Visions Of You Fitness, Health and Wellbeing

Introduction: I am a personal fitness trainer and wellness and weight loss triathlon coach. These are not just words that describe what I do. They are words that describe what my passion is and what I love to do! I am an example of how those words and the people who work in the fitness industry can impact one’s life. Somehow, some way, by the age of 43 at 5’10”, I weighed over 300 pounds. I had always been an athlete in high school and college and into my early 30s. Slowly, I started to gain weight. By the time was 43, I weighted 300 pounds. I tried everything to lose the weight; nothing helped. Since nothing else had worked, I needed to tap into that competitive spirit I once had. I decided to join a weight loss triathlon group. Knowing it wouldn't be easy, I had two goals in mind: one was to take it one workout at a time and the other -- complete a sprint distance triathlon. Subsequently I ended up doing 3 triathlons in that first year. Over the next 2 1/2 years, I dropped 70 lbs and my self-esteem shot up. Doctors say this lifestyle change was the reason I survived an otherwise rare and fatal structural heart defect an aortic aneurism in 2008. Those life-changing events, not only changed the course of my professional life, but how I viewed life and my place in it. It was the catalyst that prompted me to become a certified fitness professional and a coach for health and wellness triathlon program. That very program changed and saved my life. I have since gone on to help hundreds of people achieve health, wellness and athletic goals. Having been someone who has been on both sides of the health spectrum, I know what it’s like to tackle and achieve goals necessary to enhance one’s life. I am in the trenches throughout that journey, whatever fitness goal that may be. Now I am proudly one of those fitness people who can impact someone else's life, and these aren't just words to describe what I do; they are words to describe what I've done, and why I can make a difference!