http://blog.walkingspree.com Helping employees and individuals RETAIN and REGAIN their Health Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:39:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Feel the rush of the wind in your face as you fly down the ski hill. The chill of the air racing in the biathlon. This is your chance to experience some of that Olympic competitive adventure. Download this calendar to participate in the Step into the Olympic Spirit Challenge. Names ... http://blog.walkingspree.com/walkingspree/february-step-into-the-olympic-spirit/ The New Year is well on its way and hopefully you are all working hard towards keeping your resolutions. The Move Smart! and Eat Smart! messaging over the past month has provided several suggestions to help keep you on the straight and narrow. We've combined the January and February newsletter to ... http://blog.walkingspree.com/walkingspree/inside-walkingspree-5/ Member Highlight Name: Jeremy Sapp Heaviest Weight: 354 lbs Current Weight: 200 lbs Weight Loss: 154 lbs Three years ago, Jeremy Sapp weighed 354 lbs and was a couch potato. Today he weighs 200 lbs and ran 13.1 miles in Austin's 3M Half Marathon in only 1 hour and 48 minutes. The transformation started two years ... http://blog.walkingspree.com/newsletter/from-couch-potato-to-competitor/ Feeling like a refrigerated raisin is often not the best way to enjoy the winter season and the joyous holidays that accompany it. Here are some tips on how to deal with dry winter skin. Your skin in winter can become dry to the point of being painful. I myself began ... http://blog.walkingspree.com/newsletter/dry-winter-skin-how-to-deal-with-it/ There are so many ways to increase your steps that the list is endless. However, there are a few things that you can do at work, home, with your family and in the community to increase your steps. The best thing is that no major skills are required, just put ... http://blog.walkingspree.com/newsletter/increase-your-steps/ Remember the good old days when taking off 5 or 10 pounds merely meant eating less and exercising more? I had the formula down pat – if I wanted to get into my “skinny” jeans, I just stopped the double order of onion rings and rode my bike a few ... http://blog.walkingspree.com/newsletter/the-top-5-reasons-menopausal-women-have-trouble-losing-weight/ 2010 is bringing more changes to WalkingSpree. Look for a relaunch of our newsletter coming out in January. We'll also be posting the site wide challenges for the whole year so you'll know month by month what to look forward to. We've also made some changes to the Non pedometer ... http://blog.walkingspree.com/walkingspree/inside-walkingspree-4/ Don't let your New Year's resolution go to waste. Indulge in your favorite way to get fit. Walking the dog. Stepping up in the great outdoors. Dancing romantically. Keeping this year's New Year's resolution is probably the most important thing you can do. It's more than just slimming down and fitting ... http://blog.walkingspree.com/walkingspree/step-into-the-new-year/ It's almost time again for the annual Walk with Santa Challenge. Once again, this December you'll have the chance to be Santa's Walking Buddy. We're introducing a new segment to our December challenge that will also include a virtual walk from Anchorage, Alaska to the North Pole. At WalkingSpree we have ... http://blog.walkingspree.com/walkingspree/upcoming-december-walk-with-santa-challenge/ Congratulations to all the steps everyone has worked hard to achieve this past month. Remember, if you have any success stories you want to share with us. We're also implementing a new photo of the month. Show us where your pedometer has been by sending us a photo of you ... http://blog.walkingspree.com/walkingspree/inside-walkingspree-november-2009/