Working Out While Pregnant
You are pregnant and you want to keep you and your baby safe and healthy. Working out when pregnant can be a scary road to go down full of questions. What is safe? What will help me stay centered and on track while going through all these changes? Let’s start with the benefits of working […]
Ruthanne Wilkof Canton Ohio
By Meghan Ingram Stetz ik and Roberta Gordon Glenmoor Homeowner’s Association (GHOA) President Ruthanne Wilkof has an endless list of leadership positions to her name. Her volunteerism goes beyond dedication. She has volunteered at the Cultural Center for the Arts, co-chaired the Heart Association Ball, presided over countless events within Glenmoor and the Jackson community, […]
I Have Breast Cancer
Editorial content by Alexandra Houser Vukoder In the spring of 2013, when Nicole Galloway, then 36, found out she had breast cancer, it wasn’t the first time she had heard those dreaded words “You have cancer”. Twenty years earlier, Nicole had been diagnosed and successfully treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Her physician feels that most likely […]
Girls On the Run Stark County
Girls on the Run of Stark County empowers girls to discover and activate their limitless potential and boldly pursue their dreams. Marvelous, amazing, kookie, jazzy, incredible—each spring hundreds of 3rd-through 8th-grade girls throughout Stark County kick off the Girls on the Run season by choosing a positive adjective to describe themselves. While Girls on the […]
100 Pound Weight Loss
By Kristen Kuhn I do not have any memories where I was not overweight. I do, however, have many memories that center around my addiction to food. There were sleepovers at my friend’s house where we ate pizza, chips, and pixie sticks, and drank soda until we were in a food coma. Anytime I went […]
Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
Ingredients: 1 – 15-ounce can pumpkin (100% pure pumpkin) 1 – 15.25-ounce box carrot cake mix (you can substitute white, chocolate, spice or yellow cake mix for different tastes; also works with one box of reduced-fat brownie mix) Directions: Preheat oven to 350°. Spray mini muffin tin with cooking spray or line with mini-sized […]
Chicken Sausage and Bean Chowder
Ingredients: 2 (15-ounce) cans Great Northern beans, rinsed and drained 1 cup water 2 ounces turkey kielbasa, diced 1 large yellow onion, diced 1 carrot, sliced 1 medium turnip, diced 2 cups sliced cabbage 4 garlic cloves, minced or 1½ tsp. minced garlic in jar 2 boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut into pieces 1 […]
Pathway Caring for Children
In 1999, two friends who are licensed counselors created a program for at-risk teens and Teens Realizing and Understanding Selves Together, T.R.U.S.T., was born. Adventure Therapy Camp was developed to help disadvantaged teens from hard places discover their potential and build their strengths in the wilderness. Since it began, hundreds of teens have participated in […]
Sharon Budd Canton Ohio
Years ago when Sharon Budd conquered breast cancer, she must surely have thought that life would never bring anything worse. She could never have imagined what the future would hold. Loving, caring, intuitive, funny, colorful, thoughtful, compassionate, loyal, and devoted are all words to describe Sharon. This teacher, wife, breast cancer survivor and mother of […]
How To Deal with Menopause
“Menopause is the reason I can’t lose weight.” “Weight gain is inevitable when going through menopause.” “Now that I’m going through menopause, weight loss is impossible.” As a personal trainer at Impulse Fitness, Nutrition, & Lifestyle since 2007, I have heard these claims from a large portion of my female clients. However, if we can […]