Exercise with your dogBy David Quick (Contact)
The Post and Courier
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Forget the disappointing diets, costly health clubs and pricey personal trainers. Patti Lawson discovered a simpler solution. She got a dog. By walking with her dog Sadie twice a day, Lawson lost 30 pounds (and kept it off), started eating healthier and got off the roller coaster ride of fitness that millions of Americans struggle with on a daily basis. The government lawyer who lives in the other Charleston, the one in West Virginia, chronicled her experience in a book published in 2006 titled, 'The Dog Diet: What My Dog Taught Me About Shedding Pounds, Licking Stress and Getting A New Leash on Life.' It won her the Dog Writers Association of America's Maxwell Award for humor book of the year in 2007, an appearance at the banquet prior to the Westminster Dog Show in New York City that year, and made her advocate for novel niche — getting people to exercise with their dogs — in media and in appearances throughout the country. Read more in Monday's Your Health section in The Post and Courier. |
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