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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!

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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 W
orkout.

This Save the World W
orkout 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.
Global Alliance for Africa's
Water Tap Program
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list of Kara's events in 2009
and who they benefited!
Kara In the News:
Tampa Tribune
Self magazine
RealBeautyIs.com
Courier News
Newvine Growing
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.
US Nepal Online
Raised Path
Alternative Press
Redbook magazine