Shopping Scout: Saturday, April 1 (Weight Watchers Diets)

Shopping Scout: Saturday, April 1
Morning Call - Scooter carrier: Geraldine of Nazareth has a scooter carrier she is willing to sell to Florence of Palmerton. Shopping Scout will put them in touch. Rototiller: Rose of Kempton and Donald of Bethlehem both have Troy-bilt rototillers they are willing

Brooklyn Family Feud
New York Observer - Sweet and Low , by Rich Cohen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 272 pages, $25. Everyone in my family tells this story, but everyone starts it in a different way. That s how Rich Cohen begins his own story about Sweet N Low, the artificial

Hospitals Make Changes to Care for Obese
Associated Press - ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I've flipped an exam table - I sat on the end of it and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745. When her

I'm hungry! Somebody's going to pay!
Bucks County Courier Times - I'm pretty certain that my husband of 24 years is cheating. Oh, not on the marriage. It's worse than that. He's cheating on our diet. My diet. The one he promised to do with me when I joined Weight Watchers last week. But just two days into the

Dieters filling up on God
Denton Record-Chronicle - It's 7 on a Thursday night, and in Room 130 at Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall, the weekly weigh-in has begun. Linda Mitter, 50, who has brought tonight's snack, a Nigella Lawson-worthy, fat-free, sugar-free trifle, steps off the silver digital scale

TODAY TODAY (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

TODAY TODAY
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

Making It Easy
Winston-Salem Journal - Working in the kitchen at Eating In/Creative Catering are (from left) Lesa Dowell, Lisa Hodges and Beth Macey. The company develops the recipes and does the prep work, but the customers assemble all the ingredients, take them home and cook the dishes

Food calendar
Detroit News - The Magic Wine Tasting Event, 7-10 p.m. Fri.: sponsored by Epoch Restaurant Group and Magic 105.1-FM (WMGC). Marble & Granite Gallery, Southfield. (248) 591-6866. Barbecue Bonanza, Fri.: grilling tips and tricks during the 2006 Home & Garden Show. 4

Coming Events for Wednesday, March 28, 2006
Herald Journal - Twin Lakes Senior Citizen birthday meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday April 5, at the Moose Lodge. Members with birthdays in April are to bring a cake. Doors open at 11 a.m. North White School Corporation Community Informational meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday

Ongoing Events: Adults
Martha's Vineyard Times - Aerobics with Lisa Amols. Lisa's Studio, West Tisbury. All multi-level classes. Strength training. 508-693-1009. Aikido Club Mon., Tues., Thurs., 6-7:30 pm; the Dojo, Elias La., West Tisbury. 508-693-3953. March 22-April 29: Wed., 4-5 pm and Sat., 10

Datebook for 4/2/06 (Weight Watchers Food)

Datebook for 4/2/06
Enid News & Eagle - Enid Rotary Club, noon, ballroom, Continental Center North. Young At Heart Bridge Club, 12:45 p.m., First United Methodist Church. Chapter 175, Alpha Epsilon, 7:30 p.m., 2219 E Court. Hostesses: Karen Payne and Ruth Hughes. Epsilon Beta, Epsilon

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, Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Gym, 9-11 a.m

Action News Diet Challenge: 2-Month Weigh In
WPVI - April 4, 2006 - Two months ago, Action News invited four women to try different diets to see which one worked best. Action News reporter Sarah Bloomquist catches up with all four women. Using Ediets.com, Kathleen Scott has dropped 21 pounds. Kathleen

Boyfriend confessed to killing, police say
Duluth News Tribune - Richard Edward Marchand expressed remorse, saying he didn't mean to kill his girlfriend but he knew he was going to spend the rest of his life in prison, according to Cloquet police. That information was contained in a complaint filed Tuesday in

Coming Events for Saturday-Sunday, April 8-9, 2006 (Weight Watchers)

Coming Events for Saturday-Sunday, April 8-9, 2006
Herald Journal - Tri Kappa Easter eggs available at Ace Hardware and Norway Garden Shop or from Tri Kappa members. Cost is $2.50. Flavors, peanut butter, vanilla, coconut cream, raspberry or peppermint (both in dark chocolate coating). Monticello Eagles annual Easter

Food calendar
Detroit News - The Magic Wine Tasting Event, 7-10 p.m. Fri.: sponsored by Epoch Restaurant Group and Magic 105.1-FM (WMGC). Marble & Granite Gallery, Southfield. (248) 591-6866. Barbecue Bonanza, Fri.: grilling tips and tricks during the 2006 Home & Garden Show. 4

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, Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Gym, 9-11 a.m

Organizations Organizations
Lexington Clipper-Herald - - Women For Sobriety meets at 7 p.m. on Mondays at the Family Life Clinic, 207 East Sixth St. No cost but donations are accepted to cover materials. - Overeaters Anonymous meets at 5:30 p.m., on Thursdays at the Cozad Hospital meeting room. - Ladies

113-pound loss meets goal (Weight Watchers Recipes)

113-pound loss meets goal
Rochester Sentinel - Violet Groshans is happy to spread the word about meeting weight loss goals and she knows what she s talking about. A 42-year-old factory worker, she is presently 106 1/2 pounds lighter and 130 3/4 inches smaller through Thin & Healthy Total

Dell Latitude D820 (Core Duo T2600 Processor 750 2.16GHz, 1GB RAM)
CNET Asia - While the Latitude D810 was more of a desktop replacement, the D820 approaches the more portable thin-and-light territory. The D820 is about 7.6mm thinner than the D810, putting the D820's overall dimensions at 360.6 x 261.6 x 35.6mm. Still, the D820

Making It Easy
Winston-Salem Journal - Working in the kitchen at Eating In/Creative Catering are (from left) Lesa Dowell, Lisa Hodges and Beth Macey. The company develops the recipes and does the prep work, but the customers assemble all the ingredients, take them home and cook the dishes

Ochsner gets top honors from AARP
Baton Rouge Advocate - The Ochsner Health Center on Bluebonnet is one of six clinics in Baton Rouge and the surrounding area. South Louisiana is home to a gem for workers 50 and older. In the fall of 2005, Ochsner Health System, known as Ochsner Clinic Foundation at the

Fidelity, Amazon See Mutual Gains Online
Brandweek - BOSTON -- If you search for the book Financial Planning for Dummies at Amazon.com, don't be surprised if you also get a recommendation for a Fidelity mutual fund. The investment firm has become the first mutual fund vendor to sell at Amazon's new

Trash site gets new life
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - TO unlearn a bad habit it takes 45 days straight of not doing it, a wise person told me. It requires a lot longer to make a new habit stick. Those words came to mind last Friday, when my guide, Councilman Steve Herfert, drove me and a few other

Ochsner gets top honors from AARP (Weight Watchers Food)

Ochsner gets top honors from AARP
Baton Rouge Advocate - The Ochsner Health Center on Bluebonnet is one of six clinics in Baton Rouge and the surrounding area. South Louisiana is home to a gem for workers 50 and older. In the fall of 2005, Ochsner Health System, known as Ochsner Clinic Foundation at the

Books : Cooking Light 2006 Annual Recipes (Cooking Light Annual
Science Daily - Hold on to your spatulas it s the 10th anniversary edition of this always-popular collection. Now, more than ever, readers are flocking to Cooking Light, and this annual volume packs in all the healthy, easy-to-make recipes from every issue of

Organizations Organizations
Lexington Clipper-Herald - - Women For Sobriety meets at 7 p.m. on Mondays at the Family Life Clinic, 207 East Sixth St. No cost but donations are accepted to cover materials. - Overeaters Anonymous meets at 5:30 p.m., on Thursdays at the Cozad Hospital meeting room. - Ladies

Ongoing Events: Adults
Martha's Vineyard Times - Aerobics with Lisa Amols. Lisa's Studio, West Tisbury. All multi-level classes. Strength training. 508-693-1009. Aikido Club Mon., Tues., Thurs., 6-7:30 pm; the Dojo, Elias La., West Tisbury. 508-693-3953. March 22-April 29: Wed., 4-5 pm and Sat., 10

TODAY TODAY
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

I do know that sesame noodles are 4 points!! lol
Knox Pages - Heee. Remember I make those noodles with whole wheat spaghetti. That's more fiber. Knock a point off your calculation! 25-30 points a day sounds reasonable. I don't have one of those books, but it seems to me that stuff that's high in fiber, low in

Organizations Organizations (Weight Watchers)

Organizations Organizations
Lexington Clipper-Herald - - Women For Sobriety meets at 7 p.m. on Mondays at the Family Life Clinic, 207 East Sixth St. No cost but donations are accepted to cover materials. - Overeaters Anonymous meets at 5:30 p.m., on Thursdays at the Cozad Hospital meeting room. - Ladies

Fidelity, Amazon See Mutual Gains Online
Brandweek - BOSTON -- If you search for the book Financial Planning for Dummies at Amazon.com, don't be surprised if you also get a recommendation for a Fidelity mutual fund. The investment firm has become the first mutual fund vendor to sell at Amazon's new

Coming Events for Saturday-Sunday, April 1-2, 2006
Herald Journal - Grass Creek Lions club and Wayne Township Fire Department all you can eat pancake and sausage breakfast from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, April 9, at the fire station in Grass Creek. Cost Adults $5, children age 6-12 $2, children under age 6 eat for free

Making It Easy
Winston-Salem Journal - Working in the kitchen at Eating In/Creative Catering are (from left) Lesa Dowell, Lisa Hodges and Beth Macey. The company develops the recipes and does the prep work, but the customers assemble all the ingredients, take them home and cook the dishes

Local Health News Briefs
Bedford Times-Mail - BEDFORD - Dr. Michael Miller, a wound care specialist from Bedford Regional Medical Center, reports his office is involved in - and actively recruiting subjects for - a number of Food and Drug Administration research protocols. Subjects are needed

113-pound loss meets goal (Weight Watchers Points System)

113-pound loss meets goal
Rochester Sentinel - Violet Groshans is happy to spread the word about meeting weight loss goals and she knows what she s talking about. A 42-year-old factory worker, she is presently 106 1/2 pounds lighter and 130 3/4 inches smaller through Thin & Healthy Total

Moving foiled fitness goals
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

Fighting the battle of the bulge
Buffalo News - Despite losing weight after a challenging battery of diets, Leon Colucci inevitably returns to 300 pounds. His experience is the norm among many dieters in America who encounter disappointing results in the long run. Click to view larger picture

