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"As a wife, mother, and high-powered exec, Heidi Roizen let her health fall to the bottom of her mile-long to-do list. Using music as inspiration, she got into a new groove -- and lost 35 pounds." Take a peek at Heidi's story in Nicole Yorio's article "Turn Up the Tunes and Lose 35 Pounds" at Redbook. "I weighed more than my 6-foot husband!"A few months after I turned 49, I stepped on the scale and saw that I had reached an all-time high of 190 pounds. That meant that I was heavier than my 6-foot-tall, 188-pound husband. And I was also feeling the physical effects: I couldn't cross my legs,...


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"At 280 pounds and a size 30, when Maria B, 29, would go shopping, she'd hold up a pair of size-6 pants and wonder how anyone could fit into them. Now, 135 pounds lighter, she wears them herself." "I couldn't walk more than two houses down without getting out of breath," says Maria, a mother of one and a program director for a telecommunications company in Schaumburg, IL. "But it was the only exercise that wasn't intimidating. Anyone can walk, right?" After two months, she was walking three miles a day." Wow, I love it! Redbook has it exactly right, "Walking Helped Me Lose 135 Pounds." Maria...


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There are two things that walking promotes - good health and a good body. The secret is showing up consistently each week. And setting personal goals over a long period, like one year. Then throw away your scale and just do it - walk. Why walking does your body good? Well, it's easy because you can do it consistently. Walking four or five times per week burns almost as many calories as running. The difference between slow running and fast walking is almost identical.  Walking only burns about 10% less calories. With walking you're more likely to workout the next day and then the next day and so on. This...


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You thought this was about losing weight. These six stories are perfect for any Valentine's Day. "Is This What Romance Looks Like" created by featured short story authors at RedBook. The happiest couples know that big romance lives in the smallest moments. So keep your champagne and caviar, your roses and candlelight. We'll take the simple, sweet memories that breathe love into every day. Six writers share theirs. Sickness and Health by Catherine Newman author of Waiting for Birdy. "Is that your husband?" The ER nurse is pointing to you, the fever-spiked lump who is snoring softly...


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