of the second half. During my wife's pregnancy two years ago, I felt it was important to demonstrate my empathy and did my best to gain weight at the same

Governors urge change in eating culture
Philadelphia Enquirer - WASHINGTON - Greasy food. Sugary drinks. And exercise? The tolls from today's temptations, from sweet soft drinks popular with school kids to drive-through lunches eaten behind the wheel, are well-known: obesity, diabetes, heart attacks. Governors

The fight with food
Spokane Spokesman-Review - The story: Three years after gastric banding surgery, Linette Freeman of Coeur d'Alene is still working toward a healthy weight. Linette Freeman of Coeur d'Alene first shared her story with Spokesman-Review columnist Cynthia Taggart three years ago

Opera San Jos founder Irene Dalis driven to go full speed ahead
San Jose Mercury News - At 80, Irene Dalis is svelte, stylish, opinionated and energized -- and thinking long-term, already plotting out Opera San Jos 's 2009-10 season. The San Jose native, the company's founder and general director, is an irrepressible go-getter. The

Church offers comfort for grief (Weight Watchers Diet)

Church offers comfort for grief
Roanoke Times - Everyone has lost someone. But not everyone has a place to turn when they do. First Baptist Church in Radford is providing a haven for members of its congregation -- and beyond -- who have lost friends and family members. Late last year, the church

The fight with food
Spokane Spokesman-Review - The story: Three years after gastric banding surgery, Linette Freeman of Coeur d'Alene is still working toward a healthy weight. Linette Freeman of Coeur d'Alene first shared her story with Spokesman-Review columnist Cynthia Taggart three years ago

Did Channel 11 Diet Challenge Winners Keep Off Weight?
WPXI - Five months ago, WPXI recruited 10 volunteers to take part in the Channel 11 Diet Challenge and followed the dieters for six weeks. At the end of the challenge, most lost some weight but there were two clear winners. Susann Collins and Colleen Zenobi

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

Coast Solutions Rolling Out 12-Month Services Program For VARs
CRN - Coast Solutions Group is planning to roll out a series of training and certification programs to help smaller solution providers make services a part of their businesses. The Irvine, Calif.-based Coast -- a provider of packaged services, management

On Pace: On your marks for Tucson Challenge
Arizona Daily Star - Don't let a long day at work keep you out of the gym. One day last week, I worked until about 8 p.m. and went right to the gym afterward to do some cardio. When I got home, I felt great and went right to sleep. The next night I worked just as late

A dieter's nirvana (Weight Watcher)

A dieter's nirvana
AZCentral.com - NEW YORK -- When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight--35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape

Winning losers
Toronto Sun - Shola Agoro, right before, and after, left. Face it, most of us have been hibernating, wrapped up in our elastic-waisted sweats, eating our way through the winter. But the cold wicked weather will soon be dissipating, along with the layers of woolies

Datebook for 2/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Women of First United Methodist Church, 5:15 p.m., room 244, 401 W. Randolph. Executive committee meeting. Enid Senior Center Evening Bridge, 6:30 p.m., 200 W. Walnut. Enid Rebekah Lodge No. 21, 7:30 p.m., 426 N. 30th. Oklahoma Delta, Delta Theta Chi

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

Before turning 60, overweight couple decide to shed a few hundred (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

Before turning 60, overweight couple decide to shed a few hundred
Asheville Citizen-Times - Roy and Julia Norton are nearly half the couple they used to be. Both lost a combined total of about 238 pounds. Both feel fabulous and look like the picture of health. No saggy skin from the shock of fad diets and weight that comes off too fast. No

Weight Watchers Won't Stay Down
Motley Fool - Like a good horror movie monster, Weight Watchers International (NYSE: WTW) just won't stay down. And though I'm no fan of this management team, even I have to applaud the strong cash flow and return on capital that this business model produces

Weight Watchers Plans Share Offerering
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) - Weight Watchers International Inc., a provider of weight management services, said Monday it plans a secondary offering of 10 million common shares owned by Artal Group SA. Artal has granted the underwriters for the offering an option

LEGACY OF LOSS
Courier News - John M. Shanagher wants the world to know his father as "Pop-pop," "Daddy" and "Jack" -- not a murder victim. John "Jack" Shanagher wasn't very tall and was soft-spoken, but he lived a remarkable life. "My father was the Forrest Gump of World War II

Frozen meals good for ease, speed and labels
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Frozen dinners once offered little more than mushy Salisbury steak and shriveled green beans, but today's versions are so varied and well-labeled that some people use them to watch calories and carbs, fat and fiber. The average American now eats a

Coming Attractions (Weight Watcher)

Coming Attractions
Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune - Wild game feed, 6 p.m., Sandusky River Coon Hunters Clubhouse, South Seneca TR 131 (next to Walnut Grove Campground). Adults/$10, children/$5. "Frogs and Toads" Nature Time for Toddlers, 10 a.m., Franciscan Earth Literacy Center. Designed for 2-year

Lower my standards or go for the hotness?
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - After ample begging, I convinced my wife to lower her standards, and it's worked out quite well. For me, anyway. Thanks to the lowering of education standards, I very nearly graduated from high school, and would have had I attended classes. I won't

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

Taxes, Careers, Travel and Weight Spike the Web
MediaPost - The top gaining property in January was HRBlock.com with an increase of 171 percent compared to December. Traffic to the Career Services and Development category jumped 26 percent for people unhappy with their current job situation. The Career-Job

Daily Calendar (Weight Watchers)

Daily Calendar
Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: Precision Ag Conference, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Ramkota Hotel, 1400 Eighth Ave. N.W. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Swim, 9-10 a.m., Northeast Regional Health and Fitness Center, 5 S. State St. Aberdeen: MOPS (Mothers Of Pre-Schoolers), 9-11 a.m

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

Scales of Injustice
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - I was 10 the first time I stepped on a scale. It was the summer of 1978, and I was visiting my grandmother in Florida. Every day, grandma and I went for our daily two-mile walk, past the golf course, past Publix, the supermarket where the old people

Frozen meals good for ease, speed and labels
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Frozen dinners once offered little more than mushy Salisbury steak and shriveled green beans, but today's versions are so varied and well-labeled that some people use them to watch calories and carbs, fat and fiber. The average American now eats a

50 Fittest CEOs
Crain's Detroit Business - Crain's Detroit Business is teaming again with the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan to put local CEOs through their paces and find out who's the fittest. RIM will test CEOs at sites throughout the area for free between now and April 14. The last

FULL STORY
Anderson Independent-Mail - As soon as I stepped into the lobby of the Anderson Independent-Mail carrying two dozen doughnuts, the lines were drawn. Jackie Alewine and Jean Fisher, two employees at the front counter, smiled and warmly welcomed me to work while hungrily eyeing

Fire Destroys Plaza in Clifton Park (Weight Watchers Food)

Fire Destroys Plaza in Clifton Park
WTen.com - An early morning fire spread through several businesses in the Plank Road Plaza in Clifton Park. Fire crews were called to the scene around 2am Thursday morning. The plaza is located just off Exit 9 off the Northway. Witnesses said they could see the

Fremont walks into top 10
Inside Bay Area - FREMONT Walking in Memphis? Not this year. Walking in Fremont? You bet. The latest issue of Prevention magazine, which hits newsstands today, says Fremont is one of America's top 10 walking cities, beating out local favorite San Francisco for the

Pee Dee Pulse
Morning News - The Florence Family YMCA and Carolinas Hospital System are offering a 10-week program to teach families how to develop a healthy lifestyle and promote a healthy body weight. Exercise specialists will individually work on helping each child develop a

Online Dating Ad Has Undesirable Match: Rape, Murder
MediaPost - TUESDAY MORNING, THE NEW YORK Post ran a front-page article detailing the ongoing investigation into the sexual assault and murder of graduate student Imette St. Guillen. In printed form, the article ran on page one, then jumped to pages four and

A dieter's nirvana
AZCentral.com - NEW YORK -- When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight--35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape

Taking a trip? The right preparation will help you (Weight Watchers Recipes)

Taking a trip? The right preparation will help you
St. Cloud Times - When traveling to other countries, Ruth Gross follows several rules of thumb. The 85-year-old Sauk Rapids resident likes salads, but they're sometimes washed in contaminated water, she said. The same goes for vegetables. But soups are often good

NutriSystem lures portly men
Arizona Daily Star - PHILADELPHIA Nate Griffin, a former Army sergeant, watches what he eats. He's even tried juice diets to shed pounds. But ask him if he'd join a group to talk about weight loss and he cringes. "To talk about a diet means you're really weak in a

DAILY CALENDAR
Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Gym, 9-11 a.m., Northeast Regional Health and Fitness Center, 5 S. State St. Aberdeen: Weight Watchers, 10 a.m., Super City Mall. Aberdeen: Walk for Health, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Washington Street Gym, 401 N. Washington St

