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| The Challenge: Intention vs. Action I find that I am most successful on my weight loss journey when I focus on what I want to do, not how many pounds I want to lose. So if you feel stuck, try taking on a physical event for charity. There are so many kinds -- from bike rides to walks -- for so many worthwhile causes! Helping others sure does feel great. Studies show that those who have a can-do attitude are more likely to succeed on a health endeavor. Joining these kinds of endeavors is a great way to break out of the isolation of obesity, to have fun and to make progress. So start now on the path to a better you. The world is counting on you! |
| The Save the World Workout: A Movement for Movement Kara Richardson Whitely has run in Central Park at midnight for UNICEF, jumped in icy Lake Champlain, Vt. for Special Olympics, walked amid monkeys and alligators for the MS Society, walked/jogged where Washington slept for National Parks and walked the Flying Pig Marathon course to benefit the American Heart Association. She took on a physical event for charity each month of the year -- an initiative she calls the Save the World Workout. This Save the World Workout movement -- of taking action steps toward better health and a better world -- was inspired by her 2007 trek up Mount Kilimanjaro. The journey to Africa's highest peak was not only a celebration of her 120-pound weight loss, it was a fund raiser for Global Alliance for Africa's AIDS orphans programs. She couldn't justify not getting out of bed to train when a child needed fresh water, an education, a chance. After the birth of her daughter a year later, she was left with about 50 pounds of baby weight to lose all over again. She remembered how motivating it was to be working for a cause as well as a fitness goal. She signed up for an event each month of 2009, knowing that it would allow her to go from feeling helpless about her weight and the problems in the world to feeling empowered and strong. By the year's end, which she finished with another Kilimanjaro climb for AIDS orphans, she lost several pounds, raised thousands of dollars for charities and felt empowered and inspired about the world around her. There are a few spots left on Kara's final trek up Mount Kilimanjaro to benefit AIDS orphans! Mount Kilimanjaro, is the tallest peak in Africa and the highest point in the world one can hike to (in other words, no technical climbing experience is needed to make it to the top). The two-week trip leaves mid-February 2011, and the group will summit on a full moon! Participants are responsible for paying the $5,900 trip cost (which includes airfare, lodging, food and other trip expenses) and are asked to raise $5,000 for Global Alliance for Africa's AIDS orphans. The trip will include a safari and a jaunt to Zanzibar as a reward. Email her at kara@fatwomanonthemountain.com about how to get involved. |
A $400 tap can change
the lives of an entire
community.
The families have safe
water to drink, prepare
food and wash
themselves. They can
support themselves by
bottling the water and
selling it.
the lives of an entire
community.
The families have safe
water to drink, prepare
food and wash
themselves. They can
support themselves by
bottling the water and
selling it.
Global Alliance for Africa's
Water Tap Program
Water Tap Program
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Kara In the News:
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Courier News photo from American
Heart Association's Go Red For
Women Luncheon where Kara was
a speaker, along with four-time
Olympian Joetta Clark Diggs.
Heart Association's Go Red For
Women Luncheon where Kara was
a speaker, along with four-time
Olympian Joetta Clark Diggs.
