FitSmart: Making weight loss last a lifetime
"At 223 pounds, my doctor said I was obese. But I wasn't ready to make a change at that time," said
Tiki Brakopoulos. "Then one day I went shopping with my sister and realized that the store we had shopped in for years didn't carry my size," she says. "With that, I decided it was time for a change, and my cousin recommended FitSmart at Virtua Health."
Brakopoulos met with FitSmart managers Chris Arroliga, RN, and Lynne Nugent, RD, as well as fitness specialist Kristen Prysbylski.
"FitSmart isn't a diet — it's a whole new way of life," says Nugent. Working with a team of registered dietitians, fitness specialists and registered nurses, participants learn to make necessary modifications for a lifetime of healthier living.
Brakopoulos is amazed at how FitSmart has changed her life: "I'm 60 pounds lighter. My knees don't hurt. And, I can shop in my favorite store again."
But, the best part was her doctor's reaction to her weight loss. "I went for a check up and he asked what I did with the other half of me," says Brakopoulos.
For more information about FitSmart, call 1-888-Virtua-3.