Step Up & Out With Fitness Together This Saturday

WE ARE STEPPING OUT BECAUSE …

Fitness Together Studios are Stepping Out because we are proud to do our part to Stop Diabetes. We decided to team up to change the future and make a positive impact in the lives of those who are affected by diabetes. We are committed to walk and raise money in this inspirational event not because 26 million people in the United States have diabetes, but because we personally know some of them, and want to do something about it.

Chances are, you also know someone who has been affected by diabetes and you already know how important it is to stop this disease. By making a donation or joining our team, you will be helping the Association provide community-based education programs, protect the rights of people with diabetes and fund critical research for a cure.

As a team, united in our desire to Stop Diabetes, we are asking for your support. Please make a donation to one of our team members or become one of us by joining our team. When we bring together dedicated team members and kind donors, the power we have as a group far outweighs what any of us could do alone.

If you are already signed up for the walk, check us out at our booth for more information on how FT helps fight the battle against Diabetes and Obesity.

Date: October 20, 2012
Location: Boston Common – 1, 2 or 3 mile routes
Time: Check-in/Registration at 9:00 a.m. Walk begins at 10:00 a.m.
Step Out Event Contact: Karen Bagley, kbagley@diabetes.org
For more information, call 617-482-4580 ext.3487 or Contact Us.
Event Fundraising Goal: $555,000.00
Achieved to Date By All Teams: $204,317.39
Number of Teams: 249
Number of Participants: 1,614

We truly appreciate your support. Together we can Stop Diabetes!

Click the links below to join a team, or donate. See you there?

Team Name				Team Captain
Fitness Together Newtonville				Alera, Ashley
Fitness Together Westford				Briggle, Greg
Fitness Together Dedham				Cardoza, Michael
Fitness Together Norwell				Caruso, Joe
Fitness Together Belmont				Castaldini, PJ
Fitness Together Chelmsford				Clermont, Jay
Fitness Together Cohasset				Coleman, Bill
Fitness Together Franklin				Espinosa, Jerry
Fitness Together North Attleboro				Espinosa, Michael
Fitness Together Lincoln/Barrington				Gagliano, Matt
Fitness Together North Andover				Genetti, Adam
Fitness Together Bridgewater				Goulet, Dan
Fitness Together Mansfield				Guess, Jess
Fitness Together Medfield				Humble, Robert
Fitness Together Westborough				Lichtman, Steve
Fitness Together Beverly				Maxfield, Derek
Fitness Together Auburndale				Mayer, Sandy
Fitness Together Back Bay				Partridge, Nathan
Fitness Together Tyngsboro				Schaum, Cathy
Fitness Together Burlington				Stapleton, Brendan

To get more info about Fitness Together’s commitment to create fitness programs to fight obesity and help reverse diabetes go here.

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Stepping Out For A Cure 2011

Martha Leta, Maureen Sullivan, Medtronic's Lenny the Lion, Steve Lichtman and Vance Varian

News From The Front Lines by Martha Hicks Leta

All in all, Saturday October 22 was a great day for a walk, especially when it meant raising money and awareness to put an end to diabetes. While the showing from Fitness Together wasn’t as strong as last year, (we’ll hang that on the timing of our PACK Training rollouts) it was still pretty darn respectable.

Steve Lichtman, team captain for Cohasset, led our rag tag band of warriors, arriving at the crack of dawn to trick out the Fitness Together tent with banners, brochures, clipboards and flags. The team filled out nicely as the morning warmed with Maureen Sullivan from North Andover; Cathy Schaum, Marianne Cristello, Linda Morancy, Jean McQuestion, Irene Rossi, Michelle Rossi and trainer Vance Varian from Tyngsboro/Nashua. The Leta Family (Yours Truly with husband Lou, and daughters Bonnie and Caroline) carried the banner for Team Norwell; Representin’ for Notorious Team Westford was the ever-intrepid Ken Ballou and trainer Kati Salowski. Closing the age gap was baby Kaden Cardoza from Dedham, who had to be pushed in his stroller by parents Lisa and Michael Cardoza because, at two months old, apparently he’s “too little” to walk yet. (Whatever. We want to see him doing mountain climbers by Christmas, Michael.)

The Fitness Together tent, set in a primo location next to the registration area, attracted a fascinating variety of people who stopped by throughout the day to learn about our programs and to share their personal stories.

