Source: the Lee Memorial Health System Healthy News Letter (January 2012)
Marie Straitz will tell you that she struggled with weight most of her life. She did not eat a healthy diet, never made time for exercise, worked stressful jobs, and knew that
heart disease ran in her family. She also will tell you that cardiac events changed her
life forever……
……The cardiac rehabilitation provided the education and guidance Marie needed
to manage stress, make exercise a priority and adjust her diet. She also began a
nutrition program that includes a health coach to keep her on track.
“These cardiac events made me sit up and pay attention,” Marie says. “I received
great care and motivation to make the changes I needed to save my life. The staff at
cardiac rehabilitation was amazing—they were compassionate and kind, and it was
clear that working in cardiac rehab is much more than a job for each of them. Now,
with me doing my part—with exercise, diet and stress management—I have lost
more than 70 pounds.”
Marie, now 59 years old, has even taken a new career path—she is a health coach.
Dr. Petryk’s Thoughts: Does anyone know how she did it? She learned the Habits of Health and joined the Take Shape for Life Program… and now she is not only living a new, healthier lifestyle, but she decided to become a Health Coach herself.
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