Celebrating King County Health Heroes

 


Steve Witkowski and Jim Pitts
DNRP, Wastewater Treatment
Renton

“You need to be able to do it with someone else to keep you going and for inspiration” - Jim Pitts






Jim Pitts and Steve Witkowski work together at the South Point Wastewater Treatment plant. The impetus for Steve to improve his health came after taking the wellness assessment.

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So far Steve has lost 53 pounds, lowered his cholesterol from 300 to 163 and his blood pressure from 145/181 to 116/71. His success caused Jim Pitts to nominate Steve as a Health Hero, and because it inspired Jim to make improvements of his own.

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For both men, a pedometer has been a key tool for moving more.  Both use the pedometers they got during Public Health Week.

Steve’s advice to others striving to improve their health is to take small steps.  A train commuter, he took small steps throughout the spring to be able to ride his bike all of the way home.  First he got off one stop before home, then two stops before home until he was able to ride all of the way home.

For Jim, the key was doing it with someone else.  “You need to be able to do it with someone else to keep you going and for inspiration.”