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MEET ANTHONY
Anthony is the owner of 1060 Creative, an audio video company in Fort Mill, SC.

Follow him on: Twitter | Facebook | 1060 Creative

Why are you taking the Walk The Walk Challenge?
To motivate me to get off my butt and move around! That, and hopefully inspire others to do the same. Oh, and to crush Mike McBride.

What do you hope to get out of it?
A good, strong habit of taking long walks and the development of an exercise regimen. I understand that you have to make time to exercise, and I’m hoping that this challenge will show me that I have enough free time to do it.

What’s your strategy to win?
Channel my inner Frodo!

What’s your advice for people trying to get more active?
Find the time, or time will find you. How’s that for profundity?

Why should followers donate to NoFizzUSA and pledge to support you during the event?
Ever read the ingredients in a soda? Think that stuff is good for people? Of course it’s not. Ever seen the ingredients of a glass of water? Yeah…you’re feelin’ me. Support me in my walk, and you’ll help hydrate America. Trust me, this Bobby dude is nuts. Listen, and understand. Bobby DeMuro is out there. He can’t be bargained with. He can’t be reasoned with. He doesn’t feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And he absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are hydrated.

For more information on the Walk The Walk Challenge, click here.

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MEET LOGAN
Logan is the Public Relations and Marketing Director for Discovery Place, a Charlotte area non-profit museum and interactive experience.

Follow her on: Twitter | Discovery Place | Discovery Place on Twitter

Why are you taking the Walk The Walk Challenge?
I’ve been an active person all my life, but my job requires a lot of computer and desk work which means being stationary for a significant portion of my day. I make consistent efforts to take walks, walk through the museum where I work, and walk my dogs, but I really have no idea if all-in-all I am getting the needed amount of daily walking.

What do you hope to get out of it?
Coming from a soccer player background, I’m sort of competitive, so I want to see how my steps stack up in comparison to others! Really though, it will be an interesting experience for me. I used to run all the time before a chronic injury that has now had me out of running for a year – and without the running, I’ve gained 10 pounds in the past year. Like I said before, I just don’t know if I walk enough or how my steps compare to other people.

What’s your strategy to win?
Walk all the time! I feel like I have a little advantage in that I have 2 dogs who need to be walked, but this will definitely make me more conscious of taking the stairs, or maybe even taking the stairs twice if I can! And if I could run, I’d totally take this whole contest.

What’s your advice for people trying to get more active?
Just get out there and TRY something, anything. Recently I took a martial-arts style circuit class for the first time and I was absolutely scared to death beforehand. It turned out to be one of the most incredible workouts. Mix it up. Since my injury, I have learned it’s not all about running and burning calories, it’s about trying to be healthy and strong all over, and that can mean many different forms of excercise. You can work out and have fun, too!

Why should followers donate to NoFizzUSA and pledge to support you during the event?
I think the NoFizzUSA healthy-living message is a really important one not just for us as adults but for kids. Kids pick up so many habits that stay with them into adulthood (for me, it was sugar) and I think it’s important to get this message to them early in life.

For more information on the Walk The Walk Challenge, click here.

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MEET KATIE
Katie (engaged and soon to be Katie McKiever!) is representing the Friends of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library, a non-profit organization in Charlotte, NC.

Follow her on: Twitter | LinkedIn | CharMeck Library Friends

Why are you taking the Walk The Walk Challenge?
The term “Walk The Walk” means to practice what you preach and that’s why I’m taking this challenge. I stay active. I’m not just saying I do this, I live this and I want to see others live it, too!

What do you hope to get out of it?
I want to show others that taking the steps, literally and figuratively, to gain control of your fitness level and health takes nothing more than your own two feet.

What’s your strategy to win?
I am definitely pulling the wedding card. Not only am I participating in Walk the Walk, but I’m also doing the big WALK down the aisle to marry the greatest guy I know at the end of September. My good friend Polly the Pedometer will be my constant reminder to go for a stroll for a little stress relief during the wedding planning home stretch, or to go for that run on the greenway to feel good on my wedding day!

What’s your advice for people trying to get more active?
Find a friend and do it together. The buddy system works every time!

Why should followers donate to NoFizzUSA and pledge to support you during the event?
Followers should donate to support me in my Walk the Walk effort because not only is it an important cause, but a fun one that I back wholeheartedly. Also there are three of us going on our honeymoon: my fiance, me and Polly. Don’t you want to support Polly the Pedometer’s Mexican getaway and her run up the stairs of the Mayan ruins? I’m pretty sure I’m the only one to name my pedometer friend and to take her out of the country. After this, NoFizzUSA just might need to go global: NoFizzWorld!

For more information on the Walk The Walk Challenge, click here.

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MEET SCOTT
Scott is a Public Relations professional and owner of Media Emerging.

Follow him on: Twitter | Media Emerging

For more information on the Walk The Walk Challenge, click here.

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MEET BRIAN
Brian is the founder and executive producer of RadioExiles.com.

Follow him on: Twitter | Facebook | Radio Exiles

Why are you taking the Walk The Walk Challenge?
Trying to use this as motivation to make there be less of me by the end of September!

What do you hope to get out of it?
Come October 1st, I will be a mere shadow of my former self.

What’s your strategy to win?
Walk my dog alot, park far away from wherever I am going. Maybe even shake the pedometer when I’m sleeping… (kidding).

What’s your advice for people trying to get more active?
Just do it. There are no more excuses; the only way to legitimately lose weight and get healthy is to eat right and exercise. It’s time!

Why should followers donate to NoFizzUSA and pledge to support you during the event?
It’s a great cause, a unique challenge and you’ll be able to say you were in on the ground floor!

For more information on the Walk The Walk Challenge, click here.