TAKING A LOAD OFF
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - Gina Crome, 38 lost 172 pounds using the Weight Watchers points system. She holds a photo CD containing pictures of her former self.(Leo Jarzomb / Staff Photo) Five years ago, Gina Crome had ballooned to her biggest yet - 310 pounds. She didn't eat

Broken Resolutions Cost A Bundle
KGO - 7 On Your Side Has Financial Encouragement Mar. 20 - A quarter of the year is already over, so have you kept the resolutions you made in January? 7 On Your Side has some financial encouragement. It's the first day of Spring, which means a quarter of

Coming Events for Wednesday, March 28, 2006
Herald Journal - Twin Lakes Senior Citizen birthday meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday April 5, at the Moose Lodge. Members with birthdays in April are to bring a cake. Doors open at 11 a.m. North White School Corporation Community Informational meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday

Dell Latitude D820 (Core Duo T2600 Processor 750 2.16GHz, 1GB RAM) (Weight Watchers Diet Plans)

Dell Latitude D820 (Core Duo T2600 Processor 750 2.16GHz, 1GB RAM)
CNET Asia - While the Latitude D810 was more of a desktop replacement, the D820 approaches the more portable thin-and-light territory. The D820 is about 7.6mm thinner than the D810, putting the D820's overall dimensions at 360.6 x 261.6 x 35.6mm. Still, the D820

Food calendar
Detroit News - The Magic Wine Tasting Event, 7-10 p.m. Fri.: sponsored by Epoch Restaurant Group and Magic 105.1-FM (WMGC). Marble & Granite Gallery, Southfield. (248) 591-6866. Barbecue Bonanza, Fri.: grilling tips and tricks during the 2006 Home & Garden Show. 4

Moving foiled fitness goals
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

Brooklyn Family Feud
New York Observer - Sweet and Low , by Rich Cohen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 272 pages, $25. Everyone in my family tells this story, but everyone starts it in a different way. That s how Rich Cohen begins his own story about Sweet N Low, the artificial

Datebook for 4/2/06
Enid News & Eagle - Enid Rotary Club, noon, ballroom, Continental Center North. Young At Heart Bridge Club, 12:45 p.m., First United Methodist Church. Chapter 175, Alpha Epsilon, 7:30 p.m., 2219 E Court. Hostesses: Karen Payne and Ruth Hughes. Epsilon Beta, Epsilon

Ongoing Events: Adults (Weight Watchers Recipes)

Ongoing Events: Adults
Martha's Vineyard Times - Aerobics with Lisa Amols. Lisa's Studio, West Tisbury. All multi-level classes. Strength training. 508-693-1009. Aikido Club Mon., Tues., Thurs., 6-7:30 pm; the Dojo, Elias La., West Tisbury. 508-693-3953. March 22-April 29: Wed., 4-5 pm and Sat., 10

Hospitals Make Changes to Care for Obese
Associated Press - ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I've flipped an exam table - I sat on the end of it and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745. When her

Coming Events for Saturday-Sunday, April 1-2, 2006
Herald Journal - Grass Creek Lions club and Wayne Township Fire Department all you can eat pancake and sausage breakfast from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, April 9, at the fire station in Grass Creek. Cost Adults $5, children age 6-12 $2, children under age 6 eat for free

Organizations Organizations
Lexington Clipper-Herald - - Women For Sobriety meets at 7 p.m. on Mondays at the Family Life Clinic, 207 East Sixth St. No cost but donations are accepted to cover materials. - Overeaters Anonymous meets at 5:30 p.m., on Thursdays at the Cozad Hospital meeting room. - Ladies

TAKING A LOAD OFF
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - Gina Crome, 38 lost 172 pounds using the Weight Watchers points system. She holds a photo CD containing pictures of her former self.(Leo Jarzomb / Staff Photo) Five years ago, Gina Crome had ballooned to her biggest yet - 310 pounds. She didn't eat

North Country Scene for April 2
Bemidji Pioneer - 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Lake Country and Cass Lake Lions Club German Sauerbraten Dinner at Cass Lake American Legion. Cost is $9 for adults, $6 for students to age 12 and free for preschool. Everyone is welcome. 1 p.m. Country Music Jam Session at Embassy

North Country Scene for April 6 (Weight Watcher)

North Country Scene for April 6
Bemidji Pioneer - 10:30 a.m. Preschool Storytime at Bemidji Public Library. To register, call 751-3963. 5-7 p.m. Fish Fry at Trek North High School. Bring dish to share. 444-1888. 5-7 p.m. Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser at First Lutheran Church. Tickets cost $5 per

113-pound loss meets goal
Rochester Sentinel - Violet Groshans is happy to spread the word about meeting weight loss goals and she knows what she s talking about. A 42-year-old factory worker, she is presently 106 1/2 pounds lighter and 130 3/4 inches smaller through Thin & Healthy Total

Ochsner gets top honors from AARP
Baton Rouge Advocate - The Ochsner Health Center on Bluebonnet is one of six clinics in Baton Rouge and the surrounding area. South Louisiana is home to a gem for workers 50 and older. In the fall of 2005, Ochsner Health System, known as Ochsner Clinic Foundation at the

North Country Scene for April 2
Bemidji Pioneer - 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Lake Country and Cass Lake Lions Club German Sauerbraten Dinner at Cass Lake American Legion. Cost is $9 for adults, $6 for students to age 12 and free for preschool. Everyone is welcome. 1 p.m. Country Music Jam Session at Embassy

Datebook for 4/2/06
Enid News & Eagle - Enid Rotary Club, noon, ballroom, Continental Center North. Young At Heart Bridge Club, 12:45 p.m., First United Methodist Church. Chapter 175, Alpha Epsilon, 7:30 p.m., 2219 E Court. Hostesses: Karen Payne and Ruth Hughes. Epsilon Beta, Epsilon

Queens Pol Calls Harass Rap "Utterly False"
1010Wins - ALBANY (1010 WINS) -- State Sen. Ada Smith will be summoned to court accused of assaulting a former staffer, State Police said Thursday. Lt. Glenn Miner, spokesman for State Police, said Smith is being charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor

Moving foiled fitness goals (Weight Watchers Points System)

Moving foiled fitness goals
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

People on the move
Detroit News - The National Association of Women Business Owners Greater Detroit Chapter presented awards to the following top Michigan business women at its annual awards luncheon: Florine Mark , president & CEO, WW Group Inc./Weight Watchers, Farmington Hills

TODAY TODAY
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

Hospitals Make Changes to Care for Obese
Associated Press - ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I've flipped an exam table - I sat on the end of it and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745. When her

Action News Diet Challenge: 2-Month Weigh In
WPVI - April 4, 2006 - Two months ago, Action News invited four women to try different diets to see which one worked best. Action News reporter Sarah Bloomquist catches up with all four women. Using Ediets.com, Kathleen Scott has dropped 21 pounds. Kathleen

Russell contest mimics 'Biggest Loser,' yields results for
Alexander City Outlook - Employees at Russell Corp.'s Sales Office competed in their own version of a popular reality TV show, and it yielded the same results as the prime time program. Thursday 10 teams made up of 50 employees at the sales office came together to see just

Dell Latitude D820 (Core Duo T2600 Processor 750 2.16GHz, 1GB RAM) (Weight Watchers Recipes)

Dell Latitude D820 (Core Duo T2600 Processor 750 2.16GHz, 1GB RAM)
CNET Asia - While the Latitude D810 was more of a desktop replacement, the D820 approaches the more portable thin-and-light territory. The D820 is about 7.6mm thinner than the D810, putting the D820's overall dimensions at 360.6 x 261.6 x 35.6mm. Still, the D820

Moving in and moving up a size
Stuff - Girls, moving in with your boyfriend could be bad for your waistline. Guys, moving in with your girlfriend could do you more good than joining Weight Watchers or the gym. Dieticians at Newcastle University have discovered that moving in with a

Evansville retail landscape balanced, 'right on target'
Evansville Courier-Press - While expanding retail activity on Evansville's East Side has been a constant for the last several years, some experts see changes looming. Newer shopping centers and storefronts along Burkhardt Road are putting pressure on older retail areas on

Today's event
Seneca County Advertiser-Tribune - "The Winter's Tale," 7:30 p.m., Gundlach Theatre, in Founders Hall, Heidelberg College. Tickets $5, at (419) 448-2004 or (419) 448-2084. Three Ohio acts, 8 p.m., The Ritz Theatre. Good Times String Band - local residents; Folk singer/guitarist Joe

Moving foiled fitness goals
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

Organizations Organizations
Lexington Clipper-Herald - - Women For Sobriety meets at 7 p.m. on Mondays at the Family Life Clinic, 207 East Sixth St. No cost but donations are accepted to cover materials. - Overeaters Anonymous meets at 5:30 p.m., on Thursdays at the Cozad Hospital meeting room. - Ladies

I do know that sesame noodles are 4 points!! lol (Weight Watchers Recipes)

I do know that sesame noodles are 4 points!! lol
Knox Pages - Heee. Remember I make those noodles with whole wheat spaghetti. That's more fiber. Knock a point off your calculation! 25-30 points a day sounds reasonable. I don't have one of those books, but it seems to me that stuff that's high in fiber, low in

FYI for April 2, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Historic House Tour and Presentation on Renovation, 2 p.m. April 9, 131 S. Elm St. Newly restored, Circa 1890, Queen Ann style house. Guest speaker: David Buchta, Assistant Director for the Division of Historic Properties of Kentucky. Information

Healthy jam bars sweeten up potlucks
Honolulu Advertiser - Whole-wheat flour adds even more fiber to the oats in Grandma's jam bars, and any jam works perfectly. Q. My grandma used to make these jam bars with some type of oat and white-flour sugar-crumb mixture. I've been thinking about them lately and can't

Hospitals Make Changes to Care for Obese
Associated Press - ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I've flipped an exam table - I sat on the end of it and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745. When her

Russell contest mimics 'Biggest Loser,' yields results for
Alexander City Outlook - Employees at Russell Corp.'s Sales Office competed in their own version of a popular reality TV show, and it yielded the same results as the prime time program. Thursday 10 teams made up of 50 employees at the sales office came together to see just

Why does food drive so many women insane? (Weight Watchers Recipes)

