Background

As a young child, I was extremely overweight and had severe asthma. As a result of the asthma, I was always sick and I could never participate in sports and with my added weight I had very low self-esteem. These problems have followed me into adulthood, and though I lost and gained the weight back many times over, I knew I had to find a way to fix my weight and self -esteem issues. After much reading and determination, I successfully kept my weight off, but only when I implemented the use of weight training and followed a low carb diet. I then got to know a bodybuilder, married him, and got hooked on weight training. My life was changed from that moment on. A few years later, I decided to get a training certification, since so many people were asking me for advice. Some time later, I started my personal training business part-time and things grew from there. I now have my own personal training and massage therapy business, and I love what I do for people. I feel like I have found my calling in life, and was guided towards it by my own struggles with weight and other life experiences. I am living proof of what a person can do if they put forth the effort. We can all turn bad experiences around if we give ourselves a chance. As a result, I look forward and don’t look back on what could have been my life if I hadn’t taken a big step towards changing what I didn’t like about myself.