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.

Carole lists 12 common obstacles that can frustrate efforts to lose weight.
September 2, 2010, www.basilandspice.com

With the support of Carole’s Fat 2 Fit online community, a wife and husband team up to address weight and medical issues.
August 29, 2010 | Eating for good health | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

Carole shares her ideas on how to tackle obesity at the community level.
August 21, 2010, www.itsaguythingblog.wordpress.com

Carole shares back to school fitness tips.
August 18, 2010, www.growingbolder.com

Carole explains how the Fat 2 Fit online community helps people get fit.
August 18, 2010, www.chicagotribune.com

Carole explains the how and how come of combating obesity.
August 15, 2010, www.thehuffingtonpost.com

Carole lists easy ways to burn calories while back-to-school shopping.
August 13, 2010, www.shine.yahoo.com

Carole shares important information about trans fat.
August 11, 2010, www.gather.com

Carole explains why exercise is only a piece of the weight-loss puzzle.
August, 2010, www.aarp.org

Carole provides tips for reducing calories when preparing food.
August 9, 2010, www.kdvr.com

Carole invites residents of Hawaii to join the AARP Fat to Fit Summer Weight Loss Challenge and win prizes.

August 3, 2010, www.staradvertiser.com

Carole reports that during the AARP 2010 Fat to Fit Weight Loss, her community grows to 17,000
August 2, 2010, www.basilandspice.com

Kelly Turner, an ACE Certified personal trainer, health and fitness writer reviews Carole’s book, From Fat to Fit.
July 31, 2010, www.physiquespeak.com

Carole explains how “emotional literacy” boosts our weight loss efforts.
July, 27, 2010, www.growingbolder.com

Carole talks with Sandra Mallory on The Morning Journey about the “sitting epidemic” that is elevating numbers on the bathroom scale.
July 22, 2010, WEAA-FM, Baltimore, MD, www.morgan.edu

Carole discusses “healthy” fats.
July 21, 2010, www.growingbolder.com

Scott Keith provides the male perspective in a review of From Fat to Fit: Turn Yourself into a Weapon of Mass Reduction.
July 21, 2010, www.itsaguythingblog.wordpress.com

Carole talks with Dr. Derrick DeSilva on Ask Dr. DeSilva and encourages parents and families to join in a community effort to get fit.
July 20, 2010, www.healthradio.net

Carole provides a helpful guide for determining portion size.
July 13, 2010, www.gather.com

Carole discusses health, fitness and body image.
July 8, 2010, www.zoomers.ca

Carole shares fitness insights with Canadian reporter Cary Castagna to encourage participation in the AARP’s Fat-to-Fit Weight Loss Challenge.
July 6, 2010, www.edmontonsun.com

Carole shares strategies for healthy weight-loss.
July 6, 2010, www.charlotteobserver.com

Carole shares three tips for those who want to go from fat to fit this summer.
July 3, 2010, www.sun-sentinel.com

Carole explains why changing thought patterns is needed to achieve fitness goals.
June 29, 2010, www.growingbolder.com

Carole urges individuals seeking weight loss to adopt a program of affirmative eating.
June 21, 2010, www.sacbee.com

Carole partners with AARP to introduce the Fat-to-fit Summer Weight Loss Program beginning June 21 and ending September 6.
June 21, 2010, PR Newswire

Carole provides 5 tips to traveling nurses on how to stay fit while working on the road.
June 9, 2010, www.travelnursing.com

Carole discusses how she got fit and works to maintain her well-being.
April 6, 2010, www.thatsfit.ca

Carole interviews Shaquille O’Neal for advice on athleticism whatever our any age.
April 6, 2010, www.basilandspice.com

Carole provides 3 tips on how to create a fun-filled community weight-loss event.
April 4, 2010, www.sheknows.com

Carole encourages individuals to step forward and create community weight-loss programs.
March 18, 2010, www.basilandspice.com

Carole shares three tips for keeping children fit and trim.
March 8, 2010, Gabby Reece’s Honeyline

Carole writes about the impact of aroma on the sense of satiety.
March 4, 2010, Keep It Healthy

Carole shares her ideas on how to train a child's palate.
February 26, 2010, Family Health Guide (United Kingdom)

Carole reports on First Lady Michelle Obama's national initiative on childhood obesity.
February 14, 2010, The Huffington Post

Carole discusses the health and financial benefits of getting fit.
February 2, 2010, WGBB-AM

Carole shares her story in an interview with Bonnie St. John, author of How Strong Women Pray.
January 22, Live Your Joy Radio Program

Carole predicts fitness trends for 2010.
January 15, 2010, The Huffington Post

Carole shares tips for keeping New Year's resolutions.
January 6, 2010, WBGZ Radio (Alton, IL)

Carole shares her ideas on how grandparents can help keep grandkids fit and trim.
January 5, 2010, GRAND Magazine

Carole writes about the science of food addiction.
January 4, 2010, The Huffington Post

Carole explains how the fat gap, generation gap and appetite gap threaten the nation's physical and financial health.
December 3, 2009, The Huffington Post

Carole interviews Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis who urges diabetes screening for seniors age 65 and over.
December 2 , 2009, USAToday

In a two-part article, Carole warns that childhood obesity is becoming the number one public health issue.
November 10, 2009, The Huffington Post

Carole encourages viewers to gamble their way to fitness on KTNV-TV in Las Vegas.
October 23, 2009, KTNV-TV

Carole shares an exciting idea allowing communities to share local, affordable produce.
October 14, 2009, The Huffington Post

Carole discusses the latest research on the pros and cons of snacking.
October 5, 2009, Basil and Spice

Carole provides tips on how to minimize the risk of breast cancer by focusing on fitness.
September 30, 2009, Canada Leader Post

Carole advises consumers (especially those with children) how to avoid trans fat in processed food.
September 16, 2009
, Basil and Spice

Carole explains how to become younger next year through adopting healthful habits.
September 14, 2009, The Huffington Post

Read Carole’s latest articles on weight loss and fitness on the Examiner.com.
September 14, 2009
, Examiner

Carole describes how to create a partnership with your physician to enhance your health.
September 2, 2009 BasilandSpice

Carole gives tips on how to spot weight loss scams.
September 2, 2009, Examiner

From Fat to Fit was named a finalist in the health and fitness category of the National Best Book 2007 Awards, sponsored by USABookNews.com.
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Lose Weight and Gain Friends
Join the AARP Fat 2 Fit Weight Loss Challenge

Come join the AARP Weight-Loss Challenge with members of the Fat 2 Fit online community. 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. You can ask experts questions on nutrition and fitness. And you will find calorie-cutting recipes that will help you make over family favorites and introduce new ways of cooking.

Weekly prizes will be awarded along with a grand prize, which includes a trip for two to Orlando, Florida. But the real prize--one that everyone can win-- is a fitter, trimmer “you.”

The Challenge began on June 21.You can join at any time until September 6, when the Challenge ends. Register here to join.


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