THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, January 21, 1996               TAG: 9601240099
SECTION: REAL LIFE                PAGE: K1   EDITION: FINAL 
SERIES: FITNESS QUEST
        The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star asked for volunteers to join a
        six-month weight-loss and fitness program. 
        
SOURCE: BY DEBRA GORDON, STAFF WRITER
                                             LENGTH: Short :   34 lines

THE FINAL WEIGH-IN IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS SINCE OUR FITNESS QUEST PARTICIPANTS VOWED TO CHANGE THEIR EATING AND EXERCISE HABITS IN FRONT OF 240,000 READERS. HOW FAR HAVE THEY COME? SUCCESS HAS VARIED, BUT THEY'RE ALL WINNERS.

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TAMARA VONINSKI/File

No, Dawne Brooks isn't THIS skinny. It's a computer-generated

effect. But she did manage to shed 34 pounds - more than any other

Fitness Quest participant.

Photo

MARTIN SMITH-RODDEN/The Virginian-Pilot

Carolyn Sawyer smiles at daughter Olivia after doing situps. David

Swain tracks Sawyer's progress.

by CNB