On the May 14 Today Show, Leslie comments on a fashion model's ban from the runway...for gaining five pounds.
Leslie is back on the Today Show on May 6 to discuss "Five ways women sabotage their self-image"
Visit my blog to view the video.
On April 2, Leslie was on the Today Show discussing society's stigma against obesity:
On March 27, Leslie discussed the link between Spring Break and eating disorders on the Today Show:
Locker Room Diaries and Leslie are featured on the Today Show in
July of 2006:
Fit Today is a new weekly TV show featuring Leslie along with
host Andrea Metcalf, NBC 5 Chicago Fitness Team Member, and co-hosts
Dave Mellish and Joanne Rusch. Every Saturday at 11am (and re-airing
Sunday at 8am) on CLTV, the Fit Today Team discusses the latest
in medical, nutritional and fitness news, along with inspirational
stories and workout tips. Learn more at www.FitTodayTV.com.
McDonalds is a sponsor of Fit Today; See the trayliner at nearly
600 McDonalds across Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana.
Watch Leslie in action.
Meet the Fit Today team:
Andrea
Metcalf
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Andrea Metcalf is a nationally recognized fitness expert and a popular
media personality. For more than 25 years Andrea has inspired people
from all walks of life to feel better and move. As a leader in the
fitness industry, Andrea has excited media widely, resulting in
appearances on CNN Headline Newsmakers, CLTV and WGN-TV Chicago
and weekly on NBC 5 Chicago as a member of the NBC5 Fitness Team.
Most recent national appearances include the NBC TODAY SHOW, Better
TV and In the Loop with iVillage and national magazine exposure
in MORE Magazine, Woman's Day, Woman's World, Travel
Connections among many others.
Leslie
Goldman, MPH
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Leslie Goldman, MPH, is an award-winning Chicago-based health and
medical writer, specializing in women's issues. A regular contributor
to the Chicago Tribune for a decade, she has written for Health
Magazine, Women's Health, Shape, Self, People, Redbook, Runner's
World, and more. She earned her Masters degree in Public Health
at the University of Illinois-Chicago and Bachelors of Science at
University of Wisconsin-Madison, which recently named her to its
inaugural "Forward Under 40" list, which highlights the
top 20 UW grads under the age of 40 making an impact in the state,
nation and beyond.
Dave
Mellish
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He implemented simple changes in his diet and began exercising
every single day. It began as a fifteen minute walk and culminated
on Oct. 7, 2007 by running the Chicago Marathon. In the past eighteen
months he has lost nearly 150 pounds and dropped his body fat
to 9.1 percent.
Now Dave is a personal trainer at MBC Fitness and a certified
SPIN instructor. In addition, he is now one of the instructors
for the "Well Centered" weight loss class that he was
once a student of and looks to help others achieve the weight
loss and personal gratification that he experiences everyday.
Joanne
Rusch
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On April 1, 2000 Joanne Rusch tipped the scale at 217 when she gave
birth to her first and only child. Six months later, struggling
to lose the maternity weight she had gained, Joanne was cast as
a member of Good Morning America's first Lock the Door, Lose
the Weight series, which aired throughout November of that year.
By the fall of 2001, she had traded her size 16 closet in for a
new and improved size 8.
Joanne created an inspirational Web site, Scaleitdown.com,
to share her GMA experience, self-published a series of cookbooks,
coached weight management strategies,and penned her own column,
"Find your Fit", for Chicago Wellness Magazine,
of which she is now the editor. In Joanne’s other role as
"Food Cop"she explores new products and time-saving
cooking tips for NBC 5 Chicago News.
