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Ask the Experts

What do you need? Exercise advice from a personal trainer? A registered dietitian to walk you through the grocery store? A psychologist to help you stop procrastinating and face your fears? Perhaps a chef to help you turn low fat into high flavor? You want it? We have it. Meet our Experts and let them help you through this journey.

The Journey

We all need a little motivation. Follow these women's journeys as they chronicle their challenges and accomplishments, with the help of ACE 2006 Personal Trainer of the Year Jonathan Ross. Jonathan, Community Fitness Coach for the National Body Challenge, will offer his insight and suggestions to help these women make a difference in their health and their lives.

Find a Buddy

If you are looking for a buddy, post here! Let the group know if you are looking for a virtual buddy or someone to meet up with in person to work out or offer support.

Good Food

Let's face it. We're all busy people. And in our society, products packaged for the busy person aren't necessarily done so with our health in mind. Many of us eat out or on the run. Still, there are small steps we can all take as part of the National Body Challenge that put us into a rhythm of healthy eating and healthy living. What do you eat to be healthy while on the run?

Feed My Family

We all know what we should eat. But incorporating a healthy eating plan, when you've only got 25 minutes to cook, and five distinct sets of taste buds to please is every mother's challenge. With childhood obesity reaching alarming rates, we need to work together and make a plan. Here's the place where moms unite to change the lives of their families.

The Final Frontier - The Last 10 (or 20) Pounds

Attention lifelong dieter: this is your year. Lose those last pounds once and for all and end the yo-yo diets. Come and share what you are doing and find out how others are achieving their success.

The Other Side of the Scale

Do you find yourself faced with more than 50 pounds to lose? Maybe 100? Reach out and get the support you need to turn your life around towards a healthy lifestyle. It's a long road, but you can get there. We can help. Share your obstacles, motivation, and insight with others.

Fit at Fifty-Plus

There's no age limit for getting healthy. While health issues change as we age, we all need healthy food, daily exercise, and a clear perspective on how to get there. After all, we never stop being human! This is your spot to share the challenges and rewards of getting fit over 50.

The Mind, Body Connection

Yoga, Pilates, tai chi - how can you use your fitness time to exercise from within? Learn and share. What does that inner voice inside you say? How do your healthy (or unhealthy) habits affect your mood? Your energy? Learn how others are making healthy choices a more holistic experience.

Fit, Firm, and Full of Energy

You have to move to get healthy, but the options are endless. What are you doing to get fit? Need help with an exercise routine? Want to share what works for you? This is the place.

The Recipe Box

The National Body Challenge offers thousands of healthy recipes as part of its meal plans. Which are your favorites? Which is a success with the kids? Do you have your own twist? Or a whole new healthy recipe to share? This is the place.

What I Ate Today

Keeping a food journal is therapeutic for many dieters. Share with us what you're eating, and see how you can do better, eat healthier, and just take care of you!

Small Victories

Did you skip the bagels at the office meeting? Pass on dessert last night in favor of a walk? Enjoy some new whole-wheat healthy creation? Finally finish that 5K? Pat yourself on the back each and every day as you move towards success! Share your victories here. No matter what your goals are, you've earned bragging rights! Show us. Tell us. Sing it out!

I Can and I Will: Promises and Inspirations

Give it. Get it. Share your thoughts on what it takes to keep it going. Or find a buddy to back you up. This is also a great place to publish a contract or pledge to yourself. Let others find common goals and get insight from the little promises you make to yourself for achieving your goals. Need some ideas? I promise myself I'll * hit the gym tonight * finally try yoga * call that guy * buy that exercise ball * give up soda * run that 10K * take a trip - you get the idea.

The Psychology of Food

Does your relationship with food stem from stress or trauma? Have family issues added to your battle with health and weight? Did therapy increase your success with achieving your goals? For many of us, healthy living means solving the 'root problem' before any dieting or exercising can begin to have an affect. Share how the psychology of eating plays a role in your health and diet.

Product Plugs

Who makes the best frozen entree? Best protein bar? Which exercise DVD can you not live without? Share your favorite health products here! We want to know!

Weight Loss Solutions

This discussion topic does not endorse or recommend any particular treatment, therapy, medicine or drug in the pursuit of weight loss, but provides a forum for sharing experiences with prescription, OTC (over-the-counter) drugs, alternative therapies, and surgical procedures.

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