From Fat to Fit: Turn Yourself into a Weapon of Mass Reduction
In my latest book, I'm on a mission to communicate an empowering message: "You and your friends can have fun, get fit and lose weight!"
Just before turning 60, I totally remade my life. After chronicling my 62-pound weight loss—shrinking from a size 18 to a size 6—in weekly newspaper articles, I inspired more than 1,000 people to team up and lose nearly 8,000 pounds of fat in two months.
Dr. Henry S. Lodge, coauthor of the New York Times Best Seller Younger Next Year and Younger Next Year for Women, calls it "a remarkable book about the remarkable person inside each of us. Whenever you decide to take charge of the rest of your life, Carole Carson will be waiting to show you the way."
Watch the story of the Nevada County Meltdown—an 8-ton group weight loss event—and then launch your own.
From Fat to Fit was named a finalist in the health and fitness category of the National Best Book Awards, sponsored by USABookNews.com.
Join the AARP Fat 2 Fit Weight-Loss Challenge
Come join the AARP Fat 2 Fit online Weight-Loss Challenge May 16 through July 9. Be assured that the Fat to Fit Weight-Loss Challenge is not about dieting, deprivation or grim willpower. Instead, you’ll discover a fun-filled, light hearted approach that will help you realize your weight loss and fitness goals. You will gain control of your life—your cholesterol, your weight and your well-being.
Along with like-minded folks, 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. You will have access to inspirational and educational articles, videos and weight loss tips. And you’ll find calorie-cutting recipes that will help you make over family favorites and introduce new ways of cooking.
Weekly prizes are awarded to members who post and report their progress. In addition, first, second and third place winners will receive over $3,000 in grand prizes. Weekly and grand prize winners will be selected on three criteria: serving as a role model for the entire community, facing and overcoming challenges, and demonstrating the principles of the Fat to Fit program. But everyone who enjoys a fitter, trimmer body is a winner!
