You can call Dee Hakala fat. Just don’t call her unfit. It’s that misconception that gets her ire. To Hakala, the stereotype of “fat person as lazy person” is plain untrue and unfair. “Activity and exercise saved my life,” said Hakala, 52, of Aurora. She took this message to others when she started her New Face of Fitness program in the 1990s. This month, she is once again ready to get women …

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She calls herself fit, not fat