http://www.fitandliving.com Women Maintaining a Healthy Lifestyle Through Prevention Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:54:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On February 7th, Wal-Mart partnered with leaders in business, government, labor and public policy communities to launch the “Better Health Care Together” campaign. The announcement included a set of four common sense principles for achieving a new American health care system by 2012. These principles empower consumers to take more ... http://www.fitandliving.com/better-health-care-together/ “At the park, I was on the sidelines watching my husband play with our children. I wasn’t part of what was going on in my family,” says CJ, a mother of three in California, of her life before weight loss surgery.Weight Loss Surgery Gave CJ a New BirthdayIn January 2003, ... http://www.fitandliving.com/weight-loss-surgery-lightens-life/ Chemicals, contaminants, pollution, price: new reasons to rethink what you drink and beware of bottled water. By Janet Majeski Jemmott Growing Thirst Remember the drinking fountain, that once ubiquitous, and free, source of H2O? It seems quaint now. Instead, bottled water is everywhere, in offices, airplanes, stores, homes and restaurants across the country. ... http://www.fitandliving.com/bottled-water-vs-tap-water/ So I was on the internet today checking my email.  I had a message from my BFF-sister-friend titled "Rich Kiss"  What the heck is this I thought to myself.  We always joke about getting dressed to the nines and going out to snag us a rich guy. I opened the email ... http://www.fitandliving.com/rich-kiss/ I am a 24 year old single mother of one very incredible little man.  Needless to say that after bringing life into the world my body changed, in such a way, that now I'm certain it will never go back to the body I had pre-motherhood.  The question is, is ... http://www.fitandliving.com/curves-of-a-mother/ To build on our good breakfast habit, and our efforts to put a little more exercise into our days by walking faster or taking the stairs more, my daughter and I purchased an exercise DVD. I have several workout video tapes, but currently don’t have the VCR hooked up, and ... http://www.fitandliving.com/dance-like-nobodys-watching/ The flu’s gone now. It’s cycled through my workplace and hit almost everyone twice. I’ve been fortunate in that I’ve had a few days where I felt crummy lately, but no fever or cough, just the winter blahs and general stress, as far as I can tell. My health plan isn’t ... http://www.fitandliving.com/crawl-before-walking/ Nothing makes a person think about her health like getting more sick than she’s been in years. I don’t get flu shots because my mom was allergic to them, and it seemed reasonable to think it might be possible that I am, too. When she got a flu shot several ... http://www.fitandliving.com/the-life-of-corrine/ By Adrienne Amos This is the lifestyle change that my husband and I implemented last year when he had a diabetic scare. By following it, he was able to stop all diabetes medicine and control his sugar by food alone.   The whole process is outlined in a wonderful book called Sugar Busters. ... http://www.fitandliving.com/busting-sugar-and-staying-healthy/ Since I was about eleven-years-old I've tried dozens of ways to lose weight, almost always with a certain measure of success. There were pills, powders, potions, shakes, pre-packaged foods, juice regimens, fasting regimens, even little chocolate candies that were supposed to take away hunger! I've done low-fat, low-carb, starve-yourself-until-you-eat-a- whole-box-of-low-fat-cookies... you ... http://www.fitandliving.com/one-step-at-a-time/