msjmyates

With the now 66 lbs lost to date, a very close friends pre-op RNY journey & another friend on a different WL journey I am newly inspired. I have learned & relearned so much about food, nutrition and exercise. I watched one of these friends go from obese to competing in the Beach body summit in Vegas last week. Personally when you actually see someone transition before your eyes it makes the reality of you doing it that much more real, at least that was how it worked for me. I did hit a little slump on my own but my pre-op friend kicked my but into gear and now im hitting the ground running. So... with all things said, my dead end job, practically useless undergrad degree (graduated in Sept 2013) I have set some new goals. 1) study to become and become a certified personal trainer (program 3-6 months), 2) change my graduate program from Psychology & Behavioral Health to Masters in Business in Administration and Marketing. The certification program i chose offers a job placement guarantee. In the short term i would learn all I could in which ever setting gets me off graveyard shift (at two jobs) and once I felt comfortable/confident we (my husband and I) could potentially own & operate our own business. The first and truly only thing that caused me to hesitate was the fact that for now I don’t have the ideal physique for a trainer. I have spoken to many people and none of them believe this will be a factor in my being a successful trainer. I will take advantage of the next few months and continue to strengthen my body so that when I do become certified i will have no reasons or excuses. I am very hopeful for the future. This new plan has me seeing things so clearly. I feel the relief of stress in my body just from having the vision of the potential of this working out. My ideal work environment would be to encourage and inspire pre-& post op WLS patients to keep up with the fitness part of the journey.