{"id":276111,"date":"2010-02-04T02:25:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-04T07:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thatsfit.ca\/2010\/02\/04\/get-fit-and-lose-weight-to-reduce-your-risk-of-breast-cancer\/"},"modified":"2010-02-04T02:25:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-04T07:25:00","slug":"get-fit-and-lose-weight-to-reduce-your-risk-of-breast-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/276111","title":{"rendered":"Get Fit and Lose Weight to Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Filed under: Happiness<\/a>, Health<\/a>, Fitness<\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"After shedding over 60 pounds to reinvent herself and her health, <\/span>Carole Carson<\/a> inspired a weight loss mass movement in her hometown. Now, she’s trying to encourage women around the world to lose weight and reduce their risk of breast cancer and other diseases. Here, she explains the link between breast cancer and excess weight, and the weight loss tips that finally helped her go from “fat to fit” after 40 years of failed attempts.<\/span><\/p>\n

Q: What was your motivation for getting in shape and how did you accomplish it?<\/span><\/p>\n

A: I stepped on the scale and it broke, taking with it my elaborate system of denial. My 5-foot-2-inch frame had reached 183 pounds. When the scale broke, I was forced to acknowledge that I wasn’t simply pudgy or stocky as I’d told myself — I was fat. In that moment of epiphany, I decided to get fit and lose weight. Equally important, I decided I wasn’t going to diet but rather adopt a new lifestyle — one I could sustain indefinitely.<\/p>\n

I wrote about my makeover — from butterball to butterfly — in the local newspaper of my small town in northern California. Later, I invited friends and neighbours to join me in getting fit. Over 1,000 people showed up for the Nevada County Meltdown. During the next eight weeks, over 206 teams lost nearly four tons<\/em> of excess weight. To encourage others to follow our example, I condensed what I had learned on this remarkable journey in a book, From Fat to Fit: Turn Yourself into a Weapon of Mass Reduction<\/span><\/a>. <\/p>\n

Q: What is the connection between weight and breast cancer risk?<\/span><\/p>\n

Continue reading Get Fit and Lose Weight to Reduce Your Risk of Breast Cancer<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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