We want to hear from you! Think you’re alone trying to learn how to incorporate physical activity every day? Guess what – thousands of King County employees are working with you to find effective and rewarding ways to improve or maintain their health. Read their stories here.  Thanks to Karen Morehead, Public Health - Seattle & King County for submitting the following article.
Walking My Way Back to Health - A Move More Success Story After having two back surgeries I struggled with my weight - I was a size 10 before back problems then after surgery went up to a size 14/16. Then a little over a year ago, after we started the Healthy Incentives program, I just decided I was tired of looking and feeling bad about my weight. So I did something about it. I started walking about 45 minutes a day at lunch and cut back on my junk food intake. I incorporated a couple of different types of diets: no carbs, lots of fruits and veggies, salads, non-fat dairy three times a day, chicken and protein, lots of water and no soda of any kind. For others, I would say that putting your mind to it and knowing you can do it really helps. Will power is the big thing – just say no to donuts and pastries. At the worksite, we got filtered water with our Healthy Workplace Funding Initiative money. That really helped me drink more water. I am now down to a size 6 and have kept it off for a year now.
Walker’s ResourcesWalking mapsRead some of our other Success Stories:Do you have a success story you’d like to share? Please email health.matters@kingcounty.gov or call 206-205-5017 to inspire others.
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