Community calendar
Sterling Journal-Advocate - Blood Draw Appointment Scheduling for Sterling Community Health Fair - Call between 9 and 11 a.m. Call 521-5313. Colorado SHARE Food Distribution - 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., 18802 S. Hwy 6, Valley Imp. Event Center. Also register for March distribution. DAR

Lean Plate Club (Updated 2.24.06): Nutrition and Health
Washington Post - Welcome to The Lean Plate Club, hosted by Washington Post health and nutrition writer Sally Squires . Share your tips on healthy recipes, meal plans, sugar alternatives and resisting overeating with other readers. Now that the school bell is ringing

Taxes, Careers, Travel and Weight Spike the Web
MediaPost - The top gaining property in January was HRBlock.com with an increase of 171 percent compared to December. Traffic to the Career Services and Development category jumped 26 percent for people unhappy with their current job situation. The Career-Job

Governors urge change in eating culture (Weight Watchers Diet Plans)

Governors urge change in eating culture
Philadelphia Enquirer - WASHINGTON - Greasy food. Sugary drinks. And exercise? The tolls from today's temptations, from sweet soft drinks popular with school kids to drive-through lunches eaten behind the wheel, are well-known: obesity, diabetes, heart attacks. Governors

Weight Watchers Plans Share Offerering
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) - Weight Watchers International Inc., a provider of weight management services, said Monday it plans a secondary offering of 10 million common shares owned by Artal Group SA. Artal has granted the underwriters for the offering an option

There s no quick fix for weight loss, and keeping it off
New Milford Spectrum - Weight loss diets continue to come and go in popularity. Often the latest diets are really old fad diets rewritten to make a comeback. Just a few examples of some current fad diets are Dr. Atkin s New Diet Revolution, The South Beach Diet

Losing weight? Fill yourself up with greens
Myrtle Beach Online - CONCORD, N.H. - Twelve down, 12 to go. Those are my baby-fat numbers and I can't wait to be rid of the second half. During my wife's pregnancy two years ago, I felt it was important to demonstrate my empathy and did my best to gain weight at the same

Community calendar
Sterling Journal-Advocate - Blood Draw Appointment Scheduling for Sterling Community Health Fair - Call between 9 and 11 a.m. Call 521-5313. Colorado SHARE Food Distribution - 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., 18802 S. Hwy 6, Valley Imp. Event Center. Also register for March distribution. DAR

FULL STORY
Anderson Independent-Mail - As soon as I stepped into the lobby of the Anderson Independent-Mail carrying two dozen doughnuts, the lines were drawn. Jackie Alewine and Jean Fisher, two employees at the front counter, smiled and warmly welcomed me to work while hungrily eyeing

Daily Calendar (Weight Watchers Diet Plans)

Daily Calendar
Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: Precision Ag Conference, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Ramkota Hotel, 1400 Eighth Ave. N.W. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Swim, 9-10 a.m., Northeast Regional Health and Fitness Center, 5 S. State St. Aberdeen: MOPS (Mothers Of Pre-Schoolers), 9-11 a.m

Church offers comfort for grief
Roanoke Times - Everyone has lost someone. But not everyone has a place to turn when they do. First Baptist Church in Radford is providing a haven for members of its congregation -- and beyond -- who have lost friends and family members. Late last year, the church

Community calendar
Sterling Journal-Advocate - Blood Draw Appointment Scheduling for Sterling Community Health Fair - Call between 9 and 11 a.m. Call 521-5313. Colorado SHARE Food Distribution - 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., 18802 S. Hwy 6, Valley Imp. Event Center. Also register for March distribution. DAR

Success story: Half the woman she was
AZCentral.com - She's almost there. Dorlisa Dvorak is 9 pounds from her goal weight of 160 pounds. When she reaches her goal, she'll weigh less than half as much as she did 2 1/2 years ago. Dvorak, 45, of Glendale, works as a monitor technician at Maricopa Medical

Taking a trip? The right preparation will help you
St. Cloud Times - When traveling to other countries, Ruth Gross follows several rules of thumb. The 85-year-old Sauk Rapids resident likes salads, but they're sometimes washed in contaminated water, she said. The same goes for vegetables. But soups are often good

Fire Destroys Plaza in Clifton Park
WTen.com - An early morning fire spread through several businesses in the Plank Road Plaza in Clifton Park. Fire crews were called to the scene around 2am Thursday morning. The plaza is located just off Exit 9 off the Northway. Witnesses said they could see the

There s no quick fix for weight loss, and keeping it off (Weight Watcher)

There s no quick fix for weight loss, and keeping it off
New Milford Spectrum - Weight loss diets continue to come and go in popularity. Often the latest diets are really old fad diets rewritten to make a comeback. Just a few examples of some current fad diets are Dr. Atkin s New Diet Revolution, The South Beach Diet

Before turning 60, overweight couple decide to shed a few hundred
Asheville Citizen-Times - Roy and Julia Norton are nearly half the couple they used to be. Both lost a combined total of about 238 pounds. Both feel fabulous and look like the picture of health. No saggy skin from the shock of fad diets and weight that comes off too fast. No

Coming Events for Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Herald Journal - White County Relay For Life meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 for all committee members, at the Monticello Public Library. Team captain meeting will follow at 7 p.m. For more information call Jody Headdy at 574-583-7111 or Kim Burns at 574-583

Turkey bacon and cream cheese lighten breakfast panini
Honolulu Advertiser - Breakfast on a bun: Eggs, spinach, cheese and bacon on a roll with a roasted red pepper spread. Q. I like buying this breakfast sandwich at a nearby deli eggs, bacon, Swiss cheese and spinach on ciabatta bread with roasted red pepper mayonnaise

ABB Ascendant (Weight Watchers Points System)

ABB Ascendant
Motley Fool - Of course, you wish you'd bought Microsoft back in 1990. Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner can help you find the next home run stock. In his latest Special Report, "3 Hidden Gems Ready to Run," Gardner reveals 3 under-followed small-cap value stocks

Datebook for 2/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Women of First United Methodist Church, 5:15 p.m., room 244, 401 W. Randolph. Executive committee meeting. Enid Senior Center Evening Bridge, 6:30 p.m., 200 W. Walnut. Enid Rebekah Lodge No. 21, 7:30 p.m., 426 N. 30th. Oklahoma Delta, Delta Theta Chi

Fremont walks into top 10
Inside Bay Area - FREMONT Walking in Memphis? Not this year. Walking in Fremont? You bet. The latest issue of Prevention magazine, which hits newsstands today, says Fremont is one of America's top 10 walking cities, beating out local favorite San Francisco for the

Coming Events for Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Herald Journal - White County Relay For Life meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 for all committee members, at the Monticello Public Library. Team captain meeting will follow at 7 p.m. For more information call Jody Headdy at 574-583-7111 or Kim Burns at 574-583

A dieter's nirvana (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

A dieter's nirvana
AZCentral.com - NEW YORK -- When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight--35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape

Coming Attractions
Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune - Wild game feed, 6 p.m., Sandusky River Coon Hunters Clubhouse, South Seneca TR 131 (next to Walnut Grove Campground). Adults/$10, children/$5. "Frogs and Toads" Nature Time for Toddlers, 10 a.m., Franciscan Earth Literacy Center. Designed for 2-year

Taxes, Careers, Travel and Weight Spike the Web
MediaPost - The top gaining property in January was HRBlock.com with an increase of 171 percent compared to December. Traffic to the Career Services and Development category jumped 26 percent for people unhappy with their current job situation. The Career-Job

Winning losers
Toronto Sun - Shola Agoro, right before, and after, left. Face it, most of us have been hibernating, wrapped up in our elastic-waisted sweats, eating our way through the winter. But the cold wicked weather will soon be dissipating, along with the layers of woolies

Online Dating Ad Has Undesirable Match: Rape, Murder
MediaPost - TUESDAY MORNING, THE NEW YORK Post ran a front-page article detailing the ongoing investigation into the sexual assault and murder of graduate student Imette St. Guillen. In printed form, the article ran on page one, then jumped to pages four and

Lower my standards or go for the hotness? (Weight Watchers Diet Plans)

Lower my standards or go for the hotness?
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - After ample begging, I convinced my wife to lower her standards, and it's worked out quite well. For me, anyway. Thanks to the lowering of education standards, I very nearly graduated from high school, and would have had I attended classes. I won't

Winning losers
Toronto Sun - Shola Agoro, right before, and after, left. Face it, most of us have been hibernating, wrapped up in our elastic-waisted sweats, eating our way through the winter. But the cold wicked weather will soon be dissipating, along with the layers of woolies

There's No Pulpit Like Home
Time - On a Sunday at their modest, gray ranch house in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Tim and Jeanine Pynes gather with four other Christians for an evening of fellowship, food and faith. Jeanine's spicy rigatoni precedes a yogurt-and-wafer confection by

Taking a trip? The right preparation will help you
St. Cloud Times - When traveling to other countries, Ruth Gross follows several rules of thumb. The 85-year-old Sauk Rapids resident likes salads, but they're sometimes washed in contaminated water, she said. The same goes for vegetables. But soups are often good

