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‘Smart’ Ways to Keep Your New Year Resolutions: There’s an App for That

Got a smart phone? Here are some handy applications to help you reach your 2013 goals.

So you got a smart phone for Christmas. Like you, I held out. Not wanting to succumb to those pesky data plan fees. Then one day I was planning a lunch date with a friend. She whipped out her iPhone and quipped, “Aren’t you going to get out your pencil and paper?” We had a good laugh and I won’t waste time here defending the myriad of uses for pencil and paper. I will, however, attempt to help you start the New Year off right by suggesting ways to utilize your handy new device. If we’re going to be one of those people with our heads down, eyes entranced by the screen glow of an assimilation cyborg, let’s at least click on more productive apps than Angry Birds. The Eatery lets you crowd source your food choices. Photograph each meal, rate …

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Angela Johnson

1:09 pm on Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Fair enough. But these are useful tools available to help people do something productive with those screens. Happy New Year :)   more ›

Woodbury Dermatologists Offer ‘Cool’ New Way To Shed Pounds

Dermatology Consultants will host an open house about CoolSculpting from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on March 7 at its Woodbury office.

The Woodbury office of Dermatology Consultants, P.A., will host an upcoming event about a “cool” new fat-burning technology. An open house about “CoolSculpting” will run from 5:30-7:30 p.m. on March 7 at Dermatology Consultants, 587 Bielenberg Drive, suite 200, in Woodbury. The event will feature a demonstration of the non-surgical procedure, which “cools unwanted fat cells in the body thereby inducing a natural, controlled elimination of fat cells,” according to a release. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared the procedure, based on techniques developed by the Wellman Center for Photomedicine at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, the release says. “Starting several weeks after the procedure, cooled fat cells begin a …

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Maximizing New Year’s Resolutions In Woodbury

About half the people who came into the Max Muscle in Woodbury on Monday said they made a New Year’s resolution to get in shape.

If you’re into making New Year’s resolutions, here’s one that’s probably made the list at one time or another: get in shape. That was reflected Monday at Max Muscle in Woodbury—about half the people who came in said they had made a resolution to get fit. “Yesterday was really busy,” Ted Dehmlow, co-owner of Max Muscle, said Tuesday afternoon. According to a USA.gov list of 13 popular New Year’s resolutions, three were related to weight loss. But at Max Muscle, folks started coming in during December to find ways to battle the bulge, said Don Dehmlow, co-owner of the Woodbury franchise. People are generally more active during summer months, Don said, and look for a little help when winter hits—and resolutions play a part in that. “You’re …

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For Woodbury Woman, There's No Turning Back Now

Tonya Weber has made major changes in her lifestyle and is seeing big results.

Tonya Weber is tossing a 20-pound kettlebell into the air, skillfully catching it with one hand. The expression on her face reveals just how hard she is focusing on this challenging interval during a workout at Anytime Fitness on Bielenberg Drive. "That's good, that's good. Now, do six more," said trainer Callan Newton, who works with Weber three days per week. "You're just warming me up for my cardio," Weber replied, smiling but still concentrating on the image in the mirror in front of her. This is a woman who is accomplishing something she never could have done two years ago. At her heaviest, Weber weighed 385 pounds. Not only was carrying that much weight making her very unhappy, but it was causing the 37-year-old to have chronic and …

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Woodbury’s Biggest Loser

Emily Mueller has lost 100 pounds since July, despite not making it onto the reality television show.

Emily Mueller began working out with a personal trainer just nine months ago. She’s now lost 100 pounds from her earlier weight of 320. Mueller, 31, made an unsuccessful bid for the reality television show The Biggest Loser. A friend she contacted to help her with a video submission, along with her chiropractor, referred her to Sara Jespersen, owner of the Anytime Fitness on Bielenberg Drive, and the rest is weight-loss history. Woodbury Patch caught up with Mueller before one of her “Look Good Naked Boot Camp” sessions on Monday. Woodbury Patch: Have you always had a problem with your weight? Emily Mueller: It probably started in junior high, just after I hit puberty. I was 16-18, size-wise. In high school I was about 30 pounds less than …

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Winning the Weight-Loss Challenge in Woodbury

Halfway through her "60-Day Challenge," Ways to Wellness Candidate Stephanie Shippy is losing pounds, inches and fat.

In January, Woodbury Patch brought you a story on the Ways to Wellness weight-loss program at Woodwinds Health Campus, the 60-Day Challenge. Stephanie Shippy, a 41-year-old Saint Ambrose of Woodbury special-education teacher, took the challenge and started on Jan. 17. Recently, Patch caught up with Shippy and director of Ways to Wellness, Brenda Navin, to see what successes and challenges Shippy has faced over the past few months. Woodbury Patch: How did you start the 60-Day Challenge?  Stephanie Shippy: In my first session, Ways to Wellness trainers/nutritionists took many tests and measurements on me. For instance, they were able to tell me how many calories I burn in a 24-hour period. This information is important as they are able to …

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