So! Today was an amazing day....work sucked less than normal, which was a nice break from the usual suckiness. I felt like I was able to participate in a brainstorming session that ended up having a very positive outcome. Anyway, that's not the exciting news!
I just, moments ago, hit the "purchase" button for my