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish (Weight Watcher)

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

Frozen meals good for ease, speed and labels
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Frozen dinners once offered little more than mushy Salisbury steak and shriveled green beans, but today's versions are so varied and well-labeled that some people use them to watch calories and carbs, fat and fiber. The average American now eats a

Pee Dee Pulse
Morning News - The Florence Family YMCA and Carolinas Hospital System are offering a 10-week program to teach families how to develop a healthy lifestyle and promote a healthy body weight. Exercise specialists will individually work on helping each child develop a

Marketing turns poor man's crop into gourmet's delights
Kerala Next - Like an "ugly duckling" of food, the sweet potato has risen from a poor man's crop to a gourmet's delight. Baked sweet potatoes are served in a specialty kiosk of a ritzy department store in Tokyo's Ginza district. "What kind of sweet potatoes would

Coming Events for Wednesday, March 8, 2006 (Weight Watchers Food)

Coming Events for Wednesday, March 8, 2006
Herald Journal - White County Relay For Life meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 15 for all committee members, at the Monticello Public Library. Team captain meeting will follow at 7 p.m. For more information call Jody Headdy at 574-583-7111 or Kim Burns at 574-583

Weighing In: Extra pounds cause problems
Marietta Times - Americans are bigger than ever before. In an ongoing series, The Times will look at the issue of obesity, its causes and how to turn things around. We will try to answer the question of what is a healthy weight, and tell readers how to get there. n

A "Stick-to-It" Diet Is More Important Than a Popular One
Food Consumer - With over 1,000 diet books available on bookstore shelves, popular diets clearly have become increasingly prevalent. At the same time, they have also become increasingly controversial, because some depart substantially from mainstream medical advice

Pimento cheese a tasty spread
Chattanooga Times Free Press - IT S ALWAYS THIS time of year, when I begin planning a trip to The Masters in Augusta, Ga., that I begin thinking about pimento cheese. Some say the pimento cheese served during the tournament is the best ever. It could be that it s just because

Coming Attractions
Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune - Wild game feed, 6 p.m., Sandusky River Coon Hunters Clubhouse, South Seneca TR 131 (next to Walnut Grove Campground). Adults/$10, children/$5. "Frogs and Toads" Nature Time for Toddlers, 10 a.m., Franciscan Earth Literacy Center. Designed for 2-year

June's Journal: Time to weigh in on a healthy eating plan (Weight Watchers Points System)

June's Journal: Time to weigh in on a healthy eating plan
San Antonio Express News - My lifestyle mantra is coming along. I think I can say I have a good start on my fitness life. I'm doing resistance training with a personal trainer two days a week. I do an hour of yoga at least twice a week and 20 minutes of "A.M. Yoga" most other

Did Channel 11 Diet Challenge Winners Keep Off Weight?
WPXI - Five months ago, WPXI recruited 10 volunteers to take part in the Channel 11 Diet Challenge and followed the dieters for six weeks. At the end of the challenge, most lost some weight but there were two clear winners. Susann Collins and Colleen Zenobi

HEALTHY LIFE BEGAN AT 40 FOR MUM
Daily Record - MUM-OF-ONE Liz McPhee-Macintyre planned to enjoy a family meal for her 40th birthday - but then a friend persuaded her to go to a Weight Watchers meeting instead. When Liz hit the scales and realized how heavy she'd become she was determined to lose

Weight Watchers helps WFU student lose weight, get happier and gain
Winston-Salem Journal - Jenny Billings, a senior at Wake Forest, works out in a weight room at Reynolds Gymnasium at WFU. Billings has lost 120 pounds through the Weight Watchers program and an exercise and physical-fitness regimen. (Journal Photo by Jennifer Rotenizer) For

Weight Watchers Won't Stay Down (Weight Watchers Diet Plans)

Weight Watchers Won't Stay Down
Motley Fool - Like a good horror movie monster, Weight Watchers International (NYSE: WTW) just won't stay down. And though I'm no fan of this management team, even I have to applaud the strong cash flow and return on capital that this business model produces

Online Dating Ad Has Undesirable Match: Rape, Murder
MediaPost - TUESDAY MORNING, THE NEW YORK Post ran a front-page article detailing the ongoing investigation into the sexual assault and murder of graduate student Imette St. Guillen. In printed form, the article ran on page one, then jumped to pages four and

Coming Attractions
Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune - Wild game feed, 6 p.m., Sandusky River Coon Hunters Clubhouse, South Seneca TR 131 (next to Walnut Grove Campground). Adults/$10, children/$5. "Frogs and Toads" Nature Time for Toddlers, 10 a.m., Franciscan Earth Literacy Center. Designed for 2-year

Senior Planner
Chico Enterprise-Record - CARD Senior Programs: Community Center, 545 Vallombrosa Ave., 895-4711; Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., 895-4707; Pleasant Valley Recreation Center, 2320 North Ave., 895-4719; Behavioral Health Senior Connections, 564 Rio Lindo Ave., Suite

Winning losers
Toronto Sun - Shola Agoro, right before, and after, left. Face it, most of us have been hibernating, wrapped up in our elastic-waisted sweats, eating our way through the winter. But the cold wicked weather will soon be dissipating, along with the layers of woolies

A "Stick-to-It" Diet Is More Important Than a Popular One
Food Consumer - With over 1,000 diet books available on bookstore shelves, popular diets clearly have become increasingly prevalent. At the same time, they have also become increasingly controversial, because some depart substantially from mainstream medical advice

Fire Destroys Plaza in Clifton Park (Weight Watchers)

Fire Destroys Plaza in Clifton Park
WTen.com - An early morning fire spread through several businesses in the Plank Road Plaza in Clifton Park. Fire crews were called to the scene around 2am Thursday morning. The plaza is located just off Exit 9 off the Northway. Witnesses said they could see the

Weighing In: Extra pounds cause problems
Marietta Times - Americans are bigger than ever before. In an ongoing series, The Times will look at the issue of obesity, its causes and how to turn things around. We will try to answer the question of what is a healthy weight, and tell readers how to get there. n

Milky, gelatinous Japanese noodle takes dieters by storm
Inside Bay Area - WHEN Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight 35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape by

Dieting dangers
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - They re all great ways for many people to cut calories and fat and lose weight. But if you re one of the estimated 11 million Americans who suffer from food allergies, or are among the countless millions more who have food sensitivities or

Frozen meals good for ease, speed and labels
Richmond Times-Dispatch - Frozen dinners once offered little more than mushy Salisbury steak and shriveled green beans, but today's versions are so varied and well-labeled that some people use them to watch calories and carbs, fat and fiber. The average American now eats a

A dieter's nirvana
AZCentral.com - NEW YORK -- When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight--35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape

A dieter's nirvana (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

A dieter's nirvana
AZCentral.com - NEW YORK -- When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight--35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

Staying Fit is Painless Pursuit
Harvard Crimson - Students who dread the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC) need no longer worry losing weight and staying healthy is possible just by doing laundry, bowling, or gardening, according to a new book by a Harvard Medical School researcher. Dr. Harvey B. Simon

Coming Events for Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Herald Journal - Jefferson Township 4-H club fund-raiser from 5-8 p.m. Monday March 13, at the Pizza Hut, Monticello. Pizza Hut donates tips and a portion of pizza sales to the club. Monticello Kiwanis meeting at noon Monday, March 13, at Brandywine. Speaker: Connie

On Pace: On your marks for Tucson Challenge (Weight Watcher)

On Pace: On your marks for Tucson Challenge
Arizona Daily Star - Don't let a long day at work keep you out of the gym. One day last week, I worked until about 8 p.m. and went right to the gym afterward to do some cardio. When I got home, I felt great and went right to sleep. The next night I worked just as late

Lean Plate Club (Updated 2.24.06): Nutrition and Health
Washington Post - Welcome to The Lean Plate Club, hosted by Washington Post health and nutrition writer Sally Squires . Share your tips on healthy recipes, meal plans, sugar alternatives and resisting overeating with other readers. Now that the school bell is ringing

Taking a trip? The right preparation will help you
St. Cloud Times - When traveling to other countries, Ruth Gross follows several rules of thumb. The 85-year-old Sauk Rapids resident likes salads, but they're sometimes washed in contaminated water, she said. The same goes for vegetables. But soups are often good

Turkey bacon and cream cheese lighten breakfast panini
Honolulu Advertiser - Breakfast on a bun: Eggs, spinach, cheese and bacon on a roll with a roasted red pepper spread. Q. I like buying this breakfast sandwich at a nearby deli eggs, bacon, Swiss cheese and spinach on ciabatta bread with roasted red pepper mayonnaise

FYI for February 26, 2006 (Weight Watchers Diet Plans)

