Walk from Obesity

Jill · 08-23-2007, 01:46 PM

This is something we should all be a part of. If you haven't heard about it go to their website at The Walk from Obesity It is part of the ASBS Foundation:

In 1997, members of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, the largest society for this specialized branch of medicine in the world, formed the ASBS Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to raising funds to help support obesity research and to increase professional and public awareness of bariatric surgery and its role in treating the devastating disease of morbid obesity.

Currently, the ASBS Foundation is made up of volunteers and a minimal support staff at the national headquarters located in Gainesville, Florida.
The ASBS Foundation is serious about improving the lives of the morbidly obese by focusing on the following issues:

Increased funding of research specifically in morbid obesity
Increased public and professional education

They are holding one here in Charlotte on September 29th and I intend to walk in it. This is something (like Breast Cancer or Aids or Heart Disease) that we have suffered from and as members of this unique population, we know how important it is to get the message out that fat kills! I hope you find one in your area.

kimtindall · 08-23-2007, 02:12 PM

They have one here in the next month or two, but it is the same week that I will be in Georgia for a family reunion.

goofchick · 08-23-2007, 09:32 PM

Thank you so much for sharing this! I think it is a wonderful idea and intend to walk. I have to decide if I want to go to madison, WI or Hoffman Estates, Il!

YEAH!! Excited. traning! Maybe that will motivate me to get up and moving.

08-23-2007, 01:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
Jill WLS Master Guru Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tega Cay, SC Posts: 871 Weight Statistics August 2, 2007 Start Date: August 14, 2007 Surgery Date: 5' 7" Height: 283 lb Start Weight: 167 lb Current Weight: 150 lb Goal Weight: 116 lb Weight Loss: 17 lb Lb Left to Lose: 40.9893992933 % % Lost: Christmas, 2008 Goal Date: Body Mass Index 44.3192247717 BMI Start: 26.1530407663 BMI Current: 23.4907551793 BMI Goal: Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass	Walk from Obesity This is something we should all be a part of. If you haven't heard about it go to their website at The Walk from Obesity It is part of the ASBS Foundation: In 1997, members of the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, the largest society for this specialized branch of medicine in the world, formed the ASBS Foundation, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to raising funds to help support obesity research and to increase professional and public awareness of bariatric surgery and its role in treating the devastating disease of morbid obesity. Currently, the ASBS Foundation is made up of volunteers and a minimal support staff at the national headquarters located in Gainesville, Florida. The ASBS Foundation is serious about improving the lives of the morbidly obese by focusing on the following issues: Increased funding of research specifically in morbid obesity Increased public and professional education They are holding one here in Charlotte on September 29th and I intend to walk in it. This is something (like Breast Cancer or Aids or Heart Disease) that we have suffered from and as members of this unique population, we know how important it is to get the message out that fat kills! I hope you find one in your area. __________________ Jill

08-23-2007, 02:12 PM	#2 (permalink)
kimtindall Seasoned Veteran Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Jacksonville, Florida Posts: 4,654 Weight Statistics July 21, 2007 Start Date: August 6, 2007 Surgery Date: 5' 2" Height: 287 lb Start Weight: 164 lb Current Weight: 140 lb Goal Weight: 123 lb Weight Loss: 24 lb Lb Left to Lose: 42.8571428571 % % Lost: January 1, 2009 Goal Date: Body Mass Index 52.4872528616 BMI Start: 29.9927159209 BMI Current: 25.6035379813 BMI Goal: Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass	They have one here in the next month or two, but it is the same week that I will be in Georgia for a family reunion. __________________ Kim http://www.myspace.com/kimtindall

08-23-2007, 09:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
goofchick Guru In Training Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Kenosha, Wisconsin Posts: 203 Weight Statistics June 18, 2007 Start Date: July 25, 2007 Surgery Date: 5' 10" Height: 333 lb Start Weight: 184 lb Current Weight: 165 lb Goal Weight: 149 lb Weight Loss: 19 lb Lb Left to Lose: 44.7447447447 % % Lost: February 25, 2009 Goal Date: Body Mass Index 47.7753061224 BMI Start: 26.3983673469 BMI Current: 23.6724489796 BMI Goal: Weight Loss Method Roux en Y Gastric Bypass	Thank you so much for sharing this! I think it is a wonderful idea and intend to walk. I have to decide if I want to go to madison, WI or Hoffman Estates, Il! YEAH!! Excited. traning! Maybe that will motivate me to get up and moving. __________________ Regards, Tina Check out my blog: http://goofchick.blogspot.com/

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