Maureen Sullivan chatted with a young woman who, while signing up her father to win some PACK training sessions, told Maureen about the difficulties of getting her rambunctious young cousin to sit still for his daily insulin injections. Maureen says, “The woman told me that the young boy turned to his older brother one day and said, ‘When I grow up, there will be a cure for my disease and I’ll be normal just like you.’ Here we are years later,” says Maureen, “Closer to a cure, but still with a high number of people suffering from the disease. That is why she walks every year.”

After the walk we were joined for lunch by Barbara, a woman with type 2 diabetes who’d been crippled by polio during her childhood in Italy in the 1960s. She said that in the early 1990’s several of her family members developed diabetes in quick succession. She wants to find a cure. Despite her dependence on a wheelchair, she came to volunteer for the walk and refused my offer to carry her trash to the waste barrel. “No, thanks. I’m perfectly capable of doing it myself.” And off she went.

We also met Noah, a young lad who went from table to table handing out temporary tattoos and Silly Bands shaped like blue flamingos. He calls himself “The Diabetes Dude” and says, “I have diabetes, but diabetes doesn’t have me.” At the age of 10, the Diabetes Dude has made it his personal business to travel the country telling his story. “I spend my time raising awareness of diabetes wherever I go, every chance I get and will continue to do so until there is a cure.”

Clearly, this cause matters a lot to a lot of people and the money raised is a big part of it. MC’d by Mix 104 morning drive disc jockey Karson, the opening ceremony featured team leaders and corporate sponsor presentations. FT’s own Steve Lichtman presented a check to the ADA for $20,000, an amount that roughly represents the collective contributions, thus far, from all Fitness Together Studios participating in the 2011 ADA co-operative program.

Patriot's defensive lineman Vince Wilfork | Darrell Lavoie Photography darrell.lavoie@yahoo.com

Patriot’s defensive lineman Vince Wilfork, who is raising money for his own diabetes foundation, said a few words about his late father, who was stricken by diabetes before he ever got the chance to see his son turn pro. “I had to give him shots at times, he was so weak,” said Wilfork. “I had to bathe him, had to take him to the restroom. There was a lot going on that my brother and I had to deal with. That’s why this is really close and dear to my heart.”

Though the big man was a hard act to follow, Tyngsboro/Nashua’s own big man, trainer Vance Varian, got the crowd fired up with a warm-up to Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger.” Said Vance’s boss, Cathy Schaum, “I was very proud of my young trainer leading the warm-ups. I thought he was very poised and enthusiastic in leading the crowd and represented the entire FT organization very well.”

Along with Fitness Together’s sizable group donation to the ADA, the organization can be especially proud of Fitness Together Westford, which came in third place for individual corporate fundraising at $5,115, trailing Walgreen’s Boston North and Waters Corporation. Westford owner Greg Briggle is also listed among the top 20 individual fundraisers. Greg’s talent and enthusiasm for fundraising for this cause is inspirational.

The number of walkers estimated at the event came in around 3,000. To date the ADA is at 59% of their total goal of $500,000.

You can still donate for the cause through our page at FTMass

View more photos from the walk on Facebook

For more information about Fitness Together in Massachusetts please go to FTGetsResults.com

Helping To Cure Diabetes One Step At A Time

Troy Allard, Jess DeVoid and Megan Anderson lead warmup with assistance from Steve Lichtman

The ground was soggy and the rain came down hard, but that didn’t stop Fitness Together trainers Jess DeVoid, Troy Allard and Megan Anderson from getting the crowds riled up for the walk that lay ahead. With Pink’s “Get this Party Started” blasting in the background, the three led participants for the American Diabetes Association’s Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes through stretches, jumping jacks and other exercises as onlookers cheered from the sidelines.

Steve Lichtman, owner of Fitness Together Westborough gets walkers fired up.

Held on October 1 at Worcester’s UMass Medical School Campus, the walk raised awareness and funds to research, prevent, cure and manage diabetes. Steve Lichtman, whose Fitness Together Studio in Westborough is listed among the top corporate fundraisers for the event, said, “We really have two objectives here: one, for people to raise money and awareness to find a cure for diabetes, but also there’s a huge growing population of people with pre-diabetes and if we don’t do something about that from an exercise perspective, were going to see some problems in the years to come.”

