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Touching his Toes - something he hasn't been able to do for years - Alderman Joseph Piccininni shows what a 68-day crash dieting and exercise program (...)
Touching his Toes - something he hasn't been able to do for years - Alderman Joseph Piccininni shows what a 68-day crash dieting and exercise program (...)

Touching his Toes - something he hasn't been able to do for years - Alderman Joseph Piccininni shows what a 68-day crash dieting and exercise program (...)

Date1/10/1971
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  • Touching his Toes - something he hasn't been able to do for years - Alderman Joseph Piccininni shows what a 68-day crash dieting and exercise program (...)
  • Touching his Toes - something he hasn't been able to do for years - Alderman Joseph Piccininni shows what a 68-day crash dieting and exercise program did for him. At the start, he weighed 348 pounds, and couldn't bend over to even try to touch his toes. At the end of two weeks he could do it 25 times easily.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Touching his Toes - something he hasn't been able to do for years - Alderman Joseph Piccininni shows what a 68-day crash dieting and exercise program did for him. At the start, he weighed 348 pounds, and couldn't bend over to even try to touch his toes. At the end of two weeks he could do it 25 times easily.
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    There is a slight Gap between Alderman Joseph Piccininni and his trousers after losing 60 pounds on a crash diet program he went through at St. Michae(...)
    Geo, Mario
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    Lennon, Frank
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    Self-confessed Big-Eater Alderman Joseph Piccininni leans back and surveys the situation in his City Hall office - and admits he has lost the battle o(...)
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    Philp, Barry
    7/7/1964
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