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The all-pizza diet: The American Paradox?
Matt McClellan, 33, owner of Tour de Pizza in North St. Petersburg, had an epiphany just over a month ago. He was at his local gyms (Gold’s Gym, Lifestyle Family Fitness and SNAP Fitness) handing out samples of his pizza for customer appreciation nights and was told by gym goers that he was crazy to hand pizza out to people trying to lose weight and/or get fit.

“What is this guy thinking,” they would say as they walked out the door. Even though he wasn’t exactly surprised at their reactions, he was still a little disheartened. Being the entrepreneur Matt is, he decided to put his pizza where his mouth was, literally. So for the next 30 days, Matt would eat only pizza (85 percent of his own pizza and the rest at local places like Bella Brava and Little Italy) for breakfast, lunch and dinner to see if he could lose weight and what the nutritional benefits, negative or positive, would be.

He stuck to his same workout routine of 1 hour a day, 5 days a week, either by running or working out at the gym. All the while, having the results tracked by St. Petersburg nutritional experts C.J. Jackson and Andrea Preisler Crouch and keeping a daily log.

“I’m just dumbfounded by the results,” Matt stated. “I was not expecting the kind of results that I got, and neither were the nutritionists,” he added.

Thirty days later the results are in: He has lost a significant amount of weight and has lowered both his cholesterol and blood pressure. Want to find out more? Then join Matt as he reveals the results of his ‘Tour de Pizza’ Miracle Pizza Diet at Tour de Pizza (212 37th Ave. N, St. Petersburg, 727-898-5555 ) on Friday, from 5:30 p.m. to close for free pizza and drinks. Um, and diet advice.

Posted by Laura Reiley at 05:21:39 PM on August 19, 2009​

Missing kindergartner found in 1st grade
The Associated Press
VAN BUREN — A 5-year-old Van Buren kindergarten student who disappeared on the first day of classes was found safe in a first-grade classroom.

Police say Dakota Collins made a friend on the playground at Parkview Elementary School and followed the friend into class. Lt. Stephen Staggs says the boy put on the name tag of a boy who was absent and the teacher didn’t realize who he was.

Collins’ kindergarten teacher noticed him missing during roll call. Other teachers had seen him both during breakfast and on the playground.

As police went from classroom to classroom showing the boy’s photo, the first-grade teacher said she had a boy in class who looked just like the boy in the picture.

Staggs says the boy started crying and said he just wanted to be in class with his friend.​