Fitness Instructor Offers Residents New Year's GIFT
Hillsborough County provides free fitness program for groups and businesses
She was a heart attack waiting to happen. Theresa Brown weighed 187 pounds and her cholesterol level was over 200, twice the normal level. One sister had already died from heart disease and both of her parents died of complications from obesity. At age 55, Brown knew her time was coming if she didn't change her lifestyle fast. "I was in a bad spot, and I knew it," said Brown. So she embarked on a regimen of healthy eating and exercise. Today, she exercises daily, eats an all-natural diet and weighs 141 pounds. Her cholesterol is back to normal and she said she feels better than she's felt in years. And now she shares her GIFT with the community through a free Hillsborough County Health Department program offered to groups, families and …
Lynn Nankervis
9:36 am on Thursday, January 6, 2011
Great story, D'Ann. more ›