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Gregory Riddle Discovers Newfound Energy by Getting Active with Vitality

For Gregory Riddle, Business Analyst 2, HCP Pacific Gateway, tality Platinum member who has already maxed out on his
the impetus for becoming more active and losing weight fitness points for this year. “I had been overweight since the
boiled down to one thing: self-realization. “I was tired of end of high school, 18 years.”
waking up and not having energy,” Riddle recalled.
He currently reaches 10,000 steps per day with his FitBit at
He had joined the Vitality wellness program in 2011, but least five days per week. He is noticing he has more energy
started actually using it and getting more active last year. Al- to do things with his two children, including coaching his
though he has been playing hockey twice a week for a long older daughter’s volleyball team. “I feel totally different; I
time, this simply was not have the motivation to
enough exercise for him. “I keep going,” Riddle said.
had reached the highest “Vitality gives you the
weight I had ever had in my framework to let you suc-
life,” Riddle said. “I was eat- ceed.”
ing horribly and not getting
enough exercise.” When he first started walk-
ing, Riddle would get tired
After taking a few Vitality after three to four miles.
healthy eating courses, Rid- Now he has slowly started
dle began to increase his in- adding a little bit of jogging
take of fruits and vegetables or running to his routine. “I
while cutting out fast food. definitely have a lot more
He also started walking five energy. It’s amazing what it
to eight miles a day, includ- can do for you,” Riddle
ing 30 minutes during lunch. said.
In a weight loss challenge
sponsored by CSD from Feb- Gregory Riddle, at left, before losing weight, and at right, with his family. A picture on his fridge at
ruary to May of this year, Riddle lost 41 pounds. Before this, home from his previous weight is a little reminder to him of
since becoming active with Vitality, he had lost 25 pounds— how far he has come. But his most powerful reminder is
for a total of about 65 pounds lost to date. right inside of him. “I’m the goalie on my hockey team, and I
used to get tired from going up and down the ice,” Riddle
“I still want to lose about 25 more pounds,” said Riddle, a Vi- said. “Now I can go through a whole game with no problem.”

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