I started losing 100 pounds in high school!

I Started Losing 100 Pounds in High School!

Growing-up I was always a bit stocky and chubby, but by the time I reached 15 years old I became very Obese.  Being Obese was no fun and I did not have anyone around me, such as a Personal Trainer, who knew what to do to save me from living a life of Obesity.

When I was about 15 years old my Mom had read somewhere that I should eat at least three meals per day to burn fat and keep my metabolism high.  Her telling me that and getting-up early to make me breakfast and keeping me on the right path to the three meal idea is what ultimately started me on the right track to losing 100 Pounds!  Five to six small meals and snacks each day is now what I recommend to all of my clients.

You see I was not a lazy kid.  I would play all day outside after school and ride my bike and run and play with my dog.  But what was missing was the right Nutrition.  I would normally go all day without food, and then maybe get a soda and honey bun after school.  Later that evening I would eat a huge dinner of 3-4 helpings and go to sleep with a full belly.  By doing that I would lie down and get fat because I had all this unnecessary energy inside me, in the form of food, which would not get burned as fuel for exercise while sleeping.

After losing 100 Pounds I became a Certified Personal Fitness Trainer and have helped people with my profession ever since.  I wish I would have had a Personal Trainer come to help me when I was a kid.  That would have helped change my elementary, middle, and high school years for a more positive experience.

I did not have luck with dating being so fat and out of shape looking.  I wasn’t asked to go to any Prom’s and I didn’t have the self-confidence to ask anyone to go with me because I felt I would get turned down.  I wish someone would have been able to help guide me towards the correct ways to exercise, eat properly, and rest to have a healthier body.