Why does food drive so many women insane?
Daily Mail - When it comes to food and diets, Western women are insane, according to a new book. Indeed, I'm sure there are women who believe you can't put on weight if you eat standing up and other such nonsense. I'm certainly not that silly. I have a sensible

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, Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Gym, 9-11 a.m

Coming Events for Saturday-Sunday, April 8-9, 2006
Herald Journal - Tri Kappa Easter eggs available at Ace Hardware and Norway Garden Shop or from Tri Kappa members. Cost is $2.50. Flavors, peanut butter, vanilla, coconut cream, raspberry or peppermint (both in dark chocolate coating). Monticello Eagles annual Easter

Moving in and moving up a size
Stuff - Girls, moving in with your boyfriend could be bad for your waistline. Guys, moving in with your girlfriend could do you more good than joining Weight Watchers or the gym. Dieticians at Newcastle University have discovered that moving in with a

Datebook for 4/2/06 (Weight Watchers Diet)

Datebook for 4/2/06
Enid News & Eagle - Enid Rotary Club, noon, ballroom, Continental Center North. Young At Heart Bridge Club, 12:45 p.m., First United Methodist Church. Chapter 175, Alpha Epsilon, 7:30 p.m., 2219 E Court. Hostesses: Karen Payne and Ruth Hughes. Epsilon Beta, Epsilon

Before Spring Break, the Anorexic Challenge
New York Times - I REALLY gotta start losing weight before spring break," a 15-year-old from Long Island wrote in her blog on Xanga.com, a social networking site. "Basically today I went 24 hours without food and then I ate green beans and a little baked ziti

I'm hungry! Somebody's going to pay!
Bucks County Courier Times - I'm pretty certain that my husband of 24 years is cheating. Oh, not on the marriage. It's worse than that. He's cheating on our diet. My diet. The one he promised to do with me when I joined Weight Watchers last week. But just two days into the

Calendar March 29-April 2
Park Rapids Enterprise - Lap swim: 7-8 a.m. at the Park Rapids Area High School pool. TOPS MN 1220: 9:15 a.m. weigh-in, 9:45 a.m. meeting at the Hubbard Community Center. Adult Basic Education: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Frank White Education Center. Water aerobics: 10-10:50 a.m

Book Bites Column (Weight Watchers Recipes)

Book Bites Column
Edmonton Sun - The skin-deep beauty industry will never run out of human insecurities to exploit. The hottest must-have asset is a perfect smile - and we're not talking about manifestations of joy here. Today's celebs will spend big bucks to ensure they've got the

Fighting the battle of the bulge
Buffalo News - Despite losing weight after a challenging battery of diets, Leon Colucci inevitably returns to 300 pounds. His experience is the norm among many dieters in America who encounter disappointing results in the long run. Click to view larger picture

Books : Cooking Light 2006 Annual Recipes (Cooking Light Annual
Science Daily - Hold on to your spatulas it s the 10th anniversary edition of this always-popular collection. Now, more than ever, readers are flocking to Cooking Light, and this annual volume packs in all the healthy, easy-to-make recipes from every issue of

Datebook for 4/2/06
Enid News & Eagle - Enid Rotary Club, noon, ballroom, Continental Center North. Young At Heart Bridge Club, 12:45 p.m., First United Methodist Church. Chapter 175, Alpha Epsilon, 7:30 p.m., 2219 E Court. Hostesses: Karen Payne and Ruth Hughes. Epsilon Beta, Epsilon

Moving foiled fitness goals
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

Ongoing Events: Adults (Weight Watchers Food)

Ongoing Events: Adults
Martha's Vineyard Times - Aerobics with Lisa Amols. Lisa's Studio, West Tisbury. All multi-level classes. Strength training. 508-693-1009. Aikido Club Mon., Tues., Thurs., 6-7:30 pm; the Dojo, Elias La., West Tisbury. 508-693-3953. March 22-April 29: Wed., 4-5 pm and Sat., 10

FYI for April 2, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Historic House Tour and Presentation on Renovation, 2 p.m. April 9, 131 S. Elm St. Newly restored, Circa 1890, Queen Ann style house. Guest speaker: David Buchta, Assistant Director for the Division of Historic Properties of Kentucky. Information

Fighting the battle of the bulge
Buffalo News - Despite losing weight after a challenging battery of diets, Leon Colucci inevitably returns to 300 pounds. His experience is the norm among many dieters in America who encounter disappointing results in the long run. Click to view larger picture

Organizations Organizations
Lexington Clipper-Herald - - Women For Sobriety meets at 7 p.m. on Mondays at the Family Life Clinic, 207 East Sixth St. No cost but donations are accepted to cover materials. - Overeaters Anonymous meets at 5:30 p.m., on Thursdays at the Cozad Hospital meeting room. - Ladies

Coming Events for Wednesday, March 28, 2006
Herald Journal - Twin Lakes Senior Citizen birthday meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday April 5, at the Moose Lodge. Members with birthdays in April are to bring a cake. Doors open at 11 a.m. North White School Corporation Community Informational meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday

Trash site gets new life (Weight Watcher)

Trash site gets new life
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - TO unlearn a bad habit it takes 45 days straight of not doing it, a wise person told me. It requires a lot longer to make a new habit stick. Those words came to mind last Friday, when my guide, Councilman Steve Herfert, drove me and a few other

On your mark, get set, Go!
Nassau Guardian - It's here again. The Atlantic Medical Insurance Company Ltd. and Weight Watchers Bahamas, along with numerous partners will "walk the walk" to demonstrate the right way to healthy living. The Bahamas Diabetic Association and The Bahamas Cancer

TODAY TODAY
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

Moving foiled fitness goals
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

Why does food drive so many women insane? (Weight Watchers Diet)

Why does food drive so many women insane?
Daily Mail - When it comes to food and diets, Western women are insane, according to a new book. Indeed, I'm sure there are women who believe you can't put on weight if you eat standing up and other such nonsense. I'm certainly not that silly. I have a sensible

Before Spring Break, the Anorexic Challenge
New York Times - I REALLY gotta start losing weight before spring break," a 15-year-old from Long Island wrote in her blog on Xanga.com, a social networking site. "Basically today I went 24 hours without food and then I ate green beans and a little baked ziti

Fidelity, Amazon See Mutual Gains Online
Brandweek - BOSTON -- If you search for the book Financial Planning for Dummies at Amazon.com, don't be surprised if you also get a recommendation for a Fidelity mutual fund. The investment firm has become the first mutual fund vendor to sell at Amazon's new

Dell Latitude D820 (Core Duo T2600 Processor 750 2.16GHz, 1GB RAM)
CNET Asia - While the Latitude D810 was more of a desktop replacement, the D820 approaches the more portable thin-and-light territory. The D820 is about 7.6mm thinner than the D810, putting the D820's overall dimensions at 360.6 x 261.6 x 35.6mm. Still, the D820

Dell Latitude D820 (Core Duo T2600 Processor 750 2.16GHz, 1GB RAM) (Weight Watchers Recipes)

Dell Latitude D820 (Core Duo T2600 Processor 750 2.16GHz, 1GB RAM)
CNET Asia - While the Latitude D810 was more of a desktop replacement, the D820 approaches the more portable thin-and-light territory. The D820 is about 7.6mm thinner than the D810, putting the D820's overall dimensions at 360.6 x 261.6 x 35.6mm. Still, the D820

Political heavyweights are slimming winners
Portsmouth Today - THEY may aspire to be political heavyweights but two of our MPs have made a big impression by slimming down. Sarah McCarthy-Fry and Michael Mates were the winners out of 40 MPs taking part in the Weight Watchers competition to lose the most

Books : Cooking Light 2006 Annual Recipes (Cooking Light Annual
Science Daily - Hold on to your spatulas it s the 10th anniversary edition of this always-popular collection. Now, more than ever, readers are flocking to Cooking Light, and this annual volume packs in all the healthy, easy-to-make recipes from every issue of

Calendar March 29-April 2
Park Rapids Enterprise - Lap swim: 7-8 a.m. at the Park Rapids Area High School pool. TOPS MN 1220: 9:15 a.m. weigh-in, 9:45 a.m. meeting at the Hubbard Community Center. Adult Basic Education: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Frank White Education Center. Water aerobics: 10-10:50 a.m

Action News Diet Challenge: 2-Month Weigh In (Weight Watcher)

Action News Diet Challenge: 2-Month Weigh In
WPVI - April 4, 2006 - Two months ago, Action News invited four women to try different diets to see which one worked best. Action News reporter Sarah Bloomquist catches up with all four women. Using Ediets.com, Kathleen Scott has dropped 21 pounds. Kathleen

Why does food drive so many women insane?
Daily Mail - When it comes to food and diets, Western women are insane, according to a new book. Indeed, I'm sure there are women who believe you can't put on weight if you eat standing up and other such nonsense. I'm certainly not that silly. I have a sensible

Russell contest mimics 'Biggest Loser,' yields results for
Alexander City Outlook - Employees at Russell Corp.'s Sales Office competed in their own version of a popular reality TV show, and it yielded the same results as the prime time program. Thursday 10 teams made up of 50 employees at the sales office came together to see just

FYI for April 2, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Historic House Tour and Presentation on Renovation, 2 p.m. April 9, 131 S. Elm St. Newly restored, Circa 1890, Queen Ann style house. Guest speaker: David Buchta, Assistant Director for the Division of Historic Properties of Kentucky. Information

Organizations Organizations (Weight Watchers Points System)

Organizations Organizations
Lexington Clipper-Herald - - Women For Sobriety meets at 7 p.m. on Mondays at the Family Life Clinic, 207 East Sixth St. No cost but donations are accepted to cover materials. - Overeaters Anonymous meets at 5:30 p.m., on Thursdays at the Cozad Hospital meeting room. - Ladies

Book Bites Column
Edmonton Sun - The skin-deep beauty industry will never run out of human insecurities to exploit. The hottest must-have asset is a perfect smile - and we're not talking about manifestations of joy here. Today's celebs will spend big bucks to ensure they've got the

Before Spring Break, the Anorexic Challenge
New York Times - I REALLY gotta start losing weight before spring break," a 15-year-old from Long Island wrote in her blog on Xanga.com, a social networking site. "Basically today I went 24 hours without food and then I ate green beans and a little baked ziti

