A recent report by the nonprofit Consumer Wellness Center found that some food companies routinely depicted cereals, muffins and other products as containing blueberries when in reality, there were none present or there were just small amounts far down the ingredients label.
The practice is legal because the labels of ingredients show there is little to no actual fruit in the product. But how many of you read the labels on foods you buy?
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Local Fitness Experts Give Advice for Sticking to Resolutions
Courtesy - Lubbock Avalance-Journal, Jan. 3, 2012
It's the season to make resolutions for the new year. One of the most popular resolutions is to lose weight. A few local trainers have ideas on how to stick to that resolution.
Ken Coffell, fitness director of Bodyworks on West 34th Street, (Lubbock) said motivation is the key to whether clients will stick with a fitness program. He calls it finding the "why" before someone starts working out.
"I find that people are more committed when they know why they are there," Coffell said. "The people that are more honest with themselves are the ones who stick with it."
Motivation can come in a variety of ways. Some are motivated by wanting to be healthy for their children, others for themselves or even to be ready for summer clothes, said Coffell and Brandon Hill, general manager at Bodyworks on 34th Street.
"People come in highly motivated at the beginning of the year," Hill said. "Starting Jan. 5, we start to see about one-and-a-half times as much traffic."
It tapers off a bit through the spring, but by June, he said, many people are back in the gym for swimsuit season.
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How are you doing with your New Year's Resolution? If you are still on track, you are ahead of the pack!
Executive Director's Note:
We have a couple of employees that have been excercising their tails off to get more fit and to improve their health. Out of shame or not to be out done I am officially announcing that I too have begun the Challenge to lose weight and to improve my health. I will post my results periodically so you can hold me accountable. So here goes. I weighed in last week at 252 pounds! Yikes this is the biggest I have ever been (I think) Anyway my goal is to get to 220. If you want to know what I am doing and are up to the Challenge and want to join me contact me and I will tell you what I am doing.....Stoney
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