Counting down to a very special Mother's Day!

This Mother's Day, Y-ME celebrates its 30th anniversary. To commemorate this milestone, we've planned some very special festivities and big news you won't want to miss!

Register now and join us for the Race and Walk to Empower events on Mother's Day and be there to see our big surprise! >>Register now

Mother's Day Countdown
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Top 10 ways to get motivated to exercise

“It’s counterintuitive, but if you just exercise, you will feel less tired,” Rock says. She suggests that you do some “self talk” to get motivated. Tell yourself, “I don’t have to exercise for long. I’ll just do it for ten minutes and then see how it feels.” >>Read more.

New nutrition? Stick with old rules

“If there’s one piece of advice I would give a woman who has breast cancer, it is to get her weight under control,” says Caroline Apovian, M.D., F.A.C.P., director of the Nutrition and Weight Management Center at Boston Medical Center. >>Read more.

More weight = greater chance of recurrence

Research indicates that the more weight a woman carries, the more likely breast cancer will recur, be more aggressive, and carry a worse prognosis. In the spring 2008 edition of Lifeline, Trulie Ankerberg-Nobis, M.S., R.D., L.D., recommends a low-fat diet and suggests cooking tips such as cooking with pan spray, supplementing your meal with extra vegetables and cutting back on sugars. >>Read the article and visit our message board to read and post thoughts about the article.

Registration Opens for the Ride to Empower

Are you ready for a challenge? Join us for Y-ME’s newest event, the Ride to Empower, and test your limits while you pay tribute to loved ones touched by breast cancer.

Y-ME’s Ride to Empower is a destination bike ride in Solvang, Calif., with route lengths ranging from a 100-mile century to less than 32 miles. The Ride will take October 23-26, 2008, with the century ride taking place on October 25.

Local and national Ride to Empower coaches will help you train to meet the challenge of a long-distance bike ride. For more information on the Ride to Empower, please visit www.y-me.org/ride, call (312) 873-2729 or e-mail events@y-me.org.

Do you have what it takes for the Ride to Empower? >>Register now!

Participate in the Sister Study

The Sister Study is a nationwide effort to learn how our environment and genes affect the chances of getting breast cancer. The study’s goal is to discover how our environment and our genes may affect the chances of getting breast cancer. Women whose sisters had breast cancer, but who have not had breast cancer themselves, can join the Sister Study to have a lasting impact on the fight against the disease. >>Learn more.