Lesson No. 8: Cookbooks
AZCentral.com - It may be too darned hot to cook, but it's always a good time to read about cooking. This month, Cooking 201 considers the basics of a home cookbook library - plus some fun garnishes on the side. Whether you read cookbooks at night like novels, take

Ochsner gets top honors from AARP
Baton Rouge Advocate - The Ochsner Health Center on Bluebonnet is one of six clinics in Baton Rouge and the surrounding area. South Louisiana is home to a gem for workers 50 and older. In the fall of 2005, Ochsner Health System, known as Ochsner Clinic Foundation at the

113-pound loss meets goal
Rochester Sentinel - Violet Groshans is happy to spread the word about meeting weight loss goals and she knows what she s talking about. A 42-year-old factory worker, she is presently 106 1/2 pounds lighter and 130 3/4 inches smaller through Thin & Healthy Total

Evansville retail landscape balanced, 'right on target' (Weight Watchers)

Evansville retail landscape balanced, 'right on target'
Evansville Courier-Press - While expanding retail activity on Evansville's East Side has been a constant for the last several years, some experts see changes looming. Newer shopping centers and storefronts along Burkhardt Road are putting pressure on older retail areas on

North Country Scene for April 6
Bemidji Pioneer - 10:30 a.m. Preschool Storytime at Bemidji Public Library. To register, call 751-3963. 5-7 p.m. Fish Fry at Trek North High School. Bring dish to share. 444-1888. 5-7 p.m. Spaghetti Dinner fundraiser at First Lutheran Church. Tickets cost $5 per

Boyfriend confessed to killing, police say
Duluth News Tribune - Richard Edward Marchand expressed remorse, saying he didn't mean to kill his girlfriend but he knew he was going to spend the rest of his life in prison, according to Cloquet police. That information was contained in a complaint filed Tuesday in

Healthy jam bars sweeten up potlucks
Honolulu Advertiser - Whole-wheat flour adds even more fiber to the oats in Grandma's jam bars, and any jam works perfectly. Q. My grandma used to make these jam bars with some type of oat and white-flour sugar-crumb mixture. I've been thinking about them lately and can't

Why does food drive so many women insane? (Weight Watcher)

Why does food drive so many women insane?
Daily Mail - When it comes to food and diets, Western women are insane, according to a new book. Indeed, I'm sure there are women who believe you can't put on weight if you eat standing up and other such nonsense. I'm certainly not that silly. I have a sensible

'RealMoney' Radio Recap: Weight Gains
Street.Com - There's an obesity problem in this country as evidenced by the rise in diabetes, heart disease and weight-related cancers, Jim Cramer said on his "RealMoney" radio show Wednesday. "We can wring our hands about it. We can say we should eat better

Calendar March 29-April 2
Park Rapids Enterprise - Lap swim: 7-8 a.m. at the Park Rapids Area High School pool. TOPS MN 1220: 9:15 a.m. weigh-in, 9:45 a.m. meeting at the Hubbard Community Center. Adult Basic Education: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Frank White Education Center. Water aerobics: 10-10:50 a.m

Before Spring Break, the Anorexic Challenge
New York Times - I REALLY gotta start losing weight before spring break," a 15-year-old from Long Island wrote in her blog on Xanga.com, a social networking site. "Basically today I went 24 hours without food and then I ate green beans and a little baked ziti

On your mark, get set, Go!
Nassau Guardian - It's here again. The Atlantic Medical Insurance Company Ltd. and Weight Watchers Bahamas, along with numerous partners will "walk the walk" to demonstrate the right way to healthy living. The Bahamas Diabetic Association and The Bahamas Cancer

Hospitals Make Changes to Care for Obese
Associated Press - ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I've flipped an exam table - I sat on the end of it and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745. When her

I do know that sesame noodles are 4 points!! lol (Weight Watchers Diet)

I do know that sesame noodles are 4 points!! lol
Knox Pages - Heee. Remember I make those noodles with whole wheat spaghetti. That's more fiber. Knock a point off your calculation! 25-30 points a day sounds reasonable. I don't have one of those books, but it seems to me that stuff that's high in fiber, low in

North Country Scene for April 2
Bemidji Pioneer - 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Lake Country and Cass Lake Lions Club German Sauerbraten Dinner at Cass Lake American Legion. Cost is $9 for adults, $6 for students to age 12 and free for preschool. Everyone is welcome. 1 p.m. Country Music Jam Session at Embassy

Book Bites Column
Edmonton Sun - The skin-deep beauty industry will never run out of human insecurities to exploit. The hottest must-have asset is a perfect smile - and we're not talking about manifestations of joy here. Today's celebs will spend big bucks to ensure they've got the

Coming Events for Saturday-Sunday, April 1-2, 2006
Herald Journal - Grass Creek Lions club and Wayne Township Fire Department all you can eat pancake and sausage breakfast from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, April 9, at the fire station in Grass Creek. Cost Adults $5, children age 6-12 $2, children under age 6 eat for free

Shopping Scout: Saturday, April 1
Morning Call - Scooter carrier: Geraldine of Nazareth has a scooter carrier she is willing to sell to Florence of Palmerton. Shopping Scout will put them in touch. Rototiller: Rose of Kempton and Donald of Bethlehem both have Troy-bilt rototillers they are willing

TAKING A LOAD OFF
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - Gina Crome, 38 lost 172 pounds using the Weight Watchers points system. She holds a photo CD containing pictures of her former self.(Leo Jarzomb / Staff Photo) Five years ago, Gina Crome had ballooned to her biggest yet - 310 pounds. She didn't eat

Brooklyn Family Feud (Weight Watchers Points System)

Brooklyn Family Feud
New York Observer - Sweet and Low , by Rich Cohen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 272 pages, $25. Everyone in my family tells this story, but everyone starts it in a different way. That s how Rich Cohen begins his own story about Sweet N Low, the artificial

Organizations Organizations
Lexington Clipper-Herald - - Women For Sobriety meets at 7 p.m. on Mondays at the Family Life Clinic, 207 East Sixth St. No cost but donations are accepted to cover materials. - Overeaters Anonymous meets at 5:30 p.m., on Thursdays at the Cozad Hospital meeting room. - Ladies

People on the move
Detroit News - The National Association of Women Business Owners Greater Detroit Chapter presented awards to the following top Michigan business women at its annual awards luncheon: Florine Mark , president & CEO, WW Group Inc./Weight Watchers, Farmington Hills

I'm hungry! Somebody's going to pay!
Bucks County Courier Times - I'm pretty certain that my husband of 24 years is cheating. Oh, not on the marriage. It's worse than that. He's cheating on our diet. My diet. The one he promised to do with me when I joined Weight Watchers last week. But just two days into the

Boyfriend confessed to killing, police say (Weight Watchers Diets)

Boyfriend confessed to killing, police say
Duluth News Tribune - He was going to move back to Chicago the next day because they weren't getting along. I don't know why he didn't just leave." KAREN WILTON, sister of victim Diane Marie Putnam. Putnam's boyfriend, Richard Edward Marchand, has been charged with

Hospitals groan under weight of obese
Chattanooga Times Free Press - ST. LOUIS Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh more than 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I ve flipped an exam table I sat on the end of it, and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745

Shopping Scout: Saturday, April 1
Morning Call - Scooter carrier: Geraldine of Nazareth has a scooter carrier she is willing to sell to Florence of Palmerton. Shopping Scout will put them in touch. Rototiller: Rose of Kempton and Donald of Bethlehem both have Troy-bilt rototillers they are willing

'RealMoney' Radio Recap: Weight Gains
Street.Com - There's an obesity problem in this country as evidenced by the rise in diabetes, heart disease and weight-related cancers, Jim Cramer said on his "RealMoney" radio show Wednesday. "We can wring our hands about it. We can say we should eat better

113-pound loss meets goal
Rochester Sentinel - Violet Groshans is happy to spread the word about meeting weight loss goals and she knows what she s talking about. A 42-year-old factory worker, she is presently 106 1/2 pounds lighter and 130 3/4 inches smaller through Thin & Healthy Total

Coming Events for Thursday, April 5, 2006
Herald Journal - Pretty Prairie Cemetery Association clean-up day at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, April 8. All out of season and faded decorations will be removed. A Time to Remember grief counseling group, sponsored by the Monticello Christian Church and Miller-Roscka

For Priests, a Weighty Matter (Weight Watchers Recipes)

For Priests, a Weighty Matter
Washington Post - For Monsignor Michael J. Mellone, pastor at St. Andrew Apostle Parish in Silver Spring, there is no such thing as a typical day -- or a typical meal. He's up at 6 a.m., conducts an early morning Mass either in the church or privately, and is on the

FYI for April 2, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Historic House Tour and Presentation on Renovation, 2 p.m. April 9, 131 S. Elm St. Newly restored, Circa 1890, Queen Ann style house. Guest speaker: David Buchta, Assistant Director for the Division of Historic Properties of Kentucky. Information

Local Health News Briefs
Bedford Times-Mail - BEDFORD - Dr. Michael Miller, a wound care specialist from Bedford Regional Medical Center, reports his office is involved in - and actively recruiting subjects for - a number of Food and Drug Administration research protocols. Subjects are needed

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

Lawyer gives Weight Watchers one more successful trial
St. Paul Pioneer Press - Lawyer Ed Russell of Cottage Grove has struggled with weight for most of his life. When he was in the military (he served in Vietnam on active duty and more than 36 years in the U.S. Army Reserve), he found it difficult to meet the weight

Moving foiled fitness goals
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

Book Bites Column (Weight Watcher)

Book Bites Column
Edmonton Sun - The skin-deep beauty industry will never run out of human insecurities to exploit. The hottest must-have asset is a perfect smile - and we're not talking about manifestations of joy here. Today's celebs will spend big bucks to ensure they've got the

FYI for April 2, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Historic House Tour and Presentation on Renovation, 2 p.m. April 9, 131 S. Elm St. Newly restored, Circa 1890, Queen Ann style house. Guest speaker: David Buchta, Assistant Director for the Division of Historic Properties of Kentucky. Information

Dell Latitude D820 (Core Duo T2600 Processor 750 2.16GHz, 1GB RAM)
CNET Asia - While the Latitude D810 was more of a desktop replacement, the D820 approaches the more portable thin-and-light territory. The D820 is about 7.6mm thinner than the D810, putting the D820's overall dimensions at 360.6 x 261.6 x 35.6mm. Still, the D820

