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Are you eating yourself to health?
It’s time again when we jump on the ever so popular resolution train. For many, those resolutions are around health and wellbeing. But, where do you start? Does a healthy...
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Healthy Eating Routine
Welcome to the start of a new year. If you are like most, you have been a bit indulgent over the holidays and now you’re starting to get rid of...
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Year-round Resolutions
By: Kelly Prather, Executive Director of Health Strategies & Member Experience Kelly is a Health Educator by trade and has spent nearly 20 years in the Y movement specializing in...
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Encouraging Healthy Habits in Our Kids
“I try to encourage healthy eating habits for my family, but nutritious choices don’t seem to be appealing.” I hear this time and time again from parents who are trying...
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Oviedo Y Undergoes Major Transformation to Keep Pace with Growing Community Needs
In support of its mission to improve community health, the YMCA of Central Florida has begun a major renovation to the Oviedo YMCA Family Center. It is the fourth Y...
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YMCA Chef Gary Appelsies Inducted into the Orlando Sentinel’s Culinary Hall of Fame
Gary Appelsies, the YMCA’s Director of Healthy Eating, has been inducted into the Orlando Sentinel’s 2017 Culinary Hall of Fame. Immediately following the Pulse Orlando tragedy, Appelsies created a Facebook...
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Healthy Hearts. Healthy Families. Healthy Communities.
With February as American Heart Month, the YMCA of Central Florida is encouraging local families, seniors, and individuals to get up, get moving and take charge of their health and...
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Starting and Sticking to Your New Year’s Resolutions
Chances are 2017 isn’t the first time you’ve resolved to lose a few pounds. In fact, last year, losing weight topped the charts as the most common New Year’s Resolution. The pattern...
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Three Reasons to Sign Up for Your First 5K
Getting started on a fitness plan isn’t always easy, especially as the end of the year approaches. With the holiday season starting to kick in, schedules get busier, and your...
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Using the Latest in Fitness Technology at the Downtown Y
If you have visited the Downtown YMCA in the last few months, you may have noticed our new Technogym® equipment. And, if you have been into the cycle studio or upstairs...