10O-The Canadian Champion, Tuesday, June 3, 2003 s~ CbaU71 Murray Townsend Lea Ann Page Challenge participants gear up for final stretch x4 The Weight Loss Challenge was full of personal victories in May, with ail four partici- pants on their way to reaching the goals they set out four months ago as they embarked on the joumney. Heading int the fifth month of the six-month Challenge, participants are doing their best 10 give il their ail as they near the final sîretch. Murray Townsend This month, Mr. Townsend. a freelancer witb The Champion. was able b doi someîbing he neyer thoughî possible. He trained with the Milton Marauders football team. Iwas bard work and paînful at times. but Mr. Townsend saîd it was rewarding and theres no way he could have donc tilfour montbs ago. 1I svas tumiîîg imb a n(in-mos'ing couch plîta- Io slob- a coucb blob. 1 could barely walk, neyer mind rn across a field," Mr. Trohsnsendl said. ln total. Mr. Townsend bas losî 46 pounds. with Ibis montb's loss îotalling 5 pounds. Mr. Townsend said he was curnous why be hadn'î lost more Ibis monîh ssben he was playîng football two fîours a nigbî. two nights a sseek. He ssas bold by the folks at Heverly Hilîs Weighî Managemient Centre that its because les been adding muscle, which is heavier than lat. One of the things be said threw him off Ibis Feel the Difference, swim, play, workout or just take a few moments to relax in "the sauna or therapeutic Experience the bealth benefits ofpbysical activity MILTON 1700 Main Street Es Milton, Ontario I 905-878-SWIM(7946 O vwwWtown.milton.onca month was that he couldn'î cat dinner ai his nor- mal lime due Io îhe football practices. Sometimes lied eai dinner earlier in the abter- noon and then eat something else sshen hc came home. "Nothîng big, but you need something afier you've been beaten up." he said. adding. "lt threw my scbedule off a bit." Mr. Townsend said alîhough he doesn't notice much of a difference when lie looks in the mir- ror, he definitely notices a dîlfererîce wlicn he tries 10 wear soîîîc of bis clothes. "The pants fll rîghî doss n.,' he said. Lea Ann Page For Lea Ann Page, a marketing assistant ai The 14" Big Planters $12*99ec Ail Hanging Hanging Baskets Flower $7e49 Bags each , $7.25 GREWAL GARDENS -Wholesale & Retail-. 6626 Trafalgar Road, Hornby (Betwcen Brîsannia & Dcrrv) 905-878-7107 lin uju ' Mon liii, /0 Champion. this month bas brought ils share of ups and downs. Most of the downs were relaîed to the facî Ihat thîs month ssas ber birthday. And v ith a birthday comes birthday cake. "For my birthday, 1 wanted 10 cheat because 1 telt like 1 deserved it," said Ms Page. who's fol- lowing Herbai Magic's weigbt loss program. Her dieî allows ber 10 cal ice cream cake, but not the gooey, crunchy tudge part in the middle -the best part. she 'sas reminded for the first lime in so long. Luckily. she said fier boyfriend refused to order fier tfîe "birthdlay pi/za" she ssas cras ing the day after ber birthday. *see PAGE on page 11 when you're stressed, do you find yourself *decreases cravings for________ high fat high sugar foods- * normalizes hormones elofed to stress-- , gets you through a bod break-up, O Csf job aind even o visit from your mother in Iaw L Get ready for summer withr ~e~Je ~749c Weight Management and Nutrition Centres ask for fhe impossible, if' our speciaify. "Pro t'iding a Natural Way to Better Health and Wellnes s" 1 Wendy MeNab Karen Smith