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 | Silken Laumann
Inspired as a young girl by Nadia Comaneci in the 1976 Olympics Silken recreated her own excitement in the 1992 Olympics with her passion and drive to fulfill her dream. After all, this wasn’t supposed to happen. She wasn’t supposed to be in this boat, her leg had been shredded, torn apart by another rower’s scull just 10 weeks before.
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 | Weight Loss
Everyone has had that moment when you look in the mirror and say, “Oh my! I’ve got to get into shape!” You join a gym or get all gung-ho about a diet. Then three to four weeks later, you begin self-sabotaging. In a few more weeks, you’re back into old patterns. You want it so badly yet can’t seem to stick to it! Why??
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 | Confessions of a school lunch maker
Like so many Canadian parents, I have succumbed to the evils of convenience, taste, mass advertising and peer pressure over nutrition. What’s wrong with that you ask? The experts tell all.
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 | Recipes
To make your family happy, from Janet and Greta Podleski’s soon to be released Eat, Shrink and Be Merry!
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 | Core What?
Core Strength is as popular a notion in gyms today as lycra and leg warmers were in the ‘80’s. However, unlike the latter, Core Strength shouldn’t be buried in the back of your sock drawer. Core Strength should be the basis of everyone’s training, whether you’re just getting off the couch or getting ready for the Olympics. Unfortunately, the vast majority think of core training as only one thing, or more appropriately six things. You guessed it, having a great six pack. However, having a strong core involves much more than great looking abs.
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 | Looking good, feeling better?
Never having experienced teenage acne Lisa* at 37 was absolutely horrified. Her once porcelain-like skin had erupted into a mass of ugly boils. Her self-esteem plummeted and she faced an identity crisis. “It didn't seem like me,” she confessed, “I would look in the mirror and honestly, I didn't know who I was looking at. I was always shocked! I couldn’t get used to seeing my face this way."
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