Post-holiday
pounds shed
at Lincoln
fitness clubs
By Virginia Newton
Staff Reporter
Hasjack been nippingtoo much
at your nose, or were you nibbling
too much over the holidays?
Either way, fitness centers in
Lincdln have seen a rise in atten
dance since the new year began.
“More people are frustrated about
weight gain because of overindul
gence," said Caren O’Shea, a fit
ness trainer at the Cottonwood Club,
330 W. P St. “We usually find that
our entire attendance in classes has
increased; but the total usage (of
the club) has increased dramati
cally at the first of the year.”
The weather — not food intake
— may have a lot to do with the
renewed interest of students in
keeping fit. With football week
ends over and outdoor sports lim
ited, students may find extra time
on their hands.
The perfect time to start prepar
ing your body for Spring Break,
right?The daily rush of traffic at the
Campus Recreation Center proves
this theory.
James Reilly, a weight room super
visor, said since the beginning of
the semester, attendance has been
on the rise at the rec center.
Neil Houston, the Cottonwood
Club manager, said memberships
had increased 35 percent to 40
percent from last January. Sixty
Cercent of the members are men,
ul sales made in the last 60 days
show the numbers are about equal
between men and women, he said.
Mickey Roscoc, fitness director
at the Cottonwood Club, said,
“People are exercising because of
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Tarron Smith, a senior speech communications major, has been lifting weights for three years. Smith said he applies his work
habits in the weight room to other areas of his life — including schootwork.
less to do outside or to relieve
boredom or stress.”
Maybe you didn’t gain weight
over the holidays, but you still
have that extra inch left over from
finals week. Don’t worry, you’re
not alone. Many people ate at all
times of the night while studying
for that oh-so-important final.
Carrie Weber, a freshman actu
arial science major, agreed. I
“I gained a lot of weight during
finals because 1 was stressed, so I
came to the rec center to tone my
muscles,” she said.
I f the winter weather has seeped
through, and your bones are creak
ing from boredom — just dying for
relief — maybe a workout is the
answer.
New behavior patterns
help students weather
the battle of the bulge
By Shelley Biggs
Staff Reporter
Fighting the winter blues can be
tough when excess weight is in
volved.
Winter is typically a time when
holidays and low temperatures
wreak havoc on previous summer
habits of eating lightly. Through
the course of the winter months,
extra pounds start to show up, and
before we know it, we find our
selves contemplating the same New
Year's resolution as last year — to
lose the weight.
Linda Lawton, traditional busi
ness manager of Weight Watchers
for the Midwest, said the biggest
time of year for new clients is on or
around the first of January.
“People get to a point in their
lives when tney look in the mirror
and decide that they want to make
a change," she said.
Among the obvious benefits, los
ing weight helps build self-esteem
and self-confidence, Lawton said.
In spite of this, to some people it
seems like one of the most difficult
things in life to do.
Paula Bohaly, manager of Nutri
System in Lincoln, said that most
Americans overeat for a reason other
than being hungry.
"We tend to grab food that makes
us feel warm and comfortable," she
said, “The problem with this is that
these foods are often high in fat
and calories."
Bohaly said 35 percent of her
clients are college students. Their
reasons for joining Weight Watch
ers are usually stress-related, she
said.
Students in the first and last
years of college arc especially
common at Weight Watchers be
cause of the special stresses facing
them during this lime.
“They are eating for stress,"
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