Rick and Stacy Blackburn with Washington County have an inspiring story of success as they have worked hard together with the support of their Apple Health Coach® and The Apple Program®.
After joining The Apple Program, Rick and Stacy decided to work as a team in order to accomplish their health goals. Although each of them knew they wanted to get healthier and make changes for themselves, there was something even more inspiring that compelled them to take action. Stacy’s sister needed a kidney transplant and Stacy wanted to be the donor. Due to her body mass index and cigarette usage, she wasn’t eligible to be the donor until she lost weight and quit smoking. The Blackburn’s decided that it was time for change.
Rick knew it would be difficult for Stacy to quit using tobacco on her own while he continued so he decided to quit with her. Rick is now tobacco (chew) free and Stacy went from a pack a day to now being cigarette free.
Additionally Rick and Stacy have been working on their nutrition habits. They reminded each other not to snack, especially late at night, and plan their meals together based on healthy eating options. They have been eating a lot of fruits and vegetables and they prepare healthy dishes that focus on lean protein like chicken and fish. Stacy admits that it took a while to convince her husband that he could live without meat and potatoes diet but she can proudly say that they are doing it now. She’s converted him to salad with chicken and a number of additional colored vegetables.
Stacy’s determination to lose weight so that she could donate her kidney to her sister motivated her to work out on her treadmill. Stacy would exercise four to five days per week to push herself. As a result of her efforts Stacy has lost over 50 pounds in less than a year and a half! This in turn has brought down her BMI and her sister’s doctor has now approved her as the kidney donor for her sister. The operation went great and her sister’s body took the kidney and is doing well. Stacy is doing even better.
According to Stacy, “The Apple Program played a huge role in our success – the morale support, the recipes, and being directed in the right areas was so helpful. I don’t think that we could have done it without our coach and the program in general.”
Rick said that “Having constant reminders from my coach helped me remember to stay on track. Our coach gave us the support that we needed to put us in the right direction to reach our goals.”
After joining The Apple Program, Rick and Stacy decided to work as a team in order to accomplish their health goals. Although each of them knew they wanted to get healthier and make changes for themselves, there was something even more inspiring that compelled them to take action. Stacy’s sister needed a kidney transplant and Stacy wanted to be the donor. Due to her body mass index and cigarette usage, she wasn’t eligible to be the donor until she lost weight and quit smoking. The Blackburn’s decided that it was time for change.
Rick knew it would be difficult for Stacy to quit using tobacco on her own while he continued so he decided to quit with her. Rick is now tobacco (chew) free and Stacy went from a pack a day to now being cigarette free.
Additionally Rick and Stacy have been working on their nutrition habits. They reminded each other not to snack, especially late at night, and plan their meals together based on healthy eating options. They have been eating a lot of fruits and vegetables and they prepare healthy dishes that focus on lean protein like chicken and fish. Stacy admits that it took a while to convince her husband that he could live without meat and potatoes diet but she can proudly say that they are doing it now. She’s converted him to salad with chicken and a number of additional colored vegetables.
Stacy’s determination to lose weight so that she could donate her kidney to her sister motivated her to work out on her treadmill. Stacy would exercise four to five days per week to push herself. As a result of her efforts Stacy has lost over 50 pounds in less than a year and a half! This in turn has brought down her BMI and her sister’s doctor has now approved her as the kidney donor for her sister. The operation went great and her sister’s body took the kidney and is doing well. Stacy is doing even better.
According to Stacy, “The Apple Program played a huge role in our success – the morale support, the recipes, and being directed in the right areas was so helpful. I don’t think that we could have done it without our coach and the program in general.”
Rick said that “Having constant reminders from my coach helped me remember to stay on track. Our coach gave us the support that we needed to put us in the right direction to reach our goals.”
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