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Community HealtH Jean Janelle enjoys walking the half-mile trail around the Parrish Health & Fitness Center since she has lost weight and is healthier. New food View J 52 So much of this Italian’s life used to revolve around mealtime. Now, her healthy lifestyle includes eating in moderation and exercising ean Janelle is Italian. And for more than 70 years, her diet consisted of lots of pasta, warm bread, cheeses, gelato and whatever else her little heart desired. “My mom cooked the Italian way,” Janelle recalls. “We ate and ate and—‘Oh, here, have some more!’ No one was conscious about losing weight and going to the gym like they are today.” But her heaping habits began to catch up with her. When Janelle got married in 1963, she weighed 98 pounds. After her second pregnancy, she began to pack on the weight; and for the first time in her life, she struggled to lose weight. “My weight was a problem from then on,” she says. “I was 189 [pounds] at my heaviest, and I am just barely 5 feet tall. That’s too much weight for this little skeleton inside me.” Then in her late 60s, Janelle began taking medications for type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. Bigger WardroBe or Better LifestyLe The 73-year-old remembers the conversation that changed her life. “I told my husband that my clothes were shrinking,” she says. “So when he said we’d go out tomorrow and get a bigger size, I was happy. Problem solved. I went to bed thinking that the next day was going to be terrific. Who doesn’t love new clothes?” But the next morning Janelle had an epiphany. Instead of purchasing a whole new wardrobe to accommodate her expanding waistline, she made the harder decision: She chose to love herself enough to change her lifestyle. Vim & Vigor • FALL 2 012

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Vim & Vigor - Fall 2012 - Parrish Medical Center

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2012 - Parrish Medical Center
Contents
Tasty Tips
Opening Thoughts
Community Calendar
Cardiopulmonary Connection
PMC Nurses Honored During National Nurses Week
30 Days to Better Sleep
I Can’t Ask My Doctor That!
He Said, She Said
Hold On to Your Health
STILL A SCREENING STAR
Your Joints: An Owner’s Manual
Weighing Your Options
No Greater Gift
Weather Alert
Virtual Health
Inherent Beauty
Ask and You Shall Receive
Community Health
Foundation Focus
Ask the Expert

Vim & Vigor - Fall 2012 - Parrish Medical Center