Topic: Fat 2 Fit Community Weight-Loss Challenge

Posted on: May 11, 2009 01:20 pm

Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 137

Moderators wrote:

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AARP’s Fat 2 Fit Community Weight-Loss Challenge

Lose weight. Find yourself. Join the national AARP Fat 2 Fit Community Weight-Loss Challenge, a virtual community devoted to healthy weight loss. This innovative program will provide a vast support group as you go from fat to fit. It’s free, it’s open to AARP members and nonmembers alike, and all ages can participate. You’ll be part of an exciting, groundbreaking national effort. Our collective results will be reported on the Web site each week.

The Challenge will help you gain control of your life—your cholesterol, your weight and your well-being. You’ll be encouraged to find foods you love to eat that won’t pack on pounds and to find exercises you love to do.

Teams: You can sign up and make new friends, or you can sign up an entire team from your workplace, church or family. Post your pictures. Create your own unique goals and program. Report your progress. Get support and give it too.
Information: You’ll have access to inspirational and educational articles and videos with weight loss success stories, ways to lose weight and tips on how to feel great. A “Tip of the Day” will help you stay on track.
Experts: You can ask experts questions on nutrition, fitness and challenges. Each week personal trainers, physical therapists, physicians and nutritionists will address a common issue or problem.
Cooking: You’ll find a calorie-cutting tips that will help you make over family favorites and introduce you to new ways of cooking.

To learn more about Carole Carson and the Fat 2 Fit Community Challenge, go to www.aarp.org/‌health/healthyliving/fat2fit/ or e-mail Carole@fromfat2fit.com