I am a wife, mother, and trainer, in that order. I am happy now to be in shape and feel mostly in control of my body. I went many years being out of control and unhappy and now that I have happiness with my fitness, I don’t want to loose it again.
I am sure I am like most people who were active as children, but carrying some extra weight. I loved to play outside and run around and my parents didn’t allow much tv so I guess that is what saved me. They limited our snacking and foods and I am not sure how good that is but it is what it is. I think the limit to food had the reverse effect on me in making me binge at times…not good for anyone. I have learned how to deal with that now but it took me many years of contemplation and trial and error.
As a child, I wasn’t so big that I was teased for that but I was big enough to stand out a bit and I didn’t like that. I was always the one at the bottom of the human pyramid! I was good at gymnastics, very strong and stable but not light enough to fly high in the air. I was an excellent swimmer and always won until I had one bad coach who just ruined me for that year and killed my confidence. What a horrible man, but, I am sure we have all had to deal with mean people…just gotta get over it!
As a child I always wanted to be a doctor but just didn’t think I could handle all the studying and work. Now, of course, I wish I had gone that way, but…I am doing the next best thing now, for me and my family anyway. I am intrigued with medicine and the body and why it does what it does. I love to learn new things about myself and if I can will help anyone to improve themselves too. I know that there are now final answers to health, we are always finding new things about the body and physiology and I know that will continue to be the case. I am happy and thankful that my family, my wonderful husband, who, by the way is a computer genius and created this website for me, has allowed me to be who I am an grow into this new role.
When we met, I was a commercial designer working for a very well known company for architecture and design. I did like my job but never really felt like it mattered in the scheme of things. It is not “brain surgery” and not “rocket science” and it was really a matter of taste and opinion. Not to say that design isn’t important, because it is and it creates a feeling and space to be in that is cru