Ready to shed some pounds or inches?

Have you already faltered in your New Year’s Resolution to lose weight? Are you afraid this year will be another year where you don’t achieve your goals to lose weight or get in shape?

The Texas Health Fitness Center HEB has you covered. The Fitness Center’s annual Weight No More, team weight loss competition, starts on Sunday, Jan. 9.

People may sign up individually for $10 or put together a team of up to five people for $50. You do not have to join the Fitness Center to participate, but as a participant you will be able to access the Fitness Center throughout the contest.

Participants have access to personal training specials, workouts designed by Fitness Center staff, nutrition consultations and use of the group exercise classes at the facility.

Registration and weigh in run from Sunday, Jan. 9, to Saturday, Jan. 15. The contest officially runs from Jan. 16 to March 12, when all final weigh-ins must be completed to be entered to win a prize. Prizes will be awarded to the team, man and woman who have the highest percentage of body weight change during the competition. The man and woman winners will each receive a Kindle. The winning team will have their choice of a 30-minute massage or a free personal training session.

If you have questions or want to sign up, please call Kim Williams at 817-267-9191.

An early arrival

For Rachel and Daniel Walsh, the arrival of their first child didn’t go quite as planned.

Daniel, Rachel and Abigail Walsh

Feisty little Abigail Rose decided to come at 30 weeks and 2 days. Rachel remembers contractions starting at around 1 a.m. just two minutes apart. Daniel was working so she called her mom and they decided to hightail it for Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford thinking they’d be told it was false labor pains. But instead, they arrived and she was at 5 centimeters with a hand already coming out. Luckily Dad made it to the hospital quickly because just 45 minutes later and Rachel was at 9 centimeters and the doctor decided to do an emergency C-Section.

“We were surprised because it was a very normal pregnancy,” said the 25-year-old mother from North Fort Worth. “She obviously thought she was ready.”

Abigail has been in the neonatal intensive care unit since her birth on Dec. 7, celebrating lots of holidays with her parents, extended family and of course the NICU nurses.

52 to a Healthier You: Week 6

Welcome back to 52 to a Healthier You from the Texas Health Fitness Center HEB.



Check back next week for Week 7: Taking the fear out of hitting the gym for the first time with some common do's and don'ts.

If you need help finding a physician, please call 1-877-THR-WELL or log on to www.TexasHealth.org. If you want to find a trainer to help you set a fitness program, please call 817-267-9191.

Doctors on the medical staff practice independently and are not employees or agents of the hospital.