At the Third Annual Fit and Faithful Living Expo in Dallas, NFL and SMU Hall of Famer Eric Dickerson will share how he developed good fitness and nutritional habits after life as an NFL running back. The expo will be held on Saturday, September 13, 2014, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the Hughes-Trigg Student Center/Theater Room at Southern Methodist University, 3140 Dyer, Dallas, TX 75275.
Dickerson, from Sealy, Texas, played college football at SMU and then, in the NFL, for the Indianapolis Colts and the Los Angeles Rams. He was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 1999. Dickerson is inspired to continue working out and stay healthy by the words of his father, Kary Dickerson. “All that you do, do with your might, things done by halves are never done right,” Dickerson recited. “My father said this to me on a daily basis,” he added.
The Expo will also feature local success stories from people in the Dallas-Fort Worth area who have broken bad habits and improved their health or lost weight with the help of Fit and Faithful Living (FFL).
Local Success Stories include:
Melodie Calvert – Lost 70 pounds in less than a year, dropped her cholesterol medication and cut her high blood pressure medication in half. Melodie rides her bike to work seven miles every day and has completed several 5 and10K runs. “When I first joined the group, it was so encouraging to be around people who did not know me, but showed they cared about me,” said Calvert. “They taught me what was good for my body.”
Christina Davis – Went from size 20 to size 6 in less than a year. She attributes her success to the Fit and Faithful Living prayer-powered fitness meetings and Facebook-page community support. Christina works out every day with her 4-year-old daughter who has spina bifida. “It is great to know that I am not struggling alone,” said Christina Davis. “Fit and Faithful Living provided me knowledge, encouragement, and empowerment to change my lifestyle.”
Other Fit and Faithful Living Expo speakers include:
- DFW area radio personality Dr. Jill Waggoner, who will speak on the right way to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
- SUPA CrossFit Coach Charles Weaver, who will lead the audience in exercises that you can do at work.
- Marathon runner Jerome Merlau, who will detail how he lost over 200 pounds and sprinted into his new lifestyle.
A VIP reception will be held on Friday, September 12, 2014, where guests will get to meet keynote speaker Eric Dickerson.
Fit and Faithful Living was started by LaChanda Dupard as a way for people to combine a healthy lifestyle and faith-based living. FFL provides fitness events and workshops to help people fight obesity. Dupard started a fitness regimen and changed her unhealthy eating habits to decrease her medical-history health risks such as high blood pressure, lupus, arthritis and high cholesterol. Her husband Reggie Dupard, a retired NFL player, was able to reduce his blood pressure and cholesterol numbers after he got involved with the FFL program. “People get overwhelmed and don’t know how to start on the road to a healthy lifestyle,” LaChanda Dupard explained. “Through Fit and Faithful Living we support people as they learn to eat right and do right for overall health.”
For more information about the expo visit www.fitandfaithfulliving.org
