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Lake Placid Diet

LAKE PLACID DIET: Weight-loss group to host open house

This week: 406 lbs. Last week: 402 lbs. Start (12/17/13): 470 lbs. Total lost: 64 lbs. --- As the Fit Revolution weight-loss group wraps up another 12-week program at the end of next week, we are inviting the public to an open house at the Fitness Revolution gym from 6:30 to 8 p.m. ...

LAKE PLACID DIET: Retirement plan: ‘Taking care of me’

Bookmark and Share This week: 400 lbs. Last week: 402 lbs. Start (2/3/15): 413 lbs. Total lost: 13 lbs. --- Robin Miller recently closed her New To You consignment shop on Main Street, Lake Placid, and has one goal in mind for retirement. “Taking care of me,” she said. Her final ...

LAKE PLACID DIET: 25 keys to half-marathon success

This week: 400 lbs. Last week: 399 lbs. Start (2/3/15): 413 lbs. Total lost: 13 lbs. --- With 11 weeks until the Lake Placid Half-Marathon, my training has kicked into high gear, and I’ve written down some helpful tips to set myself up for completing the race in record time on Sunday, ...

LAKE PLACID DIET: Triathlete is ‘born to reign’ at any size

This week: 399 lbs. Last week: 407 lbs. Start (2/3/15): 413 lbs. Total lost: 14 lbs. --- Clarity can often come from conversations with like-minded people in similar situations. And so it happened, during a phone call from Lake Placid to Toronto. A woman about the same age, on the ...

LAKE PLACID DIET: Exploring what it means to be an ‘athlete’

This week: 405 lbs. Last week: 411 lbs. Start (2/3/15): 413 lbs. Total lost: 8 lbs. --- In the past week, two of my friends have referred to me as an “athlete,” and my first reaction is, “They’re overselling it.” On face value, working out at the gym and participating in ...

LAKE PLACID DIET: Real progress starts with one word

I’ve been self-medicating with food again, and I can’t seem to shake it. It started during the holidays, through bouts of depression, and now haunts me daily. A friend of mine recently said that exercise isn’t the hardest part about losing weight; the real work happens at night when ...