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weight management program is medically supervised featuring a BMI calculation and lab work to measure blood pressure, cholesterol and thyroid levels. The program emphasizes fitness education and nutrition counseling, including implementation of the D.A.S.H. diet (the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension. (For more on the diet, please see Page 20). Because excess weight is associated with medical conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, “Learn. Live. Lose.” approaches weight loss from a health standpoint. That suits Purdy, considering her family history. She grew up in Somerset (part of the vast section of rural America known as Coronary Valley) where unhealthy eating habits are often the rule. Purdy has witnessed her own mother’s struggles with weight. Her mother took the drastic measure of having lap band surgery and started a walking regimen that helped her for a while.
After knee pain limited her movement, she gained much of the weight back and is now on blood pressure medication. Purdy wants to break the cycle of poor dietary habits for herself and her daughter. That effort became more challenging when Purdy became a single parent. Her husband Tyler died of cancer in 2011. Suddenly on her own, Purdy virtually gave up cooking – partly because of time constraints and partly because of her daughter’s pickiness. “I’ve never worked with a nutritionist so I think this will help me quite a bit,” Purdy said. “I want to change, but I like it to be reasonable, something both of us can follow.” Armed with help from a personal trainer and the “Learn. Live. Lose” program, Purdy enters the Fit Family Challenge with high hopes. “I want my daughter surrounded by a good health environment in as many ways as possible,” she said. “I’m optimistic about the Fit Family Challenge. I’m grateful for the opportunity and think only good things can come from it.” Y
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Grant Lanning Fast Track Fitness A Western Michigan University graduate, Grant was a competitive weight-lifter and power lifter in college and still competes. He has 13 years experience as a trainer and is the founder of Fast Track Fitness.
Morgan E. Rawlings & Susan Wagers Flex Fitness The flex fitness team offers one-on-one training instruction and group fitness classes in their studio or at your home or business, with no contracts, no long-term agreements and no monthly membership dues.
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