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Jean Cooley’s Vitality Journey Changes Her Attitude

from ‘Can’t’ to ‘Let’s Try It’

Jean Cooley’s life has changed quite With the Vitality program, Cooley
dramatically in the last three years. is about 3,200 points away from
At that point, her doctor told her Platinum status, which she
she had to do something about her reached last year and plans to this
health. Her cholesterol was in the year as well. She recently used
200s and she weighed more than some of her points to purchase a
300 pounds. Nikon 35 mm camera.

So far, she has lost 70 pounds and She feels her outlook on life is to-
dropped six clothing sizes. She is tally different now. “Before, I was-
participating in the Health Manage- n’t able to participate in a lot of
ment Resources (HMR) medically functions; I wanted to sit. I would
supervised weight management get depressed and reach for food,”
program offered at a discount to she said. “Now my outlook is, ‘I am
employees at the HCP Torrance going to be able to accomplish
Specialty location, and she signed Jean Cooley before, left, and so far, at right. She has this.’”
lost 70 pounds so far and is still on the HMR program.
up for the Vitality program when it She plans to continue until she reaches her goal within
was first offered at HCP. Already at the next six to eight months. Although she noted that the desire
the gold status in Vitality this year, Cooley, Recruitment Co- for change has to come from within, team support is also
ordinator, feels like a different person. “It’s just making my very important when making life changes. “Ultimately, you
life a lot easier, now that I’ve lost a lot of the weight,” she have to want it for you,” she said. “When my husband first
said. Her goal is to continue to lose more weight, and to in- asked me why I was doing this, I said it was for me, that I
crease her activity level. wanted to get healthier.”

She initially loved the learning tools Vitality offered and took His support has gone a long way. This past Valentine’s Day,
courses on sleeping, eating healthy, as well as a course on he did not give her chocolates or a dinner out, but rather a
how to remain positive, which really helped her. When she gift card to go shopping for new clothes, since the weekend
first added physical activity to her lifestyle, she could do at before, she had cleaned out her closet and so many of the
most 1,000 steps in a day. Now she does at least 5,000 steps clothes were too big on her.
a day. “Before, I was watching TV a lot; now I’m more ac-
tive,” Cooley said. One of the biggest recent eye-openers for Cooley was over
Thanksgiving when she visited her father in law in Virginia
Her cholesterol is now under control, and, as a bonus, her City. “In the past, I had to ride my cart to get around,” she re-
husband is about halfway to healthy eating. Cooley is cur- called. “This time, I needed to get my steps in, so I walked.
rently on the HMR program for all of her nutritional needs. Before, I would not have been able to do that.”

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For more information about Vitality, visit www.powerofvitality.com. Contact Janet Galli for further program information.