Serve Magazine from Concordia Plan Services Winter 2017 | Page 10

One Life-Changing Call
Following is a real story from a member of the Concordia Health Plan who has engaged with the Concordia Total Health Team
on her weight loss journey. Her name has been removed to protect her privacy.
I
have had trouble with my eating
habits most of my life. As a child, I
was a very picky eater and did not
develop healthy exercise and eating
habits. In my early 20s, I started gaining
weight and tried various diets with very
few long-term successes.
One of the busiest times in my life
was when my husband returned to
Concordia Seminary to further his
education and I went to work full-time
for the first time in 11 years, teaching
at a Lutheran school. Our children
were 12, 9 and 3 at the time. I was very
busy and carried a lot of stress with
me. I didn’t plan what I would eat and
often ended up going out for fast food
because of my busy schedule and lack
of desire to co