A question not exactly from school but found this interesting....

So today I was asked to explain why I chose to go to school to be a personal trainer and I thought I would share this with everyone. The way I was asked really got me thinking and I thought it needed to be answered so others who have known could understand where I am coming from and my passion. This person pointed out the fact that I have never been the athletic type or one who was into a lot of exercising, so that is probably out of the normal for most personal trainers. I have to say that it is not completely true when I was younger I did gymnastics, played softball, basketball, and even volleyball one year. No I never liked to run and never cared to lift weights. Once I got in my teenage years I quit them all I thought socializing was more important and all that took time away from my friends. I was never the skinny girl even when I did these activities. With that being explained now in the last year a lot in me has changed. Three years ago now I started having a lot of pain which lead to some health complications. In a two year period the doctors tried a lot of different medicines to help control the pain. I know at one point I was taking twelve pills a day and I hated it, I didn't want to live the rest of my life on pills. I had reached the heaviest weight I have ever been in March of 2011. I knew for my family something had to change, because I was missing out on so much. Starting on April 1st of 2011 I started down a journey that has brought me here. I started with as simple as a walk at the local park, and that first day I cried when I was done. I couldn't believe that I could only walk a half a mile. I know we all have to start somewhere, but that was a huge pill to swallow for me. I continued to walk twice a day everyday with the push of a few good friends and family members. In a few months I went from the girl who couldn't walk a half a mile to walking anywhere from 3 to 6 miles in one day. In July I did my first 5k in my fathers memory, not knowing we were going to go do a walk that was all up and down hills the whole way. We walked this walk in about an hours time. In September I ran my first 5k, and finished in 42 minutes. I decided then I wanted to help others who were where I was when I started. I am still working on losing weight and I am a long ways from my goal weight but I have done and I am proof with work and determination it can be done. I decided then I wanted to help others that are where I was, but I didn't know how. I soon figured it out with some sole searching and research. I knew to help others I needed the knowledge and education that I would get from going to school. I know that there are many people out there like me that either can not afford a gym membership or can not bring themselves to workout in gym and I want to be able to help those people. I also know there are many people with limitations who do to various reasons they can not go to a gym and I want to be to offer them an opportunity to have help. This is why I chose to go back to school as a personal trainer.

I also would like to thank my husband, my children , my mother, my best friends Melissa, Heather, Chrissy, Kim and the others who have supported me for all there support and help through my weight loss journey and their support through school.