FYI for February 26, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Henderson Community College annual "Multicultural Feast," 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday, Henderson Fine Arts Center. Part of Black History Month celebration. Bring covered dish that reflects your heritage. Music provided by the E.J. Simmons band from the

'Family' plan turns the scales
Orlando Sentinel - A year ago, Maureen Kennedy was living a life a lot of working parents do -- long hours, an overbooked schedule and a stop at the fast-food drive-through window most nights to pick up her family's dinner. Kennedy, a 45-year-old warranty administrator

There s no quick fix for weight loss, and keeping it off
New Milford Spectrum - Weight loss diets continue to come and go in popularity. Often the latest diets are really old fad diets rewritten to make a comeback. Just a few examples of some current fad diets are Dr. Atkin s New Diet Revolution, The South Beach Diet

Fire Destroys Plaza in Clifton Park
WTen.com - An early morning fire spread through several businesses in the Plank Road Plaza in Clifton Park. Fire crews were called to the scene around 2am Thursday morning. The plaza is located just off Exit 9 off the Northway. Witnesses said they could see the

Success story: Half the woman she was
AZCentral.com - She's almost there. Dorlisa Dvorak is 9 pounds from her goal weight of 160 pounds. When she reaches her goal, she'll weigh less than half as much as she did 2 1/2 years ago. Dvorak, 45, of Glendale, works as a monitor technician at Maricopa Medical

A "Stick-to-It" Diet Is More Important Than a Popular One
Food Consumer - With over 1,000 diet books available on bookstore shelves, popular diets clearly have become increasingly prevalent. At the same time, they have also become increasingly controversial, because some depart substantially from mainstream medical advice

Turkey bacon and cream cheese lighten breakfast panini (Weight Watchers)

Turkey bacon and cream cheese lighten breakfast panini
Honolulu Advertiser - Breakfast on a bun: Eggs, spinach, cheese and bacon on a roll with a roasted red pepper spread. Q. I like buying this breakfast sandwich at a nearby deli eggs, bacon, Swiss cheese and spinach on ciabatta bread with roasted red pepper mayonnaise

Lean Plate Club (Updated 2.24.06): Nutrition and Health
Washington Post - Welcome to The Lean Plate Club, hosted by Washington Post health and nutrition writer Sally Squires . Share your tips on healthy recipes, meal plans, sugar alternatives and resisting overeating with other readers. Now that the school bell is ringing

Taking a trip? The right preparation will help you
St. Cloud Times - When traveling to other countries, Ruth Gross follows several rules of thumb. The 85-year-old Sauk Rapids resident likes salads, but they're sometimes washed in contaminated water, she said. The same goes for vegetables. But soups are often good

Weight Watchers Plans Share Offerering
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) - Weight Watchers International Inc., a provider of weight management services, said Monday it plans a secondary offering of 10 million common shares owned by Artal Group SA. Artal has granted the underwriters for the offering an option

Before turning 60, overweight couple decide to shed a few hundred
Asheville Citizen-Times - Roy and Julia Norton are nearly half the couple they used to be. Both lost a combined total of about 238 pounds. Both feel fabulous and look like the picture of health. No saggy skin from the shock of fad diets and weight that comes off too fast. No

Fremont walks into top 10 (Weight Watchers Points System)

Fremont walks into top 10
Inside Bay Area - FREMONT Walking in Memphis? Not this year. Walking in Fremont? You bet. The latest issue of Prevention magazine, which hits newsstands today, says Fremont is one of America's top 10 walking cities, beating out local favorite San Francisco for the

Taxes, Careers, Travel and Weight Spike the Web
MediaPost - The top gaining property in January was HRBlock.com with an increase of 171 percent compared to December. Traffic to the Career Services and Development category jumped 26 percent for people unhappy with their current job situation. The Career-Job

Taking a trip? The right preparation will help you
St. Cloud Times - When traveling to other countries, Ruth Gross follows several rules of thumb. The 85-year-old Sauk Rapids resident likes salads, but they're sometimes washed in contaminated water, she said. The same goes for vegetables. But soups are often good

Lower my standards or go for the hotness?
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - After ample begging, I convinced my wife to lower her standards, and it's worked out quite well. For me, anyway. Thanks to the lowering of education standards, I very nearly graduated from high school, and would have had I attended classes. I won't

Datebook for 2/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Women of First United Methodist Church, 5:15 p.m., room 244, 401 W. Randolph. Executive committee meeting. Enid Senior Center Evening Bridge, 6:30 p.m., 200 W. Walnut. Enid Rebekah Lodge No. 21, 7:30 p.m., 426 N. 30th. Oklahoma Delta, Delta Theta Chi

A dieter's nirvana (Weight Watchers Recipes)

A dieter's nirvana
AZCentral.com - NEW YORK -- When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight--35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape

Senior Planner
Chico Enterprise-Record - CARD Senior Programs: Community Center, 545 Vallombrosa Ave., 895-4711; Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., 895-4707; Pleasant Valley Recreation Center, 2320 North Ave., 895-4719; Behavioral Health Senior Connections, 564 Rio Lindo Ave., Suite

Winning losers
Toronto Sun - Shola Agoro, right before, and after, left. Face it, most of us have been hibernating, wrapped up in our elastic-waisted sweats, eating our way through the winter. But the cold wicked weather will soon be dissipating, along with the layers of woolies

50 Fittest CEOs
Crain's Detroit Business - Crain's Detroit Business is teaming again with the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan to put local CEOs through their paces and find out who's the fittest. RIM will test CEOs at sites throughout the area for free between now and April 14. The last

Before turning 60, overweight couple decide to shed a few hundred
Asheville Citizen-Times - Roy and Julia Norton are nearly half the couple they used to be. Both lost a combined total of about 238 pounds. Both feel fabulous and look like the picture of health. No saggy skin from the shock of fad diets and weight that comes off too fast. No

Weight Watchers helps WFU student lose weight, get happier and gain
Winston-Salem Journal - Jenny Billings, a senior at Wake Forest, works out in a weight room at Reynolds Gymnasium at WFU. Billings has lost 120 pounds through the Weight Watchers program and an exercise and physical-fitness regimen. (Journal Photo by Jennifer Rotenizer) For

ABB Ascendant (Weight Watchers Diet)

ABB Ascendant
Motley Fool - Of course, you wish you'd bought Microsoft back in 1990. Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner can help you find the next home run stock. In his latest Special Report, "3 Hidden Gems Ready to Run," Gardner reveals 3 under-followed small-cap value stocks

Fremont walks into top 10
Inside Bay Area - FREMONT Walking in Memphis? Not this year. Walking in Fremont? You bet. The latest issue of Prevention magazine, which hits newsstands today, says Fremont is one of America's top 10 walking cities, beating out local favorite San Francisco for the

Winning losers
Toronto Sun - Shola Agoro, right before, and after, left. Face it, most of us have been hibernating, wrapped up in our elastic-waisted sweats, eating our way through the winter. But the cold wicked weather will soon be dissipating, along with the layers of woolies

Raw foods with plenty of yummy calories, too
Arizona Daily Star - The newest kid on the Northwest Side's raw-foods block may look healthful on the outside, but one bite of the onion-flecked, buttery focaccia bread will have you whipping out your Weight Watchers conversion chart. This is heady, decadent stuff

Taxes, Careers, Travel and Weight Spike the Web
MediaPost - The top gaining property in January was HRBlock.com with an increase of 171 percent compared to December. Traffic to the Career Services and Development category jumped 26 percent for people unhappy with their current job situation. The Career-Job

Pee Dee Pulse (Weight Watcher)

Pee Dee Pulse
Morning News - The Florence Family YMCA and Carolinas Hospital System are offering a 10-week program to teach families how to develop a healthy lifestyle and promote a healthy body weight. Exercise specialists will individually work on helping each child develop a

Coming Events for Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Herald Journal - Jefferson Township 4-H club fund-raiser from 5-8 p.m. Monday March 13, at the Pizza Hut, Monticello. Pizza Hut donates tips and a portion of pizza sales to the club. Monticello Kiwanis meeting at noon Monday, March 13, at Brandywine. Speaker: Connie

Did Channel 11 Diet Challenge Winners Keep Off Weight?
WPXI - Five months ago, WPXI recruited 10 volunteers to take part in the Channel 11 Diet Challenge and followed the dieters for six weeks. At the end of the challenge, most lost some weight but there were two clear winners. Susann Collins and Colleen Zenobi

'Family' plan turns the scales
Orlando Sentinel - A year ago, Maureen Kennedy was living a life a lot of working parents do -- long hours, an overbooked schedule and a stop at the fast-food drive-through window most nights to pick up her family's dinner. Kennedy, a 45-year-old warranty administrator

DIY Diet: Paula Marci
WPBF News 25 - Disclaimer: This diet worked for Paula, but remember, before starting any weight loss plan, it's best to check with your doctor. A Treasure Coast woman with her own Do-It-Yourself Diet says she shed pounds without breaking a sweat -- and now she

