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Dana Sanchez, The Leanstay Story Blog Last Sunday I took out of the house and into the real world 11 months of experience honing sustainable eating, weight loss and exercise. I did my first 35-mile bicycle race. This was huge for me — a landmark in my 55 years. I’ve raised two daughters, hiked a 700-mile section of […]
Dana Sanchez’s Leanstay Story Blog 4/24/14 Maeghan Silvera-Brown is a personal trainer who introduced Leanstay residents to something called trigger point therapy. We are not the world’s greatest athletes at Leanstay. On the contrary, we are all relatively new to a regular workout regime. When I say relatively new, I mean, speaking for myself, that I have […]
Ten months and three weeks ago, I started my Leanstay journey overweight and out of shape. This weekend, I will be riding in a 35-mile bicycle race. I’m not riding to win the race. I’m riding because I can. I’m riding because in the past year at Leanstay, I have learned to express myself in […]
By Melissa Healy Los Angeles Times December 29, 2013, 5:44 p.m. So your body mass index says you’re obese, but you don’t have “pre-diabetes” – a mix of factors such as hypertension, high cholesterol and high glucose levels that indicates you’re on the road to metabolic illness. And you’re thinking you’ve beaten the odds, right? […]
By Mary MacVean Chicago Tribune The contestants on “The Biggest Loser” are just that — players in a reality show game who are subjected to harsh workouts, screeching coaches and weigh-ins on national television. The role is not for everyone, not even for everyone desperate to lose weight. There is, however, the possibility of an […]