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WBM Fitness
Challenge
Six months into a year-long quest to transform
their lifestyles, our three ladies are sharing five
things they are doing differently now.
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Pat Bradford and
LaMaine Williams
ham it up for the
camera to illustrate
healthy eating is the
preferable choice.
Name: Pat Bradford
Occupation: Editor/Publisher, Wrightsville
Beach Magazine and Lumina News
Age: 58
Trainer: LaMaine Williams, Lumina Fitness
fab Five: I had no idea I could feel or look this
good again, better than I have since about the
time this magazine started! LaMaine is not into
“don’t eat that, eat this,” and he pushes no products,
but he does manage to make me see things
differently.
1 Food: I evaluate everything I eat
against how much energy it gives
me, or takes from me. For example,
early on, going an hour with this guy
after a decent-sized pasta lunch was
excruciating!
2 Control: I am cutting quantity and
removing temptation, because I battle
for self-control when the food is in
front of me. My goal is half the quantity.
LaMaine’s prompting has me cutting
everything in half and saving half
for later.
3 Exercise: I walk every day regardless
of the time, rain, shine, cold and wind.
Unless something aches to the point
I can’t, I walk daily, even if it’s only 20
minutes. Every now and then, I jog.
4 Dinner: I eat mini meals all day long.
Instead of eating dinner, I will snack on
something healthy like baby carrots,
telling myself if I am really hungry later,
I can eat again.
5 Adventures: I am doing physical
things again. Assisting on a Cub
Scout skills wall climb in April, I too,
donned the gear and got halfway up
the wall. (And I have photos to prove
it.) In August, we’re going to tube
the Ichetucknee River in Florida. And
I picked up a tennis skirt at Vintage
Values...
Joshua Curry