Governors urge change in eating culture
Philadelphia Enquirer - WASHINGTON - Greasy food. Sugary drinks. And exercise? The tolls from today's temptations, from sweet soft drinks popular with school kids to drive-through lunches eaten behind the wheel, are well-known: obesity, diabetes, heart attacks. Governors

Success story: Half the woman she was (Weight Watchers Diet Plans)

Success story: Half the woman she was
AZCentral.com - She's almost there. Dorlisa Dvorak is 9 pounds from her goal weight of 160 pounds. When she reaches her goal, she'll weigh less than half as much as she did 2 1/2 years ago. Dvorak, 45, of Glendale, works as a monitor technician at Maricopa Medical

Weight Watchers helps WFU student lose weight, get happier and gain
Winston-Salem Journal - Jenny Billings, a senior at Wake Forest, works out in a weight room at Reynolds Gymnasium at WFU. Billings has lost 120 pounds through the Weight Watchers program and an exercise and physical-fitness regimen. (Journal Photo by Jennifer Rotenizer) For

Datebook for 2/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Women of First United Methodist Church, 5:15 p.m., room 244, 401 W. Randolph. Executive committee meeting. Enid Senior Center Evening Bridge, 6:30 p.m., 200 W. Walnut. Enid Rebekah Lodge No. 21, 7:30 p.m., 426 N. 30th. Oklahoma Delta, Delta Theta Chi

Scales of Injustice
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - I was 10 the first time I stepped on a scale. It was the summer of 1978, and I was visiting my grandmother in Florida. Every day, grandma and I went for our daily two-mile walk, past the golf course, past Publix, the supermarket where the old people

'Family' plan turns the scales
Orlando Sentinel - A year ago, Maureen Kennedy was living a life a lot of working parents do -- long hours, an overbooked schedule and a stop at the fast-food drive-through window most nights to pick up her family's dinner. Kennedy, a 45-year-old warranty administrator

A "Stick-to-It" Diet Is More Important Than a Popular One (Weight Watchers Food)

A "Stick-to-It" Diet Is More Important Than a Popular One
Food Consumer - With over 1,000 diet books available on bookstore shelves, popular diets clearly have become increasingly prevalent. At the same time, they have also become increasingly controversial, because some depart substantially from mainstream medical advice

LEGACY OF LOSS
Courier News - John M. Shanagher wants the world to know his father as "Pop-pop," "Daddy" and "Jack" -- not a murder victim. John "Jack" Shanagher wasn't very tall and was soft-spoken, but he lived a remarkable life. "My father was the Forrest Gump of World War II

FULL STORY
Anderson Independent-Mail - As soon as I stepped into the lobby of the Anderson Independent-Mail carrying two dozen doughnuts, the lines were drawn. Jackie Alewine and Jean Fisher, two employees at the front counter, smiled and warmly welcomed me to work while hungrily eyeing

Raw foods with plenty of yummy calories, too
Arizona Daily Star - The newest kid on the Northwest Side's raw-foods block may look healthful on the outside, but one bite of the onion-flecked, buttery focaccia bread will have you whipping out your Weight Watchers conversion chart. This is heady, decadent stuff

Church offers comfort for grief
Roanoke Times - Everyone has lost someone. But not everyone has a place to turn when they do. First Baptist Church in Radford is providing a haven for members of its congregation -- and beyond -- who have lost friends and family members. Late last year, the church

Community calendar (Weight Watchers)

Community calendar
Sterling Journal-Advocate - Blood Draw Appointment Scheduling for Sterling Community Health Fair - Call between 9 and 11 a.m. Call 521-5313. Colorado SHARE Food Distribution - 8:30 to 9:30 a.m., 18802 S. Hwy 6, Valley Imp. Event Center. Also register for March distribution. DAR

Coast Solutions Rolling Out 12-Month Services Program For VARs
CRN - Coast Solutions Group is planning to roll out a series of training and certification programs to help smaller solution providers make services a part of their businesses. The Irvine, Calif.-based Coast -- a provider of packaged services, management

50 Fittest CEOs
Crain's Detroit Business - Crain's Detroit Business is teaming again with the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan to put local CEOs through their paces and find out who's the fittest. RIM will test CEOs at sites throughout the area for free between now and April 14. The last

LEGACY OF LOSS
Courier News - John M. Shanagher wants the world to know his father as "Pop-pop," "Daddy" and "Jack" -- not a murder victim. John "Jack" Shanagher wasn't very tall and was soft-spoken, but he lived a remarkable life. "My father was the Forrest Gump of World War II

Taking a trip? The right preparation will help you
St. Cloud Times - When traveling to other countries, Ruth Gross follows several rules of thumb. The 85-year-old Sauk Rapids resident likes salads, but they're sometimes washed in contaminated water, she said. The same goes for vegetables. But soups are often good

HEALTHY LIFE BEGAN AT 40 FOR MUM
Daily Record - MUM-OF-ONE Liz McPhee-Macintyre planned to enjoy a family meal for her 40th birthday - but then a friend persuaded her to go to a Weight Watchers meeting instead. When Liz hit the scales and realized how heavy she'd become she was determined to lose

Coming Attractions (Weight Watchers Diet Plans)

Coming Attractions
Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune - Wild game feed, 6 p.m., Sandusky River Coon Hunters Clubhouse, South Seneca TR 131 (next to Walnut Grove Campground). Adults/$10, children/$5. "Frogs and Toads" Nature Time for Toddlers, 10 a.m., Franciscan Earth Literacy Center. Designed for 2-year

Raw foods with plenty of yummy calories, too
Arizona Daily Star - The newest kid on the Northwest Side's raw-foods block may look healthful on the outside, but one bite of the onion-flecked, buttery focaccia bread will have you whipping out your Weight Watchers conversion chart. This is heady, decadent stuff

Why Home Churches are Filling Up
Time - On a Sunday at their modest, gray ranch house in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Tim and Jeanine Pynes gather with four other Christians for an evening of fellowship, food and faith. Jeanine's spicy rigatoni precedes a yogurt-and-wafer confection by

Governors urge change in eating culture
Philadelphia Enquirer - WASHINGTON - Greasy food. Sugary drinks. And exercise? The tolls from today's temptations, from sweet soft drinks popular with school kids to drive-through lunches eaten behind the wheel, are well-known: obesity, diabetes, heart attacks. Governors

Senior Planner
Chico Enterprise-Record - CARD Senior Programs: Community Center, 545 Vallombrosa Ave., 895-4711; Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., 895-4707; Pleasant Valley Recreation Center, 2320 North Ave., 895-4719; Behavioral Health Senior Connections, 564 Rio Lindo Ave., Suite

Weight Watchers Won't Stay Down
Motley Fool - Like a good horror movie monster, Weight Watchers International (NYSE: WTW) just won't stay down. And though I'm no fan of this management team, even I have to applaud the strong cash flow and return on capital that this business model produces

On Pace: On your marks for Tucson Challenge (Weight Watchers)

On Pace: On your marks for Tucson Challenge
Arizona Daily Star - Don't let a long day at work keep you out of the gym. One day last week, I worked until about 8 p.m. and went right to the gym afterward to do some cardio. When I got home, I felt great and went right to sleep. The next night I worked just as late

Before turning 60, overweight couple decide to shed a few hundred
Asheville Citizen-Times - Roy and Julia Norton are nearly half the couple they used to be. Both lost a combined total of about 238 pounds. Both feel fabulous and look like the picture of health. No saggy skin from the shock of fad diets and weight that comes off too fast. No

Coast Solutions Rolling Out 12-Month Services Program For VARs
CRN - Coast Solutions Group is planning to roll out a series of training and certification programs to help smaller solution providers make services a part of their businesses. The Irvine, Calif.-based Coast -- a provider of packaged services, management

Taking a trip? The right preparation will help you
St. Cloud Times - When traveling to other countries, Ruth Gross follows several rules of thumb. The 85-year-old Sauk Rapids resident likes salads, but they're sometimes washed in contaminated water, she said. The same goes for vegetables. But soups are often good

Frozen meals are a tool for some
Waterbury Republican-American - Copyright 2006 AP Wire ALBANY, N.Y. -- Frozen dinners once offered little more than mushy Salisbury steak and shriveled green beans, but today's versions are so varied and well-labeled that some people use them to watch calories and carbs, fat and

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

Taxes, Careers, Travel and Weight Spike the Web (Weight Watcher)

Taxes, Careers, Travel and Weight Spike the Web
MediaPost - The top gaining property in January was HRBlock.com with an increase of 171 percent compared to December. Traffic to the Career Services and Development category jumped 26 percent for people unhappy with their current job situation. The Career-Job

LEGACY OF LOSS
Courier News - John M. Shanagher wants the world to know his father as "Pop-pop," "Daddy" and "Jack" -- not a murder victim. John "Jack" Shanagher wasn't very tall and was soft-spoken, but he lived a remarkable life. "My father was the Forrest Gump of World War II