Hospitals Make Changes to Care for Obese
Associated Press - ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I've flipped an exam table - I sat on the end of it and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745. When her

Fidelity to Open 'Store' on Amazon (Weight Watchers Diet)

Fidelity to Open 'Store' on Amazon
E-Commerce Times - "It's our goal to provide our customers with the ability to find, discover, and buy anything they want on the Internet, and that includes financial services," said Craig Berman, a spokesman for Amazon.com in Seattle. "Customers have been buying books

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

Why does food drive so many women insane?
Daily Mail - When it comes to food and diets, Western women are insane, according to a new book. Indeed, I'm sure there are women who believe you can't put on weight if you eat standing up and other such nonsense. I'm certainly not that silly. I have a sensible

DAILY CALENDAR
Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Gym, 9-11 a.m., Northeast Regional Health and Fitness Center, 5 S. State St. Aberdeen: Community and Family Extension Leaders Association of Brown County Ladies Day Out, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Ramkota Hotel, 1400 Eighth Ave. N.W

Reader's Digest Gobbles Up Allrecipes.com for $66M
ClickZ - The Reader's Digest Association (RDA) has agreed to buy online food and cooking community site AllRecipes.com for $66 million, in an effort to spice up its brand with digital media. Under the terms of the deal, Allrecipes.com will become a portal to

Trash site gets new life
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - TO unlearn a bad habit it takes 45 days straight of not doing it, a wise person told me. It requires a lot longer to make a new habit stick. Those words came to mind last Friday, when my guide, Councilman Steve Herfert, drove me and a few other

Why does food drive so many women insane? (Weight Watcher)

Why does food drive so many women insane?
Daily Mail - When it comes to food and diets, Western women are insane, according to a new book. Indeed, I'm sure there are women who believe you can't put on weight if you eat standing up and other such nonsense. I'm certainly not that silly. I have a sensible

North Country Scene for April 2
Bemidji Pioneer - 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Lake Country and Cass Lake Lions Club German Sauerbraten Dinner at Cass Lake American Legion. Cost is $9 for adults, $6 for students to age 12 and free for preschool. Everyone is welcome. 1 p.m. Country Music Jam Session at Embassy

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

Before Spring Break, the Anorexic Challenge
New York Times - I REALLY gotta start losing weight before spring break," a 15-year-old from Long Island wrote in her blog on Xanga.com, a social networking site. "Basically today I went 24 hours without food and then I ate green beans and a little baked ziti

Senior Planner (Weight Watchers Diet Plans)

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

Trash site gets new life
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - TO unlearn a bad habit it takes 45 days straight of not doing it, a wise person told me. It requires a lot longer to make a new habit stick. Those words came to mind last Friday, when my guide, Councilman Steve Herfert, drove me and a few other

Making It Easy
Winston-Salem Journal - Working in the kitchen at Eating In/Creative Catering are (from left) Lesa Dowell, Lisa Hodges and Beth Macey. The company develops the recipes and does the prep work, but the customers assemble all the ingredients, take them home and cook the dishes

Action News Diet Challenge: 2-Month Weigh In
WPVI - April 4, 2006 - Two months ago, Action News invited four women to try different diets to see which one worked best. Action News reporter Sarah Bloomquist catches up with all four women. Using Ediets.com, Kathleen Scott has dropped 21 pounds. Kathleen

Why does food drive so many women insane? (Weight Watchers Diet)

Why does food drive so many women insane?
Daily Mail - When it comes to food and diets, Western women are insane, according to a new book. Indeed, I'm sure there are women who believe you can't put on weight if you eat standing up and other such nonsense. I'm certainly not that silly. I have a sensible

Local Health News Briefs
Bedford Times-Mail - BEDFORD - Dr. Michael Miller, a wound care specialist from Bedford Regional Medical Center, reports his office is involved in - and actively recruiting subjects for - a number of Food and Drug Administration research protocols. Subjects are needed

On your mark, get set, Go!
Nassau Guardian - It's here again. The Atlantic Medical Insurance Company Ltd. and Weight Watchers Bahamas, along with numerous partners will "walk the walk" to demonstrate the right way to healthy living. The Bahamas Diabetic Association and The Bahamas Cancer

Coming Events for Saturday-Sunday, April 1-2, 2006
Herald Journal - Grass Creek Lions club and Wayne Township Fire Department all you can eat pancake and sausage breakfast from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, April 9, at the fire station in Grass Creek. Cost Adults $5, children age 6-12 $2, children under age 6 eat for free

Brooklyn Family Feud
New York Observer - Sweet and Low , by Rich Cohen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 272 pages, $25. Everyone in my family tells this story, but everyone starts it in a different way. That s how Rich Cohen begins his own story about Sweet N Low, the artificial

FYI for March 26, 2006 (Weight Watchers)

FYI for March 26, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Relay for Life of Henderson County's second annual "Keeping HOPE Alive," Diamond Gala, 6 p.m. April 22, Wolf's Banquet and Convention Center. Tickets: $25. Tickets or information: Betty Poole at 826-4410, Taunya Eyre at 826-4539 or Anita Watkins at

Action News Diet Challenge: 2-Month Weigh In
WPVI - April 4, 2006 - Two months ago, Action News invited four women to try different diets to see which one worked best. Action News reporter Sarah Bloomquist catches up with all four women. Using Ediets.com, Kathleen Scott has dropped 21 pounds. Kathleen

Datebook for 3/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Enid Rotary Club, noon, ballroom, Continental Center North. Young At Heart Bridge Club, 12:45 p.m., First United Methodist Church. North Enid Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Next Door Restaurant, Northgate Shopping Center. Meal at 6. Enid Senior Center

Local Health News Briefs
Bedford Times-Mail - BEDFORD - Dr. Michael Miller, a wound care specialist from Bedford Regional Medical Center, reports his office is involved in - and actively recruiting subjects for - a number of Food and Drug Administration research protocols. Subjects are needed

Fidelity to Open 'Store' on Amazon
E-Commerce Times - "It's our goal to provide our customers with the ability to find, discover, and buy anything they want on the Internet, and that includes financial services," said Craig Berman, a spokesman for Amazon.com in Seattle. "Customers have been buying books

Book Bites Column (Weight Watchers)

Book Bites Column
Edmonton Sun - The skin-deep beauty industry will never run out of human insecurities to exploit. The hottest must-have asset is a perfect smile - and we're not talking about manifestations of joy here. Today's celebs will spend big bucks to ensure they've got the

I'm hungry! Somebody's going to pay!
Bucks County Courier Times - I'm pretty certain that my husband of 24 years is cheating. Oh, not on the marriage. It's worse than that. He's cheating on our diet. My diet. The one he promised to do with me when I joined Weight Watchers last week. But just two days into the

Hospitals groan under weight of obese
Chattanooga Times Free Press - ST. LOUIS Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh more than 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I ve flipped an exam table I sat on the end of it, and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745

Brooklyn Family Feud
New York Observer - Sweet and Low , by Rich Cohen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 272 pages, $25. Everyone in my family tells this story, but everyone starts it in a different way. That s how Rich Cohen begins his own story about Sweet N Low, the artificial

Calendar March 29-April 2
Park Rapids Enterprise - Lap swim: 7-8 a.m. at the Park Rapids Area High School pool. TOPS MN 1220: 9:15 a.m. weigh-in, 9:45 a.m. meeting at the Hubbard Community Center. Adult Basic Education: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Frank White Education Center. Water aerobics: 10-10:50 a.m

Calendar March 29-April 2 (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

Calendar March 29-April 2
Park Rapids Enterprise - Lap swim: 7-8 a.m. at the Park Rapids Area High School pool. TOPS MN 1220: 9:15 a.m. weigh-in, 9:45 a.m. meeting at the Hubbard Community Center. Adult Basic Education: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Frank White Education Center. Water aerobics: 10-10:50 a.m

Brooklyn Family Feud
New York Observer - Sweet and Low , by Rich Cohen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 272 pages, $25. Everyone in my family tells this story, but everyone starts it in a different way. That s how Rich Cohen begins his own story about Sweet N Low, the artificial

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

Coming Events for Saturday-Sunday, April 1-2, 2006
Herald Journal - Grass Creek Lions club and Wayne Township Fire Department all you can eat pancake and sausage breakfast from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, April 9, at the fire station in Grass Creek. Cost Adults $5, children age 6-12 $2, children under age 6 eat for free

TAKING A LOAD OFF
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - Gina Crome, 38 lost 172 pounds using the Weight Watchers points system. She holds a photo CD containing pictures of her former self.(Leo Jarzomb / Staff Photo) Five years ago, Gina Crome had ballooned to her biggest yet - 310 pounds. She didn't eat

Bills come due for obesity operations
Minneapolis Star Tribune - It's a new twist in the battle of the bulge. So many overweight Minnesotans are seeking obesity surgery that insurers struggling to control the cost of the procedure are getting in disputes with health-care providers, who say the companies are taking

Daily Calendar (Weight Watchers)

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, Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Gym, 9-11 a.m

Coming Events for Saturday-Sunday, April 1-2, 2006
Herald Journal - Grass Creek Lions club and Wayne Township Fire Department all you can eat pancake and sausage breakfast from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, April 9, at the fire station in Grass Creek. Cost Adults $5, children age 6-12 $2, children under age 6 eat for free

I'm hungry! Somebody's going to pay!
Bucks County Courier Times - I'm pretty certain that my husband of 24 years is cheating. Oh, not on the marriage. It's worse than that. He's cheating on our diet. My diet. The one he promised to do with me when I joined Weight Watchers last week. But just two days into the

Kitchens open for fund-raiser
Chattanooga Times Free Press - YOU MAY HAVE seen stateof-the-art, designer kitchens on television, but seeing one firsthand is an entirely different experience. On Saturday, you can find out how to give your own kitchen the wow factor with a Tour du Jour of some of the city s

I'm hungry! Somebody's going to pay! (Weight Watchers Points System)

I'm hungry! Somebody's going to pay!
Bucks County Courier Times - I'm pretty certain that my husband of 24 years is cheating. Oh, not on the marriage. It's worse than that. He's cheating on our diet. My diet. The one he promised to do with me when I joined Weight Watchers last week. But just two days into the

