Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Wavelink Employee Takes Action
Name: Mark Price
Company: Wavelink
Aprx. Start Date of Wellness Program: Oct 2010
What motivated you to make changes?
When our wellness started my weight was 175 and my blood pressure was 121/80. I had also had my cholesterol checked before and the good cholesterol was 27, which is low! Although I really wasn't overly concerned with losing weight, I wanted to lower my blood pressure below the current boarderline numbers. Fortunately my wife signed on to excercising and has been a great support. We enjoy going to the gym together to do our different workouts.
What changes physically/mentally/emotionally have you noticed?
Physically I began losing weight. I lost 20 pounds the first year I was on wellness and then plateaued around 155. Mentally, I enjoyed my new "hobby" of going to the gym each Saturday morning to work out. I felt better about my health because my blood pressure dropped to 115/75. Emotionally, I enjoyed feeling that something right was going on in my life. There's so many things outside of my control, but I could take care of my health.
What are you doing for your exercise and diet program?
After having plateaued at 155 for months our Wavelink health trainer suggested I log what I eat and my excercise on loseit.com. It's a free site that has lots of known foods, their calories, and other nutrients. At first it was tough to remember everything I ate that day so I began recording the meals and snacks after eating them. It graphed the calories, my weight, protein intake and other helpful information for me. I've used it for the last 3 months and have lost 5 pounds while eating more of a balanced plate than I have before.
How did the wellness program help you?
The wellness program educated me on what I needed to do to stay fit. The health coaches also gave me helpful information such as loseit.com that also taught me more about foods calories and nutrition. I feel better because exercising weekly has helped me sleep so much better and reduce stress.
Although I don't eat as much as I used to I still enjoy eating anything, as long as the portions are reasonable.
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