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Check Angie's List for fitness centers By now, you may have broken your New Year’s resolution to lose weight and get fit. Fortunately, there are as many ways to lose weight as there are to gain it. Proper diet, exercise, and attitude are all key factors in becoming fit, and they’re also integral aspects of the growing weight-loss competition trend. The Biggest Loser reality TV show has popularized these contests — in which participants battle it out to see who can lose the most weight — and here at Angie’s List, employees can participate in a “Biggest Loser” contest to lose weight for prizes. But do these programs work? Continue reading ‘Episode 7:
Biggest Losers: Competition and community keys to losing weight’

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Angela Dallo's storybook home contest winner

In this episode of List-en up!, we talk to some of the winners of the Angie’s List Homestead History Contest, in which we asked members to share stories about their homes’ uniqueness. Seth Dewey of Philadelphia told us about his artistic endeavor to renovate a dilapidated loft. Angela Dallo moved from metropolitan New York into a charming storybook house in Irvington, a historic district in Indianapolis. Ruth Housman’s Newton Center, Massachusetts home shares its long history with Timothy Leary and various boarding-house occupants (possibly even a ghost!) And finally, Scott Miller wrote a song, called “Our Homestead,” about his and his wife’s humble Kent, Washington abode. Congratulations to the winners! Continue reading ‘Episode 3:
Home Sweet Home: Homestead History Contest Winners’