Seeing Red

By Carole Carson

Did you know that heart disease is the number-one killer of women? Learn what you can do to increase your cardiac health. 

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• Watch Carole: Carole's Fitness Program

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Our Fat 2 Fit group is approaching 4,000 members, and we've lost over 1,500 pounds together! That's three-quarters of a ton. Weigh to go!

Carole recognizes hAndiMom for demonstrating how community can get us going when we get down. Join the discussion.

Having Trouble Starting a Fitness Program?

By Carole Carson

When losing weight, focus on what you have to gain. These four daily actions will help.

Cruelladavl1: Fitness Through Togetherness

By Carole Carson

When she joined the Fat 2 Fit effort to get in shape, this participant reached out to others to support her in her quest.

If You Want to Start Your Own Community Challenge

When Carole Carson, then 59, undertook her project to lose 40 pounds in four months, friends and neighbors followed her progress in the Nevada County, Calif., Union.

Locals were so inspired by her success that she led them in a community-wide weight-loss "meltdown." In two months, 1,000 participants lost 4 tons together—a whole school bus worth of weight.

• Want to start your own community weight-loss challenge? Here's a checklist of basics from Carole.
• In this video, Carole describes the beginnings of the Nevada County challenge.