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My interest in fitness really steams from my athletic background as a child.   I have always been interested in sports and athletics.   As a child I all the organized sports- basketball, football, baseball, and roller hockey- as well as playing with my friends and family just for fun.   I was extremely active and in excellent shape throughout my early years and into my teens.   However, somewhere along the line I lost touch with the importance of being active and in shape.   Looking back and understanding what happened to me and my early years gives me an excellent perspective on why I think I could be a very effective personal trainer.   Although I did so at an early stage, I have lived the difficulties so many incur with the weight and health throughout their lives.

To be more specific I went from being a very active kid, to very overweight and in very poor health, to becoming very fit in less than 2 years.

My problem began in the sixth grade.   At the time, I was 5'6" and about 130 pounds.   Then suddenly, it seemed without warning, I could not stop eating.   I would eat everything in sight, from McDonald's to Burger King, from Taco Bell to KFC- and all that was just what I would have for lunch.   In addition, I would be constantly snacking on ice cream, candy bars, cookies, and cakes.   By the time I finished ninth grade, less then three years later, I weight over 200 pounds.   No longer was I out playing sports.   In instead I was sitting at home playing video games, eating, and sleeping.   I was now very overweight and I found that I was sick for more than I ever was before.   In addition I found that I was constantly self-conscience, I was embarrassed, and had very low self-esteem.

During the summer that followed my ninth grade year, I was vacationing with my family and some friends at the beach.   I felt very uncomfortable just taking off my shirt.   When I did, I thought that people were staring at me like I was some kind of a freak.   I was so embarrassed, that on...