June's Journal: Time to weigh in on a healthy eating plan
San Antonio Express News - My lifestyle mantra is coming along. I think I can say I have a good start on my fitness life. I'm doing resistance training with a personal trainer two days a week. I do an hour of yoga at least twice a week and 20 minutes of "A.M. Yoga" most other

Daily Calendar
Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: Blood donations accepted, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., United Blood Services, 131 N. Roosevelt St. Aberdeen: Walk for Health, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Tot Gym, 10:30-11:45 a.m., Washington Street Gym, 401 N. Washington St. Aberdeen: Yelduz Shrine Hospital

Losing weight? Fill yourself up with greens
Myrtle Beach Online - CONCORD, N.H. - Twelve down, 12 to go. Those are my baby-fat numbers and I can't wait to be rid of the second half. During my wife's pregnancy two years ago, I felt it was important to demonstrate my empathy and did my best to gain weight at the same

Did Channel 11 Diet Challenge Winners Keep Off Weight? (Weight Watchers Points System)

Did Channel 11 Diet Challenge Winners Keep Off Weight?
WPXI - Five months ago, WPXI recruited 10 volunteers to take part in the Channel 11 Diet Challenge and followed the dieters for six weeks. At the end of the challenge, most lost some weight but there were two clear winners. Susann Collins and Colleen Zenobi

A dieter's nirvana
AZCentral.com - NEW YORK -- When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight--35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape

Lower my standards or go for the hotness?
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - After ample begging, I convinced my wife to lower her standards, and it's worked out quite well. For me, anyway. Thanks to the lowering of education standards, I very nearly graduated from high school, and would have had I attended classes. I won't

Turkey bacon and cream cheese lighten breakfast panini
Honolulu Advertiser - Breakfast on a bun: Eggs, spinach, cheese and bacon on a roll with a roasted red pepper spread. Q. I like buying this breakfast sandwich at a nearby deli eggs, bacon, Swiss cheese and spinach on ciabatta bread with roasted red pepper mayonnaise

Church offers comfort for grief
Roanoke Times - Everyone has lost someone. But not everyone has a place to turn when they do. First Baptist Church in Radford is providing a haven for members of its congregation -- and beyond -- who have lost friends and family members. Late last year, the church

FULL STORY
Anderson Independent-Mail - As soon as I stepped into the lobby of the Anderson Independent-Mail carrying two dozen doughnuts, the lines were drawn. Jackie Alewine and Jean Fisher, two employees at the front counter, smiled and warmly welcomed me to work while hungrily eyeing

Lower my standards or go for the hotness? (Weight Watchers Points System)

Lower my standards or go for the hotness?
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - After ample begging, I convinced my wife to lower her standards, and it's worked out quite well. For me, anyway. Thanks to the lowering of education standards, I very nearly graduated from high school, and would have had I attended classes. I won't

Fire Destroys Plaza in Clifton Park
WTen.com - An early morning fire spread through several businesses in the Plank Road Plaza in Clifton Park. Fire crews were called to the scene around 2am Thursday morning. The plaza is located just off Exit 9 off the Northway. Witnesses said they could see the

Raw foods with plenty of yummy calories, too
Arizona Daily Star - The newest kid on the Northwest Side's raw-foods block may look healthful on the outside, but one bite of the onion-flecked, buttery focaccia bread will have you whipping out your Weight Watchers conversion chart. This is heady, decadent stuff

Dieting dangers
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - They re all great ways for many people to cut calories and fat and lose weight. But if you re one of the estimated 11 million Americans who suffer from food allergies, or are among the countless millions more who have food sensitivities or

Frozen meals are a tool for some (Weight Watcher)

Frozen meals are a tool for some
Waterbury Republican-American - Copyright 2006 AP Wire ALBANY, N.Y. -- Frozen dinners once offered little more than mushy Salisbury steak and shriveled green beans, but today's versions are so varied and well-labeled that some people use them to watch calories and carbs, fat and

Fergie in line for British realilty show
New Kerala - LONDON: The Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, is reportedly in talks with Britain's Channel 4 to serve as host of a reality weight-loss TV program. The show would have Ferguson, 46, moving in with overweight families and supervising their diet and

Coast Solutions Rolling Out 12-Month Services Program For VARs
CRN - Coast Solutions Group is planning to roll out a series of training and certification programs to help smaller solution providers make services a part of their businesses. The Irvine, Calif.-based Coast -- a provider of packaged services, management

Milky, gelatinous Japanese noodle takes dieters by storm
Inside Bay Area - WHEN Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight 35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape by

Weighing In: Extra pounds cause problems
Marietta Times - Americans are bigger than ever before. In an ongoing series, The Times will look at the issue of obesity, its causes and how to turn things around. We will try to answer the question of what is a healthy weight, and tell readers how to get there. n

Taxes, Careers, Travel and Weight Spike the Web
MediaPost - The top gaining property in January was HRBlock.com with an increase of 171 percent compared to December. Traffic to the Career Services and Development category jumped 26 percent for people unhappy with their current job situation. The Career-Job

Coast Solutions Rolling Out 12-Month Services Program For VARs (Weight Watchers Diet)

Coast Solutions Rolling Out 12-Month Services Program For VARs
CRN - Coast Solutions Group is planning to roll out a series of training and certification programs to help smaller solution providers make services a part of their businesses. The Irvine, Calif.-based Coast -- a provider of packaged services, management

Weight-loss workshop is offered
Tahoe Daily Tribune - The University of Nevada, Reno Psychology Department and the Center for Nutrition and Metabolic Disorders are seeking participants for an ongoing free one-day weight-loss/weight- maintenance workshop. Participants will receive a workbook based on the

Turkey bacon and cream cheese lighten breakfast panini
Honolulu Advertiser - Breakfast on a bun: Eggs, spinach, cheese and bacon on a roll with a roasted red pepper spread. Q. I like buying this breakfast sandwich at a nearby deli eggs, bacon, Swiss cheese and spinach on ciabatta bread with roasted red pepper mayonnaise

'This isn't good, is it?'
Philadelphia Enquirer - Two weeks later, I stretched out on a table at St. Francis Hospital while technicians prepared me for heart catheterization. Seven days later my chest was cracked open. This wasn't good. Two arteries were as clogged as the drain in my bathtub. Only

Daily Calendar
Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: TOPS No. 297, 8:30 a.m. weigh in, 9 a.m. meeting, 504 S. Washington St. Aberdeen: Brown County Commission meeting, 8:45 a.m., commission chambers, at the Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Gym, 9-11 a.m

Dieting dangers
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - They re all great ways for many people to cut calories and fat and lose weight. But if you re one of the estimated 11 million Americans who suffer from food allergies, or are among the countless millions more who have food sensitivities or

Forty-Bagger in Weight Loss (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

Forty-Bagger in Weight Loss
Motley Fool - Weight management company NutriSystem (Nasdaq: NTRI) is reporting spectacular operating results for 2005. Revenue rocketed 459%, and net income per diluted share was up almost 20 times what it was in 2004. Those are fat numbers! That revenue surge

Weight Watchers Won't Stay Down
Motley Fool - Like a good horror movie monster, Weight Watchers International (NYSE: WTW) just won't stay down. And though I'm no fan of this management team, even I have to applaud the strong cash flow and return on capital that this business model produces

Dieters slurp down oodles of low carb noodles
AZCentral.com - NEW YORK -- When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight--35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape

Coming Events for Saturday-Sunday, March 4-5, 2006
Herald Journal - Monticello Rotary Club meets at noon every Friday at Sublette s Ribs. Lunch and a short program.* March 10 Narcotics Anonymous meeting at 7 p.m. every Friday at White County Community Building 101 S. Main St., Monticello.* March 10 Comedy night

Coast Solutions Rolling Out 12-Month Services Program For VARs
CRN - Coast Solutions Group is planning to roll out a series of training and certification programs to help smaller solution providers make services a part of their businesses. The Irvine, Calif.-based Coast -- a provider of packaged services, management

Milky, gelatinous Japanese noodle takes dieters by storm
Inside Bay Area - WHEN Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight 35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape by

LEGACY OF LOSS (Weight Watchers Diets)

LEGACY OF LOSS
Courier News - John M. Shanagher wants the world to know his father as "Pop-pop," "Daddy" and "Jack" -- not a murder victim. John "Jack" Shanagher wasn't very tall and was soft-spoken, but he lived a remarkable life. "My father was the Forrest Gump of World War II

Why Home Churches are Filling Up
Time - On a Sunday at their modest, gray ranch house in the Denver suburb of Englewood, Tim and Jeanine Pynes gather with four other Christians for an evening of fellowship, food and faith. Jeanine's spicy rigatoni precedes a yogurt-and-wafer confection by

Datebook for 3/5
Enid News & Eagle - Enid Rotary Club, noon, ballroom, Continental Center North. Young At Heart Bridge Club, 12:45 p.m., First United Methodist Church. Epsilon Beta, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, 7:30 p.m., 2554 Homestead. Hostesses: Letha Lieb. Program: Margaret Day. Chapter 175