The walk was one of several such events to take place in New England this fall. The Central Massachusetts Step Out Walk, has thus far raised over 60% of their total fundraising goal of $100, 000. Fitness Together in Westborough is one of many Fitness Together studios in New England raising money and awareness for the American Diabetes Association. Last year the group was given an award by the ADA for raising over $54, 000 for diabetes research.

The next such event will take place in Boston on October 22. Go here to participate or donate

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Taking On U.S. Diabetes Problem One Workout at a Time

Steve Lichtman accepts award from Jamin Reda of the American Diabetes Association Credit Martha Hicks Leta

FT’s Steve Lichtman is the kind of guy who walks the walk when it comes to charitable causes. For the past several years he’s corralled the efforts of Fitness Together studios across New England to raise money and awareness for the American Diabetes Association’s Step Out Walk to Fight Diabetes. But in more important ways, he’s made it his business to show how he and others can dramatically improve the lives of people with type 2 diabetes.

For Lichtman, owner of four Fitness Together studios in Massachusetts, the idea that he might have the answer to our nation’s monumental diabetes problem did not come to him all at once, but over time, kind of like the extra weight that had once gathered around his middle.

Ten years ago, Lichtman was the typical stressed-out guy, traveling all over North America for his corporate training job, hunkering down in airports, conference rooms or motels, never having time to exercise or eat healthy food, all of which compounded his chronic back pain. Then his parents became ill and he had to spend more time travelling to help them, which compounded the worry and stress. “My blood pressure was high, my cholesterol was through the roof and I didn’t know it then, but I was also heading towards becoming diabetic.” When his back pain became so bad that he couldn’t deliver an important presentation, he knew he had to make some changes.

At the behest of his doctor, Lichtman went in search of a good personal trainer. The first two were duds, but he struck gold with the third. When that trainer opened his own Fitness Together studio, Lichtman followed.

Fast forward several years, when Lichtman himself became the proud owner of Fitness Together Studios in Dedham, Westborough, Norwell and Cohasset. He loved the one-on-one workout experience, and the fact that it had helped him with his back pain so much that he no longer needed pain meds. Seeing his parents succumb to their respective illnesses drove home the importance of having a good fitness program, and now he was making it his life’s work to provide that to others. But it soon became clear there was a growing population of the American public that, more than anyone, needed what his studios had to offer: type 2 diabetics.

“About 75% of the people coming to us at Fitness Together are looking to lose a good amount of weight,” Lichtman says. “But in the last few years it became evident that it wasn’t just obesity but problems that go along with it, and in particular type 2 diabetes.”

Partnering with the American Diabetes Association, Lichtman got to work developing a program for people with type 2 diabetes that combined strength and cardiovascular training with nutrition counseling, but he wanted to be sure it was really working. He got the support of other Fitness Together studios in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and enlisted the help of help of registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator, Joan Hill. The result was an observational study that would measure the impact of diet and exercise on diabetes control, high blood pressure, sense of wellbeing. Over the next 6 months, 34 study participants at Fitness Together studios throughout New England were weighed, measured and assessed. And then they were put on the program: 2-3 personal training sessions a week, cardio workouts and nutrition counseling. Their vital statistics were recorded every six weeks, their blood glucose levels monitored periodically by their doctors. They were also asked a series of 6 questions that compared their sense of well-being at the beginning and end of the 26 weeks. Six months later, 24 participants had successfully completed the program, all showing measurably improved numbers, with many even having their medications lowered as a result. (See next week’s blog for more details about the study.)

Lichtman says he hopes the study will help insurance companies and corporations see the value of programs such as this, but he says it’s going to be an uphill battle; people still think one-on-one training is an extravagant expense. But after seeing the study results, he doesn’t agree.

“I’m told the average cost to support a person with type 2 diabetes can be as high as $25,000 per year. So, over next 40 years it is going to cost the system over $1 million dollars for that one person alone. And yet, we can design a program for somebody that, over the next year or so, could help them lose that weight, get their blood sugar under control, lower their meds and stem the risk of heart disease for a heck of a lot less money. I’ve had doctors tell me that what we offer could very well be the most cost effective solution to this healthcare problem. And with our new small group personal training (2-4 people), local HR directors are happy because we now have a fitness program that everyone can afford. And when a company contributes to our program, the cost of a training session for their employees can be less than the cost of a doctor’s visit co-pay.”

