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Are YOU ready?

I am SO excited to get started!  Almost 4 years ago I reached a huge goal I had made for myself...I had successfully shed 100 pounds through LEARNING about basic nutrition and exercise, and then little by little COURAGEOUSLY adopting those principles into my life.  I am happy to report that for this foodie (I am  still one at heart) those principles which seemed so hard initially are now just part of who I am! The question came:  Now what?  And then, I uttered words that made me almost cry  "I want to be a trainer."  I wanted to throw up!  I had been obese my ENTIRE life...in fact I do not have a childhood memory where I was a healthy weight.  I did not even take gym in high school due to the complications of my obesity!  But that inner girl....the one who had been struggling to get free...WANTED it.   And so, it became the next mountain to climb. Here we are!  I have now been certified through NASM for almost 2 years, worked f...