We define success as the will that our participants have to decide to make healthier choices and adapt healthy behavior changes in their lives. Patty Wheeler is a perfect example of this. She has had more physical challenges than the ordinary yet STILL has not given up the quest for health.
Patty has to deal with a few challenging medical conditions that have presented an obstacle to her desire to live a healthy life. She has been diagnosed with Spinal Stenosis and deals with Diabetes from day to day. However, Patty has not let these conditions impede her from knowing she can live a healthier life and with time, reap the benefits that come with it.
While others would easily have the desire quit, she does not let discouraging thoughts to permanently diminish her motivation. Patty realized that she feels better when she exercises and that it even helps to alleviate the pain associated with Spinal Stenosis. She enjoys doing the treadmill, bike and the elliptical machines at the gym. In fact, she had a recent positive experience at the gym. Once she had made up her mind to get her exercise goal in for the week even though she was in pain, she realized her back and legs stopped hurting while and after she exercised!
Patty appreciates the motivation she receives from The Apple Program® and how it meets her specific needs. She especially appreciates the reminders her personal Apple health coach will give her, her encouraging e-mails with hints and healthy recipes. Also, with Patty’s busy schedule, communicating to her coach via email has been a plus.
Another help along the way has been keeping a journal of what she eats everyday and the requirement the program has to track the progress of her goals weekly. It helps Patty to see the “big picture” of her goals and at the same time breaks it down to smaller goals that are realistic and achievable for her.
It’s the small changes that Patty has decided to make that will reap even greater results down the road. Overall, she has greater awareness about what she puts into her body and what she does with it. She reads more food labels, tries to take the stairs instead of the elevators, and is working on sticking to a diet designed for diabetics.
Some of patty’s long term goals are to lose weight, prevent back surgery and continue to just feel better!
“I love that it helps me to make goals where I can see the ‘big picture’ while at the same time allows me to break them down to smaller goals that are achievable and realistic.”
Patty has to deal with a few challenging medical conditions that have presented an obstacle to her desire to live a healthy life. She has been diagnosed with Spinal Stenosis and deals with Diabetes from day to day. However, Patty has not let these conditions impede her from knowing she can live a healthier life and with time, reap the benefits that come with it.
While others would easily have the desire quit, she does not let discouraging thoughts to permanently diminish her motivation. Patty realized that she feels better when she exercises and that it even helps to alleviate the pain associated with Spinal Stenosis. She enjoys doing the treadmill, bike and the elliptical machines at the gym. In fact, she had a recent positive experience at the gym. Once she had made up her mind to get her exercise goal in for the week even though she was in pain, she realized her back and legs stopped hurting while and after she exercised!
Patty appreciates the motivation she receives from The Apple Program® and how it meets her specific needs. She especially appreciates the reminders her personal Apple health coach will give her, her encouraging e-mails with hints and healthy recipes. Also, with Patty’s busy schedule, communicating to her coach via email has been a plus.
Another help along the way has been keeping a journal of what she eats everyday and the requirement the program has to track the progress of her goals weekly. It helps Patty to see the “big picture” of her goals and at the same time breaks it down to smaller goals that are realistic and achievable for her.
It’s the small changes that Patty has decided to make that will reap even greater results down the road. Overall, she has greater awareness about what she puts into her body and what she does with it. She reads more food labels, tries to take the stairs instead of the elevators, and is working on sticking to a diet designed for diabetics.
Some of patty’s long term goals are to lose weight, prevent back surgery and continue to just feel better!
“I love that it helps me to make goals where I can see the ‘big picture’ while at the same time allows me to break them down to smaller goals that are achievable and realistic.”
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