Lichtman says that seeing how much the program helped other people inspired him to step up his own commitment to his fitness routine and the American Diabetes Association. In order to raise money for last year’s Step-Out Walk to Fight Diabetes, Steve pledged to walk, bike, kayak or run 200 miles through Fitness Together’s Cardio for a Cure program which raised over $54,000. “What really motivated me was when I saw people wanting to be part of the study. It meant something to them. I thought, ‘If they can do it, I can do it, too.’”

That motivation stayed with him. “I’ve since lost 21 pounds, I’ve reversed any past issues I had with cholesterol, high blood pressure and rising glucose levels. My body fat went from a high of 27% to below 18%. I haven’t been this lean and fit since I was 28 years old,” says the 55 year old. “Who would have thought that in setting out to help others who were worse off than I was, I’d end up helping myself?”

To speak with Steve Lichtman call 781-572-1002. To find out more about Fitness Together’s Type 2 Diabetes program go to ftsouthshore.com

To join the American Diabetes Associations Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes go to Step Out New England

To join a Fitness Together Type 2 Diabetes program in Cohasset call 781-383-8004. In Hingham call 781-749-2511. In Norwell call 781-659-0034 or go to FTGetsResults to find an FT Studio near you.

Fitness Together Studios Awarded High Honors by the ADA

Steven Lichtman of Lichtman Marketing Group (r) accepts achievement award for Fitness Together Studios of Eastern New England from Jamin Reda, co-chair of the Boston Step Out Walk.

by Martha Hicks Leta

Fitness Together Studios of Eastern New England were recently recognized by the American Diabetes Association for two areas of outstanding achievement in fundraising for Boston’s 2010 Step Out Walk to Stop Diabetes.

Presented on August 10 at the Boston Step Out Kick Off Rally at Franklin Park Zoo, the first award recognized the Fitness Together Eastern New England Owners group for the outstanding achievement of raising over $54,000 through the 2010 Cardio for a Cure program.

Award presenter and Step Out co-chair Jamin Reda said, “Through their Cardio for a Cure program, with their clients, they were able to both raise money and recruit participants for the walk while at the same time motivating clients to exercise, which we all know is such an important part of both managing diabetes and also preventing it.”

Accepting the award for Fitness Together Studios was Steven Lichtman, owner of four Fitness Together studios and president of Lichtman Marketing Group, which coordinated fundraising efforts for studios in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. “For those of us that have friends and family living with type 2 diabetes, that’s the big reason why Fitness Together is doing what we’re doing. We’re helping a lot of people to get healthy, to lose weight, to lower their blood glucose levels and hopefully help them overcome this disease” said Lichtman.

Leslie Thornton, client of Fitness Together in Arlington was also recognized for achieving Top Individual Fundraiser status for last year’s Step Out Walk by raising $10,143, which she was able to do through an employer gift-matching program. Steven Lichtman accepted the award on behalf of Ms. Thornton and Fitness Together in Arlington.

The rally, held at Franklin Park Zoo on August 10 provided information for participants in the upcoming Step Out Walk, and recognized past achievements of individuals and corporations in raising awareness and funds for the American Diabetes Association.

The 2011 Boston Step Out Walk to Fight Diabetes, in which participants raise funds for community-based education programs, to protect the rights of people with diabetes and fund research to find a cure, will begin at Boston Common on October 22.

For more information on the Step Out Walk nearest you go to stepoutdiabetes.org.

Step Out: Walk To Stop Diabetes With Us

Step Out: Walk To Stop Diabetes With Us

Fitness Together

For the second year running, the Fitness Together MA Owners Cooperative has assembled 35 studios from across Massachusetts and Rhode Island to serve as the Official Health and Fitness Sponsor for the American Diabetes Association of Eastern New England’s Step Out: Walk to Stop Diabetes.

Now through year-end, participating Fitness Together locations will work together to raise over $25,000 for the ADA Eastern New England Chapter. Each studio has its own fundraising page to make donations. Clients, their families and friends are all invited to join your local studio’s walk team to help us reach our fundraising goal.

Why Fitness Together?