Reader's Digest Gobbles Up Allrecipes.com for $66M
ClickZ - The Reader's Digest Association (RDA) has agreed to buy online food and cooking community site AllRecipes.com for $66 million, in an effort to spice up its brand with digital media. Under the terms of the deal, Allrecipes.com will become a portal to

Fighting the battle of the bulge
Buffalo News - Despite losing weight after a challenging battery of diets, Leon Colucci inevitably returns to 300 pounds. His experience is the norm among many dieters in America who encounter disappointing results in the long run. Click to view larger picture

Hospitals groan under weight of obese
Chattanooga Times Free Press - ST. LOUIS Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh more than 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I ve flipped an exam table I sat on the end of it, and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745

Book Bites Column
Edmonton Sun - The skin-deep beauty industry will never run out of human insecurities to exploit. The hottest must-have asset is a perfect smile - and we're not talking about manifestations of joy here. Today's celebs will spend big bucks to ensure they've got the

Book Bites Column (Weight Watchers Diet)

Book Bites Column
Edmonton Sun - The skin-deep beauty industry will never run out of human insecurities to exploit. The hottest must-have asset is a perfect smile - and we're not talking about manifestations of joy here. Today's celebs will spend big bucks to ensure they've got the

Brooklyn Family Feud
New York Observer - Sweet and Low , by Rich Cohen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 272 pages, $25. Everyone in my family tells this story, but everyone starts it in a different way. That s how Rich Cohen begins his own story about Sweet N Low, the artificial

Organizations Organizations
Lexington Clipper-Herald - - Women For Sobriety meets at 7 p.m. on Mondays at the Family Life Clinic, 207 East Sixth St. No cost but donations are accepted to cover materials. - Overeaters Anonymous meets at 5:30 p.m., on Thursdays at the Cozad Hospital meeting room. - Ladies

Broken Resolutions Cost A Bundle
KGO - 7 On Your Side Has Financial Encouragement Mar. 20 - A quarter of the year is already over, so have you kept the resolutions you made in January? 7 On Your Side has some financial encouragement. It's the first day of Spring, which means a quarter of

Queens Pol Calls Harass Rap "Utterly False"
1010Wins - ALBANY (1010 WINS) -- State Sen. Ada Smith will be summoned to court accused of assaulting a former staffer, State Police said Thursday. Lt. Glenn Miner, spokesman for State Police, said Smith is being charged with third-degree assault, a misdemeanor

Fidelity, Amazon See Mutual Gains Online
Brandweek - BOSTON -- If you search for the book Financial Planning for Dummies at Amazon.com, don't be surprised if you also get a recommendation for a Fidelity mutual fund. The investment firm has become the first mutual fund vendor to sell at Amazon's new

Book Bites Column (Weight Watchers Diet)

Book Bites Column
Edmonton Sun - The skin-deep beauty industry will never run out of human insecurities to exploit. The hottest must-have asset is a perfect smile - and we're not talking about manifestations of joy here. Today's celebs will spend big bucks to ensure they've got the

Calendar March 29-April 2
Park Rapids Enterprise - Lap swim: 7-8 a.m. at the Park Rapids Area High School pool. TOPS MN 1220: 9:15 a.m. weigh-in, 9:45 a.m. meeting at the Hubbard Community Center. Adult Basic Education: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Frank White Education Center. Water aerobics: 10-10:50 a.m

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

Dell Latitude D820 (Core Duo T2600 Processor 750 2.16GHz, 1GB RAM)
CNET Asia - While the Latitude D810 was more of a desktop replacement, the D820 approaches the more portable thin-and-light territory. The D820 is about 7.6mm thinner than the D810, putting the D820's overall dimensions at 360.6 x 261.6 x 35.6mm. Still, the D820

Hospitals groan under weight of obese
Chattanooga Times Free Press - ST. LOUIS Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh more than 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I ve flipped an exam table I sat on the end of it, and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745

Calendar March 29-April 2 (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

Calendar March 29-April 2
Park Rapids Enterprise - Lap swim: 7-8 a.m. at the Park Rapids Area High School pool. TOPS MN 1220: 9:15 a.m. weigh-in, 9:45 a.m. meeting at the Hubbard Community Center. Adult Basic Education: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Frank White Education Center. Water aerobics: 10-10:50 a.m

Hospitals groan under weight of obese
Chattanooga Times Free Press - ST. LOUIS Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh more than 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I ve flipped an exam table I sat on the end of it, and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745

Bills come due for obesity operations
Minneapolis Star Tribune - It's a new twist in the battle of the bulge. So many overweight Minnesotans are seeking obesity surgery that insurers struggling to control the cost of the procedure are getting in disputes with health-care providers, who say the companies are taking

Action News Diet Challenge: 2-Month Weigh In
WPVI - April 4, 2006 - Two months ago, Action News invited four women to try different diets to see which one worked best. Action News reporter Sarah Bloomquist catches up with all four women. Using Ediets.com, Kathleen Scott has dropped 21 pounds. Kathleen

I do know that sesame noodles are 4 points!! lol (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

I do know that sesame noodles are 4 points!! lol
Knox Pages - Heee. Remember I make those noodles with whole wheat spaghetti. That's more fiber. Knock a point off your calculation! 25-30 points a day sounds reasonable. I don't have one of those books, but it seems to me that stuff that's high in fiber, low in

Millennium bug nibbles at New Year's build-up
Turkish Daily News - Tipper Gore has surgery to evaluate thyroid lump The nodule, or small growth, will be tested to determine if it is cancerous Iraqi government mulls over two requests to form parties Slimmer Monica Lewinsky to promote diet plan In her latest career

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, Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Gym, 9-11 a.m

Leadership conference to feature local presentation pros Pellegrini
Eureka Reporter - The Looking for Leadership Conference will present the following two key motivational speakers to add to its 12 workshops on April 1, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Humboldt State University. The conference s purpose is to increase the

Millennium bug nibbles at New Year's build-up (Weight Watcher)

Millennium bug nibbles at New Year's build-up
Turkish Daily News - Tipper Gore has surgery to evaluate thyroid lump The nodule, or small growth, will be tested to determine if it is cancerous Iraqi government mulls over two requests to form parties Slimmer Monica Lewinsky to promote diet plan In her latest career

Making It Easy
Winston-Salem Journal - Working in the kitchen at Eating In/Creative Catering are (from left) Lesa Dowell, Lisa Hodges and Beth Macey. The company develops the recipes and does the prep work, but the customers assemble all the ingredients, take them home and cook the dishes

Datebook for 4/2/06
Enid News & Eagle - Enid Rotary Club, noon, ballroom, Continental Center North. Young At Heart Bridge Club, 12:45 p.m., First United Methodist Church. Chapter 175, Alpha Epsilon, 7:30 p.m., 2219 E Court. Hostesses: Karen Payne and Ruth Hughes. Epsilon Beta, Epsilon

I do know that sesame noodles are 4 points!! lol
Knox Pages - Heee. Remember I make those noodles with whole wheat spaghetti. That's more fiber. Knock a point off your calculation! 25-30 points a day sounds reasonable. I don't have one of those books, but it seems to me that stuff that's high in fiber, low in

Calendar March 29-April 2
Park Rapids Enterprise - Lap swim: 7-8 a.m. at the Park Rapids Area High School pool. TOPS MN 1220: 9:15 a.m. weigh-in, 9:45 a.m. meeting at the Hubbard Community Center. Adult Basic Education: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Frank White Education Center. Water aerobics: 10-10:50 a.m

Analysts: Ruling could hurt Amazon.com (Weight Watcher)

Analysts: Ruling could hurt Amazon.com
Associated Press - SEATTLE (AP) -- When a New Jersey judge ruled that Amazon.com Inc. breached a groundbreaking contract with Toys R Us Inc., she delivered with the legal blow a public scolding, calling company executives obstinate, arrogant and even childish. Analysts

Broken Resolutions Cost A Bundle
KGO - 7 On Your Side Has Financial Encouragement Mar. 20 - A quarter of the year is already over, so have you kept the resolutions you made in January? 7 On Your Side has some financial encouragement. It's the first day of Spring, which means a quarter of

Lawyer gives Weight Watchers one more successful trial
St. Paul Pioneer Press - Lawyer Ed Russell of Cottage Grove has struggled with weight for most of his life. When he was in the military (he served in Vietnam on active duty and more than 36 years in the U.S. Army Reserve), he found it difficult to meet the weight

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, Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Gym, 9-11 a.m

Russell contest mimics 'Biggest Loser,' yields results for
Alexander City Outlook - Employees at Russell Corp.'s Sales Office competed in their own version of a popular reality TV show, and it yielded the same results as the prime time program. Thursday 10 teams made up of 50 employees at the sales office came together to see just

Fidelity to Open 'Store' on Amazon (Weight Watcher)

Fidelity to Open 'Store' on Amazon
E-Commerce Times - "It's our goal to provide our customers with the ability to find, discover, and buy anything they want on the Internet, and that includes financial services," said Craig Berman, a spokesman for Amazon.com in Seattle. "Customers have been buying books

Lawyer gives Weight Watchers one more successful trial
St. Paul Pioneer Press - Lawyer Ed Russell of Cottage Grove has struggled with weight for most of his life. When he was in the military (he served in Vietnam on active duty and more than 36 years in the U.S. Army Reserve), he found it difficult to meet the weight

Datebook for 3/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Enid Rotary Club, noon, ballroom, Continental Center North. Young At Heart Bridge Club, 12:45 p.m., First United Methodist Church. North Enid Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Next Door Restaurant, Northgate Shopping Center. Meal at 6. Enid Senior Center

Trash site gets new life
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - TO unlearn a bad habit it takes 45 days straight of not doing it, a wise person told me. It requires a lot longer to make a new habit stick. Those words came to mind last Friday, when my guide, Councilman Steve Herfert, drove me and a few other

FYI for April 2, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Historic House Tour and Presentation on Renovation, 2 p.m. April 9, 131 S. Elm St. Newly restored, Circa 1890, Queen Ann style house. Guest speaker: David Buchta, Assistant Director for the Division of Historic Properties of Kentucky. Information

Area Support Groups (Weight Watchers Diet)

Area Support Groups
Palladium-Item - Abuse support ministry: 9:30 a.m. every Saturday except the last Saturday of each month at Go Ministries, 5125 U.S. 40, New Paris, Ohio. Leader: Sharon Townsend. Information: (937) 456-4442. Addictions (alcohol and drugs) support ministry: Thursday

