The Greater Fall River Fitness Challenge now has its own Official Sandwich! Thanks to the collaboration between Chef Jessica Williams, DTR, of Creating Healty Solutions in Swansea and Dunny's Deli owner Chris Donovan, a new menu will be appearing at the restaurant to make it easier for Challenge participants to drop the pounds. Williams teaches that foods loaded with carbohydrates — like bread, potatoes, rice and baked goods or sweets of any kind — are chiefly responsible for weight gain and suggested some menu items at the new restaurants that would give people some better choices when they eat away from home. "We are starting with some items like our lettuce wrap turkey-bacon sandwich," says Head Cook Cory Platt, "but we'll be adding some vegetarian salads and other options as time goes on." Williams will be offering some low-carb cooking classes along with weekly nutrition sessions that will be running each Saturday at 10:00 a.m. after the Challenges. The Challenge offers low cost opportunities for those who live, work or attend school in the Greater Fall River Area. Registration is open through the end of January. Click here for a description of the Challenge menu items. Click here for the Herald News article. Click here for photos of one of last year's events where Chef Jess offered some healthy snacks to Challenge participants. Call Annemarie at 508-679-0922 for more information or go to www.FallRiverFitnessChallenge.com. (Photos courtesy of Annemarie Holly)

(Top row) Chef Jessica Williams of Creating Healty Solutions in Swansea works with Dunny's Deli Head Cook Cory Platt to put together a turkey-bacon lettuce wrap. (Row two) Greater Fall River Fitness Challenge Coordinator Annemarie Holly poses for a photo with Jess and Cory before Partners Executive Director Dave Weed, who follows a low-carb lifestyle, samples one of the wraps. (Row three) Chef Jess works on additional menu items with Cory that they will be offering in the coming weeks. (Bottom row) Dunny's Deli and Saloon are located at 13 North Main Street just a block north of Government Center and a two-block walk to the Veterans Memorial on Bank Street where most of the Challenge events and the nutrition and cooking classes are held.