Not everyone is motivated to eat right and exercise. People who need a structured program with ongoing coaching and support in a private setting do well with Fitness Together. Our nationally certified personal trainers take a team approach to working with our clients. We understand the emotional and physical challenges which inhibit people from sticking with a program and getting positive results. We know how to motivate people and make exercise fun. It’s not all about dieting. It’s about helping clients feel better, look better, get healthy and learn how to make lasting lifestyle changes.
Register or make a donation for your Fitness Together Step Out Walk team today!

Choose your studio from the list here, click on the team captain’s name and then choose either:

Click here to Sponsor Me (make a donation) – or -
Click here to Walk with Me (help raise money)

 

 

 

 

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Step Out Videos

ADA NE Celebrates Last Year’s Fitness Together’s Successful Step Out Fundraising

 

ADA New England: Our Step Out Campaign Was A Success

Steve Lichtman accepts Certificate of Achievement awards for Fitness Together at the ADA’s StepOut Rally on August 10 at the Franklin Park Zoo.

“It’s a natural fit for our clients to make the most of their workouts and support a fantastic cause at the same time,” said Jeff Jervik, president and CEO of Fitness Together Holdings, Inc. “Diabetes is a major health issue affecting more than 25 million Americans. Diabetes incidence continues to grow, now reaching epidemic proportions and it’s a disease that deserves more attention, deeper support, broader education and swifter action from people and organizations that can help like Fitness Together.”

ADA Step Out 2011: Walk for Diabetes will take place Oct. 1, in Worcester, Mass., Oct. 2 in Providence, R.I. and Oct. 22 in Boston.

“We are very appreciative of the Massachusetts and Rhode Island Fitness Together studios and their teams of trainers for taking on this important issue”, said Chris Boynton, Executive Director for the Eastern New England area of the American Diabetes Association. “Fitness Together’s mission to help their clients live healthier, happier lives is very much compatible with our mission to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the quality of life for all those living with the disease.”

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Check out the study the Fitness Together MA Owner’s Cooperative has undertaken to examine the impact of fitness and exercise on Type 2 diabetics.

Go to our page to join the StepOut Walk for 2011 or donate to help fight Diabetes.

American Diabetes Association: Step Out For A Cure

Vimeo video by by Mark Helman

Fitness Together is a proud sponsor of the American Diabetes Association and their Step Out Walk To Stop Diabetes. Last year, the Fitness Together Massachusetts Owners Group, specializing in one-on-one personal training, raised more than $50,000 for the American Diabetes Association of Eastern New England.

Our network of 43 Fitness Together franchised studios throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire collectively signed on as the Official Health and Fitness Sponsor for the ADA’s STEP OUT: Walk to Fight Diabetes campaign to raise the funds and make the contribution. 

Meanwhile, the additional sweat they have put into helping people living with type 2 diabetes across their fitness studios has magnified their cause and given a face…several faces… to the illness.

Separate from the crowds at STEP OUT walks in Worcester, Mass.; Providence, R.I.; and Boston, Fitness Together certified personal trainers have spent many months up close and personal with people battling the illness, who are on a quest for health and wellness.

“A lot of people can raise money, support a good cause, and call it a day. But that’s not what Fitness Together had in mind when we signed up to support the ADA chapter,” said Steve Lichtman, owner of 4 Fitness Together franchises. “We also wanted to invite people living with type 2 diabetes into our studios to offer personal, tailored and safe exercise and nutrition guidance that could improve their lives for the better.”

In conjunction with the fundraising effort that surpassed Fitness Together’s goal to raise $40,000 for the ADA, the group enlisted 35 people with type 2 diabetes across Eastern New England for their type 2 diabetes observational study. Fitness Together tracked the impact of a fitness and nutrition program on their client’s type 2 diabetes over a six month period. The results have been amazing.

“We have seen dramatic transformations both physically and emotionally,” Steve said. “This isn’t just about losing weight. It’s about battling an illness in a smart, responsible and healthy manner.”

And the battle continues. Based on the success of this study, Fitness Together wants to broaden the awareness of it services.

People with type 2 diabetes are encouraged to contact their local Fitness Together studio and visit FTGetsResults.com to get more information. “The positive impact of helping people lose weight, get in shape, lower their dependence on medications and live a more fulfilling life is the best motivator,” said Chris Boynton, Executive Director for the ADA, Eastern New England

To view success stories from our other FT clients go to FTGetsResults.com

FT Battles Diabetes In Many Ways

Fitness Together Raises More Than $50,000 for Battle Against Diabetes

Company also provides trainers to help people with diabetes.

