pounds. i was playing with my friends, if they were running, i couldn t keep up. you want some tomato basel? yes. reporter: so her mom decided to take matters into her own hands and designed an exercise routine for her daughter. the entire family began walking a four-mile trail near their home. before long, breanna lost 37 pounds. along with a healthy diet that limits fat to 20 grams a day, she began hitting the treadmill for an hour and 15 minutes every day. she began playing basketball and joined the swim team. she inspires me on a daily basis. she is an inspiration to the world and all children who are having weight issues across america that you can do it with a pair of tennis shoes and motivation. it totally changed the course of her whole life. reporter: and wait till you see breanna now. are you ready to come out? [ applause ]
kirk, good to see you. thanks for having me back. we hear that exercise is a stress buster. but folk will khalid al-sayah, i am too busy. does it really help? it really does. this time of year because we are so busy and so stressed, we have to adjust our schedules to get exercise in. if you are 45-minute, 60-minute exercise routine, 15 to 20 minutes will be enough to reduce stress and get your day going. shannon: it s worth the investment. definitely worg the investment. from halloween, all the way through the year, there is food everywhere, in the office, at home. how do you manage and remind yourself to take good choices? we have to be intentional. so if we know holiday parties are coming up, or obviously, thanksgiving jousts passed and christmas, we have to be intention walour schedule and planning ahead. it is important to be integzal and to be balanced in your life, not just the physical side of things, but trying to stay
causing quite a flap in his neighborhood over his 50 pet pigeons. they re not just any birds. they are certified racing pigeons which this bosnian native houses in his garage. the problem, the birds exercise routine, a daily flyover when they, you know, do their business, which several neighbors say is causing a health hazard. neighborhood meetings are set to discuss the fate of these fowl. it s time now for an early look at some of the stories we ll follow throughout the day here on nbc. instead of shopping, many new yorkers will donate their time on black friday to helping out the victims of hurricane sandy. united way of new york city will provide 1,000 thanksgiving turkey dinners for residents of coney island. also on msnbc today, the first lady will be presented with the official white house christmas tree. it s going to be displayed throughout the holiday season in the blue room of the executive mansion. this year the 19-foot fraser fir comes from peak farms in ashe
yeah. then nearly two minutes pass, with nothing happening. our camera operator walked in between exercise cages waiting for the session to begin. finally our crew was informed it wouldn t start until they left. when our crew went back indoors, they learned that kern valley s dominant hispanic gang controlled the exercise session. because all their practices are shrouded in secrecy, they would not work out in front of our cameras. but they can t avoid prison surveillance cameras. notice right now you have what they call a cadence calling which is an exercise routine. there s a certain group of inmates that initiate it. and, therefore, the race have to follow as long as they show respect. everything in prison is about respect. we found another example of an inmate bridging the racial
controlled the exercise session. because all their practices are shrouded in secrecy, they would not work out in front of our cameras. but they can t avoid prison surveillance cameras. notice right now you have what they call a cadence calling. it s an exercise routine, there s a certain group of inmates that initiate it. and, therefore, the race have to follow as long as they show respect. everything in prison is about respect. we found another example of an inmate bridging the racial divide. when we ran into dillon dunn at work in kern valley s kitchen. how unusual are you here? in this prison i m the only one. the only what? the only white krip. when we met dillon dunne i think the whole crew was very surprised to find out he was a crip. a white guy as a crip.