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Vitality Helps to Inspire Lifestyle Changes for Eliza Composibo’s Entire Family

Participating in the Vitality wellness husband bikes about four times a week
program has positively impacted with a team called the Integrity Riderz.
not only Eliza Composibo, but her
entire family. A HCP employee for Her own personal results show. She has
15 years this coming November, lost more than eight pounds so far and has
Composibo, Medical Receptionist, dropped from a size 9 to a 5 or 6. “On Mon-
HCP Willow, has recently witnessed days I used to feel so lazy. Now I wake up
the benefits of the program smiling, I feel so great,” Composibo said.
through her husband Christian’s
journey to better health. She also noticed another change in how
she feels. Before starting Zumba, she
In July, just before going on vaca- used to get a lot of headaches. These
tion, Composibo encouraged her have stopped. “After lunch, I used to feel
husband to get a physical. The doc- so grouchy. Now the blood is flowing
tor determined that he was border- better, and I feel great,” she said.
line diabetic, but that they could try
to improve his readings through a A Platinum member of Vitality, she,
change in diet rather than begin- along with her family, enjoys the perks
ning medication. This sparked a of the program as well, including a stay
change in diet for the whole family. this summer at the Hyatt in Disneyland,
California.
“Even though we love white rice,
we cut it out of our diet,” Com- Of course it’s nice to hear compliments as
posibo said, adding that she now she loses weight, but the real satisfaction
bakes, broils or grills fish for most comes from knowing she is doing her best
meals, and she has added plenty of to encourage a healthy lifestyle for her
vegetables to the family’s meals. In whole family. “My husband’s grandpa on
two months, her husband has lost his mom’s
15 pounds, and she continues to side of the
Eliza Composibo and her husband have both
check his blood sugar levels twice a lost weight through a healthier diet along with family died
day. Recently she added her hus- increased exercise. of diabetes,
band and children as Vitality members. and there is a history of cancer
on my side of the family,” Com-
Although she joined Vitality a couple of years ago, she has posibo said. “By eating as
recently added a greater amount of physical activity to her healthy as we can and exercis-
daily lifestyle. She started Zumba in July and does it about ing, we are making a change in
five days a week, and her 10-year-old daughter joins her our lives for the better.”
when she can; if she can’t, she runs in the backyard to get
exercise. Not surprisingly, her three-year-old is active The Composibo family enjoyed a
enough, and Composibo wants to keep it that way. Her stay at the Hyatt in Anaheim this
summer through Vitality points.

All information in the Vitality program is HIPAA protected. Members have chosen to share their personal health accomplishments.
For more information about Vitality, visit www.powerofvitality.com. Contact Janet Galli for further program information.