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If you've got a big gut and you start doing sit-ups, you are going to get bigger because you build up the muscle. You've got to get rid of that fat! How do you get rid of fat? By changing your diet.
Jack LaLanne
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Jack LaLanne
Age: 96 †
Born: 1914
Born: September 26
Died: 2011
Died: January 23
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I have spoken to a whole group of millionaires, head executives at Microsoft. Boy did I chew those guys out.
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