Aspirus | Aspire | Winter 2019

6 aspire Winter 2019 Diet, lifestyle tweaks lead to overall health improvement LOSINGWEIGHT and keeping it off is a challenge for a lot of people. One key to success: finding the right motivation. For Angela Zalesny, the decision to buckle down and lose weight came in August 2017, when she experienced some medical issues related to diabetes that resulted in tests on her heart. The tests came back issue-free, but Zalesny was still Angela Zalesny “I had to change my driver’s license photo so it would actually look like me.” —Angela Zalesny, who lost 82.3 pounds on the Aspirus Ideal Weight Solution program HEALTHYRECIPES Visit us online at aspirus.org/recipes to find healthy recipe ideas. concerned about the effect her diabetes was having on her overall health. ‘Ihavetodosomething’ Part of the problem for Zalesny was that she wasn’t very active. “I became a couch potato and didn’t do anything or want to do anything,” said the 68-year-old Rhinelander resident. “Both of my parents had diabetes, and my dad actually lost a leg because of it, so I finally woke up and said ‘I have to do something.’” At the urging of her cardiologist, IN YOUR FAVOR TIP THE SCALE German Larrain, MD, Zalesny decided to try the Aspirus Ideal Weight Solution program to help her shed some extra weight. Anidealanswer Offered through Aspirus Cardiology, Ideal Weight Solution focuses on eating a specified amount of proteins, fats and carbohydrates through food purchased at a grocery store and meal replacements purchased through the program. The approach promotes weight loss while minimizing muscle WEIGHT LOSS Changing lifestyles— and lives

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