{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://noem.house.gov/index.cfm/in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=C20EE446-BD31-49C1-BB7B-52F88ACEA37A", "Women Gather To Talk Health", "2015-11-23", "2015", "2015-11", "Republican", "House", "SD", "Kristi Noem", "N000184", "noem.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "KELOLAND \r\n\tSioux Falls women are gathering together to find new ways to stay healthy.EmBe hosted an eventwhere women joined a roundtable discussion on wellness.\r\n\r\nWe stopped by to see how you can use their advice to get fit.\r\nWomen are often busy balancing work and home life, and one of the first things to get put on the back burner is fitness.\r\n\"We have too much on our plate as women that we don't like to delegate tasks. That's where we're missing out on all of those opportunities to get active, get exercising,\" Nikki Weller, FormFitness Yoga Instructor, said.\r\nOne South Dakota woman who knows all about balancing a stressful job and home life is U.S. Representative Kristi Noem.She was the emcee of Monday's In Dialogue event and also took a few notes for her own workout routine.\r\n\"Running, CrossFit, P90X and today, they talked about the value of yoga. That it not only helps you be fit and exercise, but it helps you mentally as well,\" Noem said.\r\nThe group also discussed things like nutrition, and how to properly measure your overall health.\r\nMelissa Ellefson is the Wellness Director for POET and has some strong feelings about scales.\r\n\"I feel like women place too much of a self worth on the number that is on that scale. And you know, whether they're up a few pounds or down a few pounds, they just really fixate on that. Rather than how they feel,\" Ellefson said.\r\nAccording to these women, how you feel can be altered with a few, simple life choices.\r\n\"So many of the different things that are going on in this country, when we talk about health care costs or taking care of their families, there's challenges. It's always good to get a bunch of people together in a room and talk about those. And different solutions that might work for each other,\" Noem said.\r\nNoem says after this event, she might be adding yoga to her routine to help relieve stress.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://noem.house.gov/index.cfm/in-the-news?ContentRecord_id=C20EE446-BD31-49C1-BB7B-52F88ACEA37A"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.6843201592564583, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}