Datebook for 2/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Women of First United Methodist Church, 5:15 p.m., room 244, 401 W. Randolph. Executive committee meeting. Enid Senior Center Evening Bridge, 6:30 p.m., 200 W. Walnut. Enid Rebekah Lodge No. 21, 7:30 p.m., 426 N. 30th. Oklahoma Delta, Delta Theta Chi

Dieters slurp down oodles of low carb noodles
AZCentral.com - NEW YORK -- When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight--35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape

Slowly, pounds come off (Weight Watchers Food)

Slowly, pounds come off
Tulare Advance-Register - Editor's note: Four workplace-based teams are competing in this year's version of Getting Fit, a six-month weight-loss/fitness challenge. The teams represent: AAA Quality Service; The Cruise Experts Agency; Groppetti Automotive; and the Visalia Times

Scales of Injustice
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - I was 10 the first time I stepped on a scale. It was the summer of 1978, and I was visiting my grandmother in Florida. Every day, grandma and I went for our daily two-mile walk, past the golf course, past Publix, the supermarket where the old people

Daily Calendar
Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Swim, 9-10 a.m., Northeast Regional Health and Fitness Center, 5 S. State St. Aberdeen: Blood donations accepted, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., United Blood Services, 131 N. Roosevelt St. Aberdeen: Walk for Health, 10 a.m.-1 p.m.; Tot Gym

'This isn't good, is it?'
Philadelphia Enquirer - Two weeks later, I stretched out on a table at St. Francis Hospital while technicians prepared me for heart catheterization. Seven days later my chest was cracked open. This wasn't good. Two arteries were as clogged as the drain in my bathtub. Only

Weight Watchers Won't Stay Down
Motley Fool - Like a good horror movie monster, Weight Watchers International (NYSE: WTW) just won't stay down. And though I'm no fan of this management team, even I have to applaud the strong cash flow and return on capital that this business model produces

Weight Watchers Plans Share Offerering (Weight Watchers Diet)

Weight Watchers Plans Share Offerering
MSN MoneyCentral - NEW YORK (AP) - Weight Watchers International Inc., a provider of weight management services, said Monday it plans a secondary offering of 10 million common shares owned by Artal Group SA. Artal has granted the underwriters for the offering an option

Dieters slurp down oodles of low carb noodles
AZCentral.com - NEW YORK -- When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight--35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape

Datebook for 2/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Women of First United Methodist Church, 5:15 p.m., room 244, 401 W. Randolph. Executive committee meeting. Enid Senior Center Evening Bridge, 6:30 p.m., 200 W. Walnut. Enid Rebekah Lodge No. 21, 7:30 p.m., 426 N. 30th. Oklahoma Delta, Delta Theta Chi

Coming Attractions
Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune - The Blossoms and Butterflies Garden Club, 7 p.m., Seneca County Museum. Cliff Hartline, hybridizer of gladiolus, is to speak about gladiolus. The meeting is open to the public. Toddler Time, 6:30 p.m., Tiffin-Seneca Public Library. Register at (419

Raw foods with plenty of yummy calories, too (Weight Watchers Points System)

Raw foods with plenty of yummy calories, too
Arizona Daily Star - The newest kid on the Northwest Side's raw-foods block may look healthful on the outside, but one bite of the onion-flecked, buttery focaccia bread will have you whipping out your Weight Watchers conversion chart. This is heady, decadent stuff

Slowly, pounds come off
Tulare Advance-Register - Editor's note: Four workplace-based teams are competing in this year's version of Getting Fit, a six-month weight-loss/fitness challenge. The teams represent: AAA Quality Service; The Cruise Experts Agency; Groppetti Automotive; and the Visalia Times

Healthy, Wealthy and Rise
Smart Money - See how the stocks on this page stack up. "[NutriSystem is] executing on all cylinders," wrote Sameet Sinha, an analyst at New York-based investment bank Kaufman Brothers Equity Research, in a note Wednesday. "We came away impressed on all fronts

'This isn't good, is it?'
Philadelphia Enquirer - Two weeks later, I stretched out on a table at St. Francis Hospital while technicians prepared me for heart catheterization. Seven days later my chest was cracked open. This wasn't good. Two arteries were as clogged as the drain in my bathtub. Only

FULL STORY (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

FULL STORY
Anderson Independent-Mail - As soon as I stepped into the lobby of the Anderson Independent-Mail carrying two dozen doughnuts, the lines were drawn. Jackie Alewine and Jean Fisher, two employees at the front counter, smiled and warmly welcomed me to work while hungrily eyeing

Weight Watchers net profit falls, sales up
ABC News - Feb 16, 2006 LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Weight Watchers International Inc. on Thursday said net income fell although sales increased 8 percent and the company initiated a cash dividend. The weight loss center operator said net profit fell in

Local Notes
Hampton Union - WEIGHT WATCHERS has opened an Epping location. Meetings are 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the American Legion, 232 Calef Highway, in Epping. To celebrate this grand opening, Weight Watchers is offering free registration through March 11. Leader is Jean

Senior Planner
Chico Enterprise-Record - CARD Senior Programs: Community Center, 545 Vallombrosa Ave., 895-4711; Dorothy Johnson Center, 775 E. 16th St., 895-4707; Pleasant Valley Recreation Center, 2320 North Ave., 895-4719; Behavioral Health Senior Connections, 564 Rio Lindo Ave., Suite

Cookies that are tasty and healthy (Weight Watchers Points System)

Cookies that are tasty and healthy
Honolulu Advertiser - Q. I'm looking for a cookie recipe that tastes great but isn't too bad for you, if that even exists. My family likes to have cookies every now and then and I don't want to buy them at the store anymore. A. When I think "good-for-you" cookie, I

Which diet is right for you?
Atlanta Journal Constitution - This time of year, all the attention about health seems to center on losing the weight you gained over the holidays and during that blowout party for the Super Bowl. Many folks look to diets for weight loss. The first decision is how to select a diet

Brussels sprouts with pecans an elegant side dish
Honolulu Advertiser - Easter is coming up. Serve sauteed brussels sprouts with pecans and shallots for a side dish festive enough for the holiday table. Q. I'm looking for an interesting side dish for Easter dinner something new for some of us to serve or bring to our

The fight with food
Spokane Spokesman-Review - The story: Three years after gastric banding surgery, Linette Freeman of Coeur d'Alene is still working toward a healthy weight. Linette Freeman of Coeur d'Alene first shared her story with Spokesman-Review columnist Cynthia Taggart three years ago

On Pace: On your marks for Tucson Challenge (Weight Watchers Diet)

On Pace: On your marks for Tucson Challenge
Arizona Daily Star - Don't let a long day at work keep you out of the gym. One day last week, I worked until about 8 p.m. and went right to the gym afterward to do some cardio. When I got home, I felt great and went right to sleep. The next night I worked just as late

Dieting dangers
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette - They re all great ways for many people to cut calories and fat and lose weight. But if you re one of the estimated 11 million Americans who suffer from food allergies, or are among the countless millions more who have food sensitivities or

Datebook for 2/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Women of First United Methodist Church, 5:15 p.m., room 244, 401 W. Randolph. Executive committee meeting. Enid Senior Center Evening Bridge, 6:30 p.m., 200 W. Walnut. Enid Rebekah Lodge No. 21, 7:30 p.m., 426 N. 30th. Oklahoma Delta, Delta Theta Chi

Slowly, pounds come off
Tulare Advance-Register - Editor's note: Four workplace-based teams are competing in this year's version of Getting Fit, a six-month weight-loss/fitness challenge. The teams represent: AAA Quality Service; The Cruise Experts Agency; Groppetti Automotive; and the Visalia Times

Which diet is right for you? (Weight Watchers Diet)

Which diet is right for you?
Atlanta Journal Constitution - This time of year, all the attention about health seems to center on losing the weight you gained over the holidays and during that blowout party for the Super Bowl. Many folks look to diets for weight loss. The first decision is how to select a diet

Coming Attractions
Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune - The Blossoms and Butterflies Garden Club, 7 p.m., Seneca County Museum. Cliff Hartline, hybridizer of gladiolus, is to speak about gladiolus. The meeting is open to the public. Toddler Time, 6:30 p.m., Tiffin-Seneca Public Library. Register at (419

50 Fittest CEOs
Crain's Detroit Business - Crain's Detroit Business is teaming again with the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan to put local CEOs through their paces and find out who's the fittest. RIM will test CEOs at sites throughout the area for free between now and April 14. The last

ABB Ascendant
Motley Fool - Of course, you wish you'd bought Microsoft back in 1990. Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner can help you find the next home run stock. In his latest Special Report, "3 Hidden Gems Ready to Run," Gardner reveals 3 under-followed small-cap value stocks

DIY Diet: Paula Marci (Weight Watcher)

