Freda McCroskey

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I wanted to join the Get Fit Program, to get healthy and like myself again. I am a wife of 38 years and the mother of two grown children, a grandmother of one granddaughter and other grandchild on the way. I want to be able to enjoy and have fun with my family, and sometimes I just don't feel like doing anything.

I have been an employee of the OHIO VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER for close to 30 years. and 5 years ago Mary Velez with the Wellness program at work helped me with the quit smoking program. Not long after I quit smoking I had several changes take place in my life and determind not to go back to smoking I started putting on weight.Do to surgeries that I had,I was not active and then with the added stress of my husband becoming disabled I found myself at the most I have every weighed. And along with the weight comes the health problems. So I called on Mary once again to ask for her help, if there was a program that the hopsital had to help with excerise and losing weight, Mary ask if I would lilke to be part of the Get Fit on WTOV 9, I told her I didn't like the idea of TV, but I really wanted to do something about my health. So here I am.

I meant with my trainer Katie on Jan 29th. and we got started. Katie is very nice and seems to know with my health problems when she can push a little and when she needs to back off. But with her guiding and my hard work we did ok the first two weeks. The first week I lost 3 pounds and the second week I lost 4. Katie and I set my goal at 2 pounds a week. So off to a good start and then I went away for the week-end to a party, and it was really hard to pass up all the good things. I was to weigh in today, but I am home with the flu, so I have to wait and see how I did.

I know I have the support and love of my family and friends, and I know that's important. I hope that I can reach my goal over the next twelve month, and start feeling good again.