No More Mr. Fat Guy!

Check out the well written blog of Jennette Fulda, or PastaQueen. Back in 2004 she weighed 372 pounds. And by taking charge of her health, and without surgery, she’s down to 181 pounds. Wow! Only 21 more pounds to her goal weight. Go over and congratulate her! Check our her 3-D progress pics, too.

Well, the big contest is over.  Alabama state health officials, alarmed that Alabama is ranked the second fattest state in America, after Mississippi, created the Scale Back Alabama program to encourage citizens to lose weight and get in shape.  Almost 20,000 people took up the official challenge, which just ended.  (I actually live in Tennessee, so I couldn’t take part, even though I spend a lot of time in Huntsville.)  Steve Doyle, the reporter for The Huntsville Times who wrote about me, wrote an article about some people in Huntsville who had some success.  And here’s an article from Scottsboro about the final weigh in.  The winner will be announced in early April.

I’ve been thinking.  And not about food, for once!  No, I’ve been thinking that blogs and comments and emails are great, and they can certainly play a part in keeping us motivated, but there’s nothing like real community for encouraging and motivating each other.

So if you’re in the Huntsville Alabama/Fayetteville Tennessee area, I was wondering if there are any folks who would like to get together once a week for a walk or some other activity.  It would probably work best for me on Sunday afternoons.  (I’m in Huntsville anyway on Sundays-my Overeaters Unanimous group meets from 5-8 at Barnhills every week.)  Or possibly Friday evenings (I have no social life…).  But for right now, Saturdays don’t work for me.

Anyway, if you’re over 18 and you’re interested in something like this, let me know.  Email me, and put Get Together in the subject line.  Let me know what activities you’d be interested in and where, what days and times are good for you, etc.

Remember a few weeks ago when I wrote about meeting one of my readers at his business in Fayetteville?  Well,  Heath has now started his own blog about losing weight and other topics.  Check it out!