Healthiest You Challenge – Southern Community Park Workout

The hardest part about a New Year’s resolution is sticking to a commitment. For many people, adopting a healthier lifestyle and exercising on a regular basis is not a change that can occur overnight. Luckily, UNC Health Care has the solution, partnering with 97.9 The Hill to form the annual Healthiest You Challenge. For eight […]

The 2016 Healthiest You Challenge Finale was held tonight at the UNC Wellness Center in Meadowmont. Sixty-four challengers and their coaches gathered to learn the final results of this six week program. The group lost 359.4 pounds and 547.67  inches.  In addition, for this group, during the last 6 weeks, systolic blood pressure went down 478 points and […]

Elizabeth Flake is a Healthiest You contestant with the Chapel Hill Gymnastics Team I’m starting to figure out this whole “diet” thing. You get so sick of eating healthy food that you’d rather eat nothing than waste even minimal calories on some Brussels sprouts if it saves you from suffering through another bite. You see […]

I must tell you that I am having a wonderful time with this “life changing journey.” This wellness challenge was the “spark” that I needed to get my “Get Healthy Zeal and Fire started.” Sometimes you say to yourself, “I’ll start soon, or I’ll start over Monday.” Then what happens, you start and then stop […]

After two kids and multiple moves for my husband’s medical school and now residency programs, I was finally ready to make 2016 the year of ME!  I didn’t know what I was going to do, but I was going to focus some of my energy on making “me” better – physically, mentally, emotionally.  Although I […]