So, why would someone like me write such a blog?
As a teen, I reached 200 lbs, a lot for my 5'7" pear-shaped frame, and my cholesterol, at age 15, was considered high. From the moment I learned that my health was at risk, I made drastic changes that included renouncing fried food and exercising. I did lose weight, but I have changed my way of eating and exercising over the years to find what works best for me so that, while I may gain 5-10 pounds during holidays or times of stress, I know I will never be that overweight again.*
The most important thing I have learned is to enjoy food, and my wish is to impart what I have learned about the joy of eating and being healthy to help others find what works for them.
I have also learned a lot about myself and exercise. First of all, I'm not a person who hates to workout. I am a person who likes how she feels when she works out, but must motivate herself to do so. I LOVE dance, and wish that I had pushed myself to pursue dance more seriously. I am still active in dance, however, and enjoy workouts related to dance: for example, Pilates, the Bar Method, Lotte Berk, and my new favorite, Physique 57. I have tried other types of workouts, but these are the workouts to which I keep returning and that give me the body I want.
As a teen, I reached 200 lbs, a lot for my 5'7" pear-shaped frame, and my cholesterol, at age 15, was considered high. From the moment I learned that my health was at risk, I made drastic changes that included renouncing fried food and exercising. I did lose weight, but I have changed my way of eating and exercising over the years to find what works best for me so that, while I may gain 5-10 pounds during holidays or times of stress, I know I will never be that overweight again.*
The most important thing I have learned is to enjoy food, and my wish is to impart what I have learned about the joy of eating and being healthy to help others find what works for them.
I have also learned a lot about myself and exercise. First of all, I'm not a person who hates to workout. I am a person who likes how she feels when she works out, but must motivate herself to do so. I LOVE dance, and wish that I had pushed myself to pursue dance more seriously. I am still active in dance, however, and enjoy workouts related to dance: for example, Pilates, the Bar Method, Lotte Berk, and my new favorite, Physique 57. I have tried other types of workouts, but these are the workouts to which I keep returning and that give me the body I want.
I became an ACE-certified personal trainer in 2009 in the hope of helping others find movement they love in order to improve their lifestyle and health.
*For those of you who MUST know, I don't know what size I was at my largest, but I am now a size 4-6 and have been for many years. And, yes, of course there have been setbacks and weight gain as I have journeyed to this point. I learn from what works and what doesn't.