For Priests, a Weighty Matter
Washington Post - For Monsignor Michael J. Mellone, pastor at St. Andrew Apostle Parish in Silver Spring, there is no such thing as a typical day -- or a typical meal. He's up at 6 a.m., conducts an early morning Mass either in the church or privately, and is on the

Making It Easy
Winston-Salem Journal - Working in the kitchen at Eating In/Creative Catering are (from left) Lesa Dowell, Lisa Hodges and Beth Macey. The company develops the recipes and does the prep work, but the customers assemble all the ingredients, take them home and cook the dishes

Fidelity to Open 'Store' on Amazon
E-Commerce Times - "It's our goal to provide our customers with the ability to find, discover, and buy anything they want on the Internet, and that includes financial services," said Craig Berman, a spokesman for Amazon.com in Seattle. "Customers have been buying books

FYI for March 26, 2006 (Weight Watchers Points System)

FYI for March 26, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Relay for Life of Henderson County's second annual "Keeping HOPE Alive," Diamond Gala, 6 p.m. April 22, Wolf's Banquet and Convention Center. Tickets: $25. Tickets or information: Betty Poole at 826-4410, Taunya Eyre at 826-4539 or Anita Watkins at

Lawyer gives Weight Watchers one more successful trial
St. Paul Pioneer Press - Lawyer Ed Russell of Cottage Grove has struggled with weight for most of his life. When he was in the military (he served in Vietnam on active duty and more than 36 years in the U.S. Army Reserve), he found it difficult to meet the weight

Before Spring Break, the Anorexic Challenge
New York Times - I REALLY gotta start losing weight before spring break," a 15-year-old from Long Island wrote in her blog on Xanga.com, a social networking site. "Basically today I went 24 hours without food and then I ate green beans and a little baked ziti

I'm hungry! Somebody's going to pay!
Bucks County Courier Times - I'm pretty certain that my husband of 24 years is cheating. Oh, not on the marriage. It's worse than that. He's cheating on our diet. My diet. The one he promised to do with me when I joined Weight Watchers last week. But just two days into the

Police: State Senator Accused of Assault
WINK TV - ALBANY, N.Y. State Sen. Ada Smith was accused in a criminal summons Thursday of throwing hot coffee into the eyes of a former staffer. Smith, a Queens Democrat, faces a misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault, according to court records. She will

I do know that sesame noodles are 4 points!! lol (Weight Watchers Points System)

I do know that sesame noodles are 4 points!! lol
Knox Pages - Heee. Remember I make those noodles with whole wheat spaghetti. That's more fiber. Knock a point off your calculation! 25-30 points a day sounds reasonable. I don't have one of those books, but it seems to me that stuff that's high in fiber, low in

FYI for March 26, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Relay for Life of Henderson County's second annual "Keeping HOPE Alive," Diamond Gala, 6 p.m. April 22, Wolf's Banquet and Convention Center. Tickets: $25. Tickets or information: Betty Poole at 826-4410, Taunya Eyre at 826-4539 or Anita Watkins at

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

Shopping Scout: Saturday, April 1
Morning Call - Scooter carrier: Geraldine of Nazareth has a scooter carrier she is willing to sell to Florence of Palmerton. Shopping Scout will put them in touch. Rototiller: Rose of Kempton and Donald of Bethlehem both have Troy-bilt rototillers they are willing

For Priests, a Weighty Matter
Washington Post - For Monsignor Michael J. Mellone, pastor at St. Andrew Apostle Parish in Silver Spring, there is no such thing as a typical day -- or a typical meal. He's up at 6 a.m., conducts an early morning Mass either in the church or privately, and is on the

Making It Easy (Weight Watchers)

Making It Easy
Winston-Salem Journal - Working in the kitchen at Eating In/Creative Catering are (from left) Lesa Dowell, Lisa Hodges and Beth Macey. The company develops the recipes and does the prep work, but the customers assemble all the ingredients, take them home and cook the dishes

Organizations Organizations
Lexington Clipper-Herald - - Women For Sobriety meets at 7 p.m. on Mondays at the Family Life Clinic, 207 East Sixth St. No cost but donations are accepted to cover materials. - Overeaters Anonymous meets at 5:30 p.m., on Thursdays at the Cozad Hospital meeting room. - Ladies

I'm hungry! Somebody's going to pay!
Bucks County Courier Times - I'm pretty certain that my husband of 24 years is cheating. Oh, not on the marriage. It's worse than that. He's cheating on our diet. My diet. The one he promised to do with me when I joined Weight Watchers last week. But just two days into the

REVIEW : New Lean Cuisine paninis full of flavor, great for lunch
Chattanooga Times Free Press - By Gretchen Perrenot and Kimberly Durnan c. DallasNews.com The Lunch Ladies dish about healthy dining options for the workplace every other week. Grilling in the microwave? Not really, but close. Lean Cuisine s latest is a line of frozen panini

Broken Resolutions Cost A Bundle
KGO - 7 On Your Side Has Financial Encouragement Mar. 20 - A quarter of the year is already over, so have you kept the resolutions you made in January? 7 On Your Side has some financial encouragement. It's the first day of Spring, which means a quarter of

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, Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Gym, 9-11 a.m

Calorie-counters sweet on little-known noodle
San Jose Mercury News - 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

Hospitals Make Changes to Care for Obese
KFMB - Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I've flipped an exam table _ I sat on the end of it and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745. When her son was born three

Fighting the battle of the bulge
Buffalo News - Despite losing weight after a challenging battery of diets, Leon Colucci inevitably returns to 300 pounds. His experience is the norm among many dieters in America who encounter disappointing results in the long run. Click to view larger picture

Hospitals groan under weight of heavy patients
North County Times - ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I've flipped an exam table -- I sat on the end of it and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745. When her

Phila. Police, Firefighters Prepare to Go Belly-to-Belly
KYW News radio - The Philadelphia police and fire departments are once again getting ready to slug it out in a friendly battle over which side can lose the most weight. It's the 20th annual "Weight Watchers Battle of the Badges." Police commissioner Sylvester Johnson

Dell Latitude D820 (Core Duo T2600 Processor 750 2.16GHz, 1GB RAM) (Weight Watchers Points System)

Dell Latitude D820 (Core Duo T2600 Processor 750 2.16GHz, 1GB RAM)
CNET Asia - While the Latitude D810 was more of a desktop replacement, the D820 approaches the more portable thin-and-light territory. The D820 is about 7.6mm thinner than the D810, putting the D820's overall dimensions at 360.6 x 261.6 x 35.6mm. Still, the D820

Many people battle food addiction
NWCN - Cindy Hines craves food even when she's not hungry. I will wander my house, I call it foraging, I'll go open up my refrigerator hoping the food fairy has come and added whatever food will make me whole, she said. That's how addiction differs

Book Bites Column
Edmonton Sun - The skin-deep beauty industry will never run out of human insecurities to exploit. The hottest must-have asset is a perfect smile - and we're not talking about manifestations of joy here. Today's celebs will spend big bucks to ensure they've got the

Hospitals Make Changes to Care for Obese
KFMB - Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I've flipped an exam table _ I sat on the end of it and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745. When her son was born three

Datebook for 3/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Enid Rotary Club, noon, ballroom, Continental Center North. Young At Heart Bridge Club, 12:45 p.m., First United Methodist Church. North Enid Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Next Door Restaurant, Northgate Shopping Center. Meal at 6. Enid Senior Center

Daily Calendar (Weight Watchers Food)

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, Brown County Courthouse Annex, 25 Market St. Aberdeen: YMCA Pre-School Gym, 9-11 a.m

Phila. Police, Firefighters Prepare to Go Belly-to-Belly
KYW News radio - The Philadelphia police and fire departments are once again getting ready to slug it out in a friendly battle over which side can lose the most weight. It's the 20th annual "Weight Watchers Battle of the Badges." Police commissioner Sylvester Johnson

Police: State Senator Accused of Assault
WINK TV - ALBANY, N.Y. State Sen. Ada Smith was accused in a criminal summons Thursday of throwing hot coffee into the eyes of a former staffer. Smith, a Queens Democrat, faces a misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault, according to court records. She will

Book Bites Column
Edmonton Sun - The skin-deep beauty industry will never run out of human insecurities to exploit. The hottest must-have asset is a perfect smile - and we're not talking about manifestations of joy here. Today's celebs will spend big bucks to ensure they've got the

Fidelity to Open 'Store' on Amazon
E-Commerce Times - "It's our goal to provide our customers with the ability to find, discover, and buy anything they want on the Internet, and that includes financial services," said Craig Berman, a spokesman for Amazon.com in Seattle. "Customers have been buying books

'Real' diet banishes artificial additives (Weight Watchers Points Calculators)

'Real' diet banishes artificial additives
Delaware Online - A whole-foods diet helped Richard Morris drop 160 pounds in 18 months. Now he shares his success story as an author and motivational speaker. Richard Morris of Woodbridge, Va., weighed more than 400 pounds in 2002 (Morris family photo far left, with

Hospitals Make Changes to Care for Obese
KFMB - Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I've flipped an exam table _ I sat on the end of it and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745. When her son was born three

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

Fidelity to Open 'Store' on Amazon
E-Commerce Times - "It's our goal to provide our customers with the ability to find, discover, and buy anything they want on the Internet, and that includes financial services," said Craig Berman, a spokesman for Amazon.com in Seattle. "Customers have been buying books

Police: State Senator Accused of Assault
WINK TV - ALBANY, N.Y. State Sen. Ada Smith was accused in a criminal summons Thursday of throwing hot coffee into the eyes of a former staffer. Smith, a Queens Democrat, faces a misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault, according to court records. She will

TAKING A LOAD OFF (Weight Watchers Recipes)

TAKING A LOAD OFF
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - Gina Crome, 38 lost 172 pounds using the Weight Watchers points system. She holds a photo CD containing pictures of her former self.(Leo Jarzomb / Staff Photo) Five years ago, Gina Crome had ballooned to her biggest yet - 310 pounds. She didn't eat

A late-night lunch
Longview News-Journal - Many workers on the graveyard shift have to fill in the blanks when it comes time to fill their stomachs. "Usually, it's catch-as-catch can between calls," said Gilmer Assistant Police Chief T.J. Harris, describing one challenge of the 7 p.m. to 7 a