By Bryan McGonigle for North Andover Patch April 7, 2011

Fitness Together has raised more than $50,000 for the American Diabetes Association of Eastern New England.

“A lot of people can raise money, support a good cause, and call it a day,” Maureen Sullivan, owner of Fitness Together in North Andover, said. “But that’s not what Fitness Together had in mind when we signed up to support the ADA chapter.”

Fitness Together is a network of 43 Fitness Together franchised studios throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire. The franchises banded together and sponsored the ADA’s “STEP OUT: Walk to Fight Diabetes” campaign to raise the funds and surpass their goal of $50,000.

“We also wanted to invite people living with type 2 diabetes into our studio to offer personal, tailored and safe exercise and nutrition guidance that could improve their lives for the better.”

So the group has enlisted 35 people with type-2 diabetes across eastern New England for their type 2 diabetes observational studies. Fitness Together is tracking the impact of a fitness and nutrition program on their clients’ type-2 diabetes over six months.

The company announced that the program has been so successful that the enrollment period to add more study participants has been extended to the end of the year.

“We have seen dramatic transformations both physically and emotionally,” Maureen said. “This isn’t just about losing weight. It’s about battling an illness in a smart, responsible and healthy manner.”

For more information about the Fitness Together’s type-2 diabetes study, contact Adam Genetti at Fitness Together North Andover, 73 Main St., at 978-659-0047. You can also visit their Web site or email maureensullivan@fitnesstogether.com.

North Andover Patch

Our Fitness Together Type 2 Diabetes Program is available in all our Northern New England studios. For more information, please go [ here ] or to FTGetsResults.com

Our Donations Exceed $50,000 To American Diabetes Association of Eastern New England

Personal trainers help clients with diabetes improve their health and wellness.

We here at the Fitness Together Massachusetts Owners Group, specializing in one-on-one personal training, are proud to announce we have raised more than $50,000 for the American Diabetes Association of Eastern New England.

Our network of 43 Fitness Together franchised studios throughout Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire collectively signed on as the Official Health and Fitness Sponsor for the ADA’s STEP OUT: Walk to Fight Diabetes campaign to raise the funds and make the contribution.

Meanwhile, the additional sweat they have put into helping people living with type 2 diabetes across their fitness studios has magnified their cause and given a face…several faces… to the illness.

Separate from the crowds at STEP OUT walks in Worcester, Mass.; Providence, R.I.; and Boston recently, Fitness Together certified personal trainers have spent the past days, weeks and months up close and personal with people battling the illness, who are on a quest for health and wellness.



“A lot of people can raise money, support a good cause, and call it a day. But that’s not what Fitness Together had in mind when we signed up to support the ADA chapter,” said Steve Lichtman, owner of 4 Fitness Together franchises. “We also wanted to invite people living with type 2 diabetes into our studios to offer personal, tailored and safe exercise and nutrition guidance that could improve their lives for the better.”



In conjunction with the fundraising effort that surpassed Fitness Together’s goal to raise $40,000 for the ADA, the group has enlisted 35 people with type 2 diabetes across Eastern New England for their type 2 diabetes observational study. Fitness Together is tracking the impact of a fitness and nutrition program on their client’s type 2 diabetes over a six month period. The results have been amazing and Fitness Together has extended their enrollment period to add more study participants now through year-end.



“We have seen dramatic transformations both physically and emotionally,” Steve said. “This isn’t just about losing weight. It’s about battling an illness in a smart, responsible and healthy manner.”

And the battle continues. Based on the success of this study, Fitness Together wants to broaden the awareness of it services.

People with type 2 diabetes are encouraged to contact their local Fitness Together studio and visit FTGetsResults.com to get more information. “The positive impact of helping people lose weight, get in shape, lower their dependence on medications and live a more fulfilling life is the best motivator,” said Chris Boynton, Executive Director for the ADA, Eastern New England.



For more information on how to join Fitness Together’s type 2 diabetes study or to make a contribution to the ADA of Eastern New England, contact Maria McGlone at 508-414-1411.

Info on our Type 2 Diabetes Study & Program