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California Teammate Felipe Sandoval
Makes Lifestyle Changes after Health Scare

A life-threatening scare and month- loss he has sustained so far has come
long stay in the hospital made Felipe just from changing his diet. “I watch
Sandoval, Care Team Member 2, HCP what I eat now—I am counting my
Monrovia, turn his life and health carbs and sugars,” he said. He also
around. avoids any drinks with sugar and now
drinks water and unsweetened tea. His
In December 2017, Felipe ended up in target weight is 230.
the hospital because of alarmingly
high triglycerides; he was suffering “I feel so much better; I feel more en-
from necreatitis pancreatitis, and he ergy, my sleep apnea is gone, and I am
went through cardiac arrest. At the on no medications,” he said.
time, he weighed 365 pounds.
Felipe Sandoval, before and after. Felipe also plans to start incorporating
“I had a poor diet; I ate a lot of fast regular exercise into his lifestyle
food, drank soda—things you shouldn’t have much of,” Fe- changes. He has noticed that when he and his wife dance,
lipe said. “I wasn’t making the right choices.” he loses one or two pounds in a week. They have a two-
year-old son, and Felipe wants to be healthy and be
He thankfully recovered from being in the hospital, and around for his family.
made a vow to himself. “I decided I was never going to put
myself or my family in this situation again. I felt guilty. It Looking back, Felipe realizes he had to reach the point
was selfish of me not to think of others.” where he wanted to change. “My wife had tried to tell me
to take better care of my health,” he said. “You have to
Felipe, who turned 30 in January, now weighs 271 pounds, want that change. Now I do. I am sticking with it, and hav-
and he is determined to keep losing weight. The weight ing self-control.”

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