Before Spring Break, the Anorexic Challenge
New York Times - I REALLY gotta start losing weight before spring break," a 15-year-old from Long Island wrote in her blog on Xanga.com, a social networking site. "Basically today I went 24 hours without food and then I ate green beans and a little baked ziti

Datebook for 3/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Enid Rotary Club, noon, ballroom, Continental Center North. Young At Heart Bridge Club, 12:45 p.m., First United Methodist Church. North Enid Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Next Door Restaurant, Northgate Shopping Center. Meal at 6. Enid Senior Center

Laverne Pedigo (Weight Watchers Diet)

Laverne Pedigo
Shelbyville Daily Union - She formerly was head bookkeeper for the Elks Club in Decatur and was a lecturer for Weight Watchers International. She attended the Havendale Christian Church in Winter Haven. Surviving are sons: Thomas Pedigo and wife Judy of Winter Haven, FL, and

Fidelity, Amazon See Mutual Gains Online
Brandweek - BOSTON -- If you search for the book Financial Planning for Dummies at Amazon.com, don't be surprised if you also get a recommendation for a Fidelity mutual fund. The investment firm has become the first mutual fund vendor to sell at Amazon's new

Many people battle food addiction
NWCN - Cindy Hines craves food even when she's not hungry. I will wander my house, I call it foraging, I'll go open up my refrigerator hoping the food fairy has come and added whatever food will make me whole, she said. That's how addiction differs

Bills come due for obesity operations
Minneapolis Star Tribune - It's a new twist in the battle of the bulge. So many overweight Minnesotans are seeking obesity surgery that insurers struggling to control the cost of the procedure are getting in disputes with health-care providers, who say the companies are taking

Book Bites Column
Edmonton Sun - The skin-deep beauty industry will never run out of human insecurities to exploit. The hottest must-have asset is a perfect smile - and we're not talking about manifestations of joy here. Today's celebs will spend big bucks to ensure they've got the

I'm hungry! Somebody's going to pay!
Bucks County Courier Times - I'm pretty certain that my husband of 24 years is cheating. Oh, not on the marriage. It's worse than that. He's cheating on our diet. My diet. The one he promised to do with me when I joined Weight Watchers last week. But just two days into the

Senator accused of harassment (Weight Watchers Diet Plans)

Senator accused of harassment
Capital News 9 - State Senator Ada Smith was accused in a criminal summons of throwing hot coffee into the eyes of a former staffer. The Queens Democrat faces a misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault. She will be required to appear in Albany City Court on April 6

Broken Resolutions Cost A Bundle
KGO - 7 On Your Side Has Financial Encouragement Mar. 20 - A quarter of the year is already over, so have you kept the resolutions you made in January? 7 On Your Side has some financial encouragement. It's the first day of Spring, which means a quarter of

Brooklyn Family Feud
New York Observer - Sweet and Low , by Rich Cohen. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 272 pages, $25. Everyone in my family tells this story, but everyone starts it in a different way. That s how Rich Cohen begins his own story about Sweet N Low, the artificial

Fighting the battle of the bulge
Buffalo News - Despite losing weight after a challenging battery of diets, Leon Colucci inevitably returns to 300 pounds. His experience is the norm among many dieters in America who encounter disappointing results in the long run. Click to view larger picture

Hospitals groan under weight of heavy patients
North County Times - ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I've flipped an exam table -- I sat on the end of it and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745. When her

Daily Calendar (Weight Watchers Food)

Daily Calendar
Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: Blood donations accepted, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., United Blood Services, 131 N. Roosevelt St. Aberdeen: Alcoholics Anonymous Sixth Sense, 7 p.m., literature meeting (closed/nonsmoking), 422 Fifth Ave. S.E. (west door); call Nick at (605) 226-4994 or

People on the move
Detroit News - The National Association of Women Business Owners Greater Detroit Chapter presented awards to the following top Michigan business women at its annual awards luncheon: Florine Mark , president & CEO, WW Group Inc./Weight Watchers, Farmington Hills

REVIEW : New Lean Cuisine paninis full of flavor, great for lunch
Chattanooga Times Free Press - By Gretchen Perrenot and Kimberly Durnan c. DallasNews.com The Lunch Ladies dish about healthy dining options for the workplace every other week. Grilling in the microwave? Not really, but close. Lean Cuisine s latest is a line of frozen panini

113-pound loss meets goal
Rochester Sentinel - Violet Groshans is happy to spread the word about meeting weight loss goals and she knows what she s talking about. A 42-year-old factory worker, she is presently 106 1/2 pounds lighter and 130 3/4 inches smaller through Thin & Healthy Total

Organizations Organizations (Weight Watchers Points System)

Organizations Organizations
Lexington Clipper-Herald - - Women For Sobriety meets at 7 p.m. on Mondays at the Family Life Clinic, 207 East Sixth St. No cost but donations are accepted to cover materials. - Overeaters Anonymous meets at 5:30 p.m., on Thursdays at the Cozad Hospital meeting room. - Ladies

Datebook for 3/26/06
Enid News & Eagle - Enid Rotary Club, noon, ballroom, Continental Center North. Young At Heart Bridge Club, 12:45 p.m., First United Methodist Church. North Enid Lions Club, 6:30 p.m., Next Door Restaurant, Northgate Shopping Center. Meal at 6. Enid Senior Center

North Country Scene for April 2
Bemidji Pioneer - 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Lake Country and Cass Lake Lions Club German Sauerbraten Dinner at Cass Lake American Legion. Cost is $9 for adults, $6 for students to age 12 and free for preschool. Everyone is welcome. 1 p.m. Country Music Jam Session at Embassy

Area Support Groups
Palladium-Item - Abuse support ministry: 9:30 a.m. every Saturday except the last Saturday of each month at Go Ministries, 5125 U.S. 40, New Paris, Ohio. Leader: Sharon Townsend. Information: (937) 456-4442. Addictions (alcohol and drugs) support ministry: Thursday

Fidelity, Amazon See Mutual Gains Online (Weight Watchers Food)

Fidelity, Amazon See Mutual Gains Online
Brandweek - BOSTON -- If you search for the book Financial Planning for Dummies at Amazon.com, don't be surprised if you also get a recommendation for a Fidelity mutual fund. The investment firm has become the first mutual fund vendor to sell at Amazon's new

FYI for March 26, 2006
Evansville Courier-Press - - Relay for Life of Henderson County's second annual "Keeping HOPE Alive," Diamond Gala, 6 p.m. April 22, Wolf's Banquet and Convention Center. Tickets: $25. Tickets or information: Betty Poole at 826-4410, Taunya Eyre at 826-4539 or Anita Watkins at

Senator accused of harassment
Capital News 9 - State Senator Ada Smith was accused in a criminal summons of throwing hot coffee into the eyes of a former staffer. The Queens Democrat faces a misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault. She will be required to appear in Albany City Court on April 6

Cops: Queens Pol Investigated for Harassing Staffer
1010Wins - ALBANY (1010 WINS) -- State Sen. Ada Smith is being investigated for allegedly harassing a staffer in a government building, police said Wednesday. Sgt. Kern Swoboda, a state police spokesman, confirmed the investigation but said he could not give

Broken Resolutions Cost A Bundle (Weight Watchers Diet)

Broken Resolutions Cost A Bundle
KGO - 7 On Your Side Has Financial Encouragement Mar. 20 - A quarter of the year is already over, so have you kept the resolutions you made in January? 7 On Your Side has some financial encouragement. It's the first day of Spring, which means a quarter of

Area Support Groups
Palladium-Item - Abuse support ministry: 9:30 a.m. every Saturday except the last Saturday of each month at Go Ministries, 5125 U.S. 40, New Paris, Ohio. Leader: Sharon Townsend. Information: (937) 456-4442. Addictions (alcohol and drugs) support ministry: Thursday

For Priests, a Weighty Matter
Washington Post - For Monsignor Michael J. Mellone, pastor at St. Andrew Apostle Parish in Silver Spring, there is no such thing as a typical day -- or a typical meal. He's up at 6 a.m., conducts an early morning Mass either in the church or privately, and is on the

Bills come due for obesity operations
Minneapolis Star Tribune - It's a new twist in the battle of the bulge. So many overweight Minnesotans are seeking obesity surgery that insurers struggling to control the cost of the procedure are getting in disputes with health-care providers, who say the companies are taking

Police: State Senator Accused of Assault
WINK TV - ALBANY, N.Y. State Sen. Ada Smith was accused in a criminal summons Thursday of throwing hot coffee into the eyes of a former staffer. Smith, a Queens Democrat, faces a misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault, according to court records. She will

Phila. Police, Firefighters Prepare to Go Belly-to-Belly
KYW News radio - The Philadelphia police and fire departments are once again getting ready to slug it out in a friendly battle over which side can lose the most weight. It's the 20th annual "Weight Watchers Battle of the Badges." Police commissioner Sylvester Johnson

Area Support Groups (Weight Watchers Food)

Area Support Groups
Palladium-Item - Abuse support ministry: 9:30 a.m. every Saturday except the last Saturday of each month at Go Ministries, 5125 U.S. 40, New Paris, Ohio. Leader: Sharon Townsend. Information: (937) 456-4442. Addictions (alcohol and drugs) support ministry: Thursday

Daily Calendar
Aberdeen News - Aberdeen: Blood donations accepted, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., United Blood Services, 131 N. Roosevelt St. Aberdeen: Alcoholics Anonymous Sixth Sense, 7 p.m., literature meeting (closed/nonsmoking), 422 Fifth Ave. S.E. (west door); call Nick at (605) 226-4994 or

Hospitals Make Changes to Care for Obese
KFMB - Going to the hospital is rarely fun. If you weigh over 300 pounds like Beth Henk, it can be embarrassing. "I've flipped an exam table _ I sat on the end of it and it just flipped up," said Henk, whose weight peaked at 745. When her son was born three

Dell to unveil new widescreen notebooks
CNET Asia - Asia-Pacific models will not incorporate the EV-DO wireless WAN feature as this network is not commonly available outside the US. The next upgrade to the Dell Latitude D410 is rumored to be the Latitude D420. However, Dell did not comment on when it

Leadership conference to feature local presentation pros Pellegrini
Eureka Reporter - The Looking for Leadership Conference will present the following two key motivational speakers to add to its 12 workshops on April 1, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at Humboldt State University. The conference s purpose is to increase the