Shawn Phillips | Start Strong Monday

The Town That Eliminated Obesity

This past weekend Angie, I and the kids enjoyed a get away to the small, thriving town of Carbondale...It was the weekend of the annual Mountain Fair—which I would learn is a pretty big deal. A well run and organized fair, there was a terrific variety of great food, live music and all manner of natural, organic and hand crafted items and art. It was exactly everything you could expect from a Fair—all EXCEPT ONE THING... And it's absence was eerie...

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Baseball, Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and the Illusion of Freedom | Part 1

Americans love our Freedom. We hold it high and display it proudly for the world to see. For good reason too: There’s something very special about the freedoms we Americans are afforded. There must be. We’ve confirmed it’s worth dying for. Yet, beyond a pick-up truck, a cold beer and a shotgun, what is freedom? .... ....

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How Al Lost 136 and Found Strength

Al’s always been a big man. Tipping the scales at 340 lbs, Al made a promise to his dying father that he’d make a change which led him to go under the knife for gastric bypass surgery. Last week Al's journey was chronicled; a lifelong struggle with weight, multiple failed attempts at dieting, his gastric bypass surgery (which he subsequently almost “ate through”) and how he’s found his place and space in this world as a smaller man... Here's the 8 Pillars of Weight Loss that Al shares in his story...

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