The American Idol ‘teddy bear’ Ruben Studdard gave up his soul food/fast food diet in favor of vegetarian fare and lost over 100 pounds. Now he is urging his home state of Alabama to get thin to. Ruben is participating in some sort of state wide diet thing where everyone is encouraged to lose 10 pounds each. Why? Who knows why people in Alabama do the things they do. Feel free to insert your own Alabama joke in the place of my zinger. CLICK HERE to read the real story.

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