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Introduction Text Hi! I was on SparkPeople.com about 9 years ago, but became a little discouraged and very sidetracked. 6 1/2 years ago, when my doctor advised me that my heart attack risk was high, I decided, "That's it." It's time to do something now." At first, I tried to do it on my own but felt I needed the accountability of tracking my food and exercise to ensure I was doing enough. Since then, it has taken off. I have two friends (a married couple) who "reintroduced" me to SparkPeople.com and gave me some pointers on how to use it. It's going very well now. I have been "at goal" for 3 years now. Unfortunately, I did inherit my dad's heart problems, and I will be having heart surgery in two weeks. Since I lost so much weight, that prevented me from having blocked arteries. I'm happy to say I don't need bypasses. I'm having the aortic valve replaced. The surgery won't be as invasive as it might have been otherwise. It was discouraging, at first, to find out I still have heart problems, but they are genetic and not the result of my previous unhealthy lifestyle of eating and being so sedentary.

My goals are to keep my BMI in a healthier range and keep my blood levels and blood pressure in the normal range.

I am still tracking my food and exercise here on Spark People. I am eating less, but healthier, food now. Also, I am keeping my blood pressure, sugar, cholesterol, and triglycerides well within the normal range.

I am married, a mom, a pastor's wife, a substitute teacher. I love to read, listen to, and play, music, scrapbooking, and genealogy. I also had an aortic valve replaced (via open-heart surgery) a year ago.

I am also a member and committee chair (America 250!) in the Daughters of the American Revolution.

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