DIY Diet: Paula Marci
WPBF News 25 - Disclaimer: This diet worked for Paula, but remember, before starting any weight loss plan, it's best to check with your doctor. A Treasure Coast woman with her own Do-It-Yourself Diet says she shed pounds without breaking a sweat -- and now she

Coast Solutions Rolling Out 12-Month Services Program For VARs
CRN - Coast Solutions Group is planning to roll out a series of training and certification programs to help smaller solution providers make services a part of their businesses. The Irvine, Calif.-based Coast -- a provider of packaged services, management

Fire Destroys Plaza in Clifton Park
WTen.com - An early morning fire spread through several businesses in the Plank Road Plaza in Clifton Park. Fire crews were called to the scene around 2am Thursday morning. The plaza is located just off Exit 9 off the Northway. Witnesses said they could see the

Larry Himmel: Local Businesses With Unusual Names: Part 2
KFMB - It s time once again to play the name game, finding businesses around San Diego that have harnessed themselves with unique handles. For example, where do you go when Darn Good Coffee just won t do? It s a Piece of Cake an interesting name

Cookies that are tasty and healthy
Honolulu Advertiser - Q. I'm looking for a cookie recipe that tastes great but isn't too bad for you, if that even exists. My family likes to have cookies every now and then and I don't want to buy them at the store anymore. A. When I think "good-for-you" cookie, I

Slowly, pounds come off (Weight Watchers Diet)

Slowly, pounds come off
Tulare Advance-Register - Editor's note: Four workplace-based teams are competing in this year's version of Getting Fit, a six-month weight-loss/fitness challenge. The teams represent: AAA Quality Service; The Cruise Experts Agency; Groppetti Automotive; and the Visalia Times

LEGACY OF LOSS
Courier News - John M. Shanagher wants the world to know his father as "Pop-pop," "Daddy" and "Jack" -- not a murder victim. John "Jack" Shanagher wasn't very tall and was soft-spoken, but he lived a remarkable life. "My father was the Forrest Gump of World War II

Turkey bacon and cream cheese lighten breakfast panini
Honolulu Advertiser - Breakfast on a bun: Eggs, spinach, cheese and bacon on a roll with a roasted red pepper spread. Q. I like buying this breakfast sandwich at a nearby deli eggs, bacon, Swiss cheese and spinach on ciabatta bread with roasted red pepper mayonnaise

Lower my standards or go for the hotness?
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - After ample begging, I convinced my wife to lower her standards, and it's worked out quite well. For me, anyway. Thanks to the lowering of education standards, I very nearly graduated from high school, and would have had I attended classes. I won't

Governors urge change in eating culture (Weight Watchers)

Governors urge change in eating culture
Philadelphia Enquirer - WASHINGTON - Greasy food. Sugary drinks. And exercise? The tolls from today's temptations, from sweet soft drinks popular with school kids to drive-through lunches eaten behind the wheel, are well-known: obesity, diabetes, heart attacks. Governors

Coming Attractions
Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune - Wild game feed, 6 p.m., Sandusky River Coon Hunters Clubhouse, South Seneca TR 131 (next to Walnut Grove Campground). Adults/$10, children/$5. "Frogs and Toads" Nature Time for Toddlers, 10 a.m., Franciscan Earth Literacy Center. Designed for 2-year

LEGACY OF LOSS
Courier News - John M. Shanagher wants the world to know his father as "Pop-pop," "Daddy" and "Jack" -- not a murder victim. John "Jack" Shanagher wasn't very tall and was soft-spoken, but he lived a remarkable life. "My father was the Forrest Gump of World War II

Larry Himmel: Local Businesses With Unusual Names: Part 2
KFMB - It s time once again to play the name game, finding businesses around San Diego that have harnessed themselves with unique handles. For example, where do you go when Darn Good Coffee just won t do? It s a Piece of Cake an interesting name

Daily Calendar (Weight Watchers Diets)

Daily Calendar
Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: TOPS No. 297, 8:30 a.m. weigh in, 9 a.m. meeting, 504 S. Washington St. Aberdeen: Brown County Commission meeting, 8:45 a.m., commission chambers, at the Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Gym, 9-11 a.m

Weight-loss workshop is offered
Tahoe Daily Tribune - The University of Nevada, Reno Psychology Department and the Center for Nutrition and Metabolic Disorders are seeking participants for an ongoing free one-day weight-loss/weight- maintenance workshop. Participants will receive a workbook based on the

Forty-Bagger in Weight Loss
Motley Fool - Weight management company NutriSystem (Nasdaq: NTRI) is reporting spectacular operating results for 2005. Revenue rocketed 459%, and net income per diluted share was up almost 20 times what it was in 2004. Those are fat numbers! That revenue surge

ABB Ascendant
Motley Fool - Of course, you wish you'd bought Microsoft back in 1990. Motley Fool co-founder Tom Gardner can help you find the next home run stock. In his latest Special Report, "3 Hidden Gems Ready to Run," Gardner reveals 3 under-followed small-cap value stocks

On Pace: On your marks for Tucson Challenge
Arizona Daily Star - Don't let a long day at work keep you out of the gym. One day last week, I worked until about 8 p.m. and went right to the gym afterward to do some cardio. When I got home, I felt great and went right to sleep. The next night I worked just as late

DIY Diet: Paula Marci (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

DIY Diet: Paula Marci
WPBF News 25 - Disclaimer: This diet worked for Paula, but remember, before starting any weight loss plan, it's best to check with your doctor. A Treasure Coast woman with her own Do-It-Yourself Diet says she shed pounds without breaking a sweat -- and now she

Lean Plate Club
Washington Post - Welcome to The Lean Plate Club, hosted by Washington Post health and nutrition writer Sally Squires . Share your tips on healthy recipes, meal plans, sugar alternatives and resisting overeating with other readers. Now that the school bell is ringing

Dieters slurp down oodles of low carb noodles
AZCentral.com - NEW YORK -- When Mark O'Meara and his wife quit smoking last year, he experienced an all too common problem: He gained weight--35 pounds, to be exact. And so O'Meara, a 46-year-old computer programmer, and his wife, Char, vowed to get back in shape

The fight with food
Spokane Spokesman-Review - The story: Three years after gastric banding surgery, Linette Freeman of Coeur d'Alene is still working toward a healthy weight. Linette Freeman of Coeur d'Alene first shared her story with Spokesman-Review columnist Cynthia Taggart three years ago

Local Notes
Hampton Union - WEIGHT WATCHERS has opened an Epping location. Meetings are 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the American Legion, 232 Calef Highway, in Epping. To celebrate this grand opening, Weight Watchers is offering free registration through March 11. Leader is Jean

FULL STORY (Weight Watchers Diet)

FULL STORY
Anderson Independent-Mail - As soon as I stepped into the lobby of the Anderson Independent-Mail carrying two dozen doughnuts, the lines were drawn. Jackie Alewine and Jean Fisher, two employees at the front counter, smiled and warmly welcomed me to work while hungrily eyeing

Coming Events for Saturday-Sunday, March 4-5, 2006
Herald Journal - Monticello Rotary Club meets at noon every Friday at Sublette s Ribs. Lunch and a short program.* March 10 Narcotics Anonymous meeting at 7 p.m. every Friday at White County Community Building 101 S. Main St., Monticello.* March 10 Comedy night

Go on, admit it you ve tried more than one diet
Tryon Daily Bulletin - All right, I want all of you readers to raise your hand if you have tried more than one type of diet on the market. I don t have to be there watching you read this column to know that you raised your hand. If you are trying to lose weight, I know

Forty-Bagger in Weight Loss
Motley Fool - Weight management company NutriSystem (Nasdaq: NTRI) is reporting spectacular operating results for 2005. Revenue rocketed 459%, and net income per diluted share was up almost 20 times what it was in 2004. Those are fat numbers! That revenue surge

FULL STORY (Weight Watchers Points System)

FULL STORY
Anderson Independent-Mail - As soon as I stepped into the lobby of the Anderson Independent-Mail carrying two dozen doughnuts, the lines were drawn. Jackie Alewine and Jean Fisher, two employees at the front counter, smiled and warmly welcomed me to work while hungrily eyeing

Local Notes
Hampton Union - WEIGHT WATCHERS has opened an Epping location. Meetings are 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the American Legion, 232 Calef Highway, in Epping. To celebrate this grand opening, Weight Watchers is offering free registration through March 11. Leader is Jean

Lower my standards or go for the hotness?
Spartanburg Herald-Journal - After ample begging, I convinced my wife to lower her standards, and it's worked out quite well. For me, anyway. Thanks to the lowering of education standards, I very nearly graduated from high school, and would have had I attended classes. I won't

NutriSystem lures portly men
Arizona Daily Star - PHILADELPHIA Nate Griffin, a former Army sergeant, watches what he eats. He's even tried juice diets to shed pounds. But ask him if he'd join a group to talk about weight loss and he cringes. "To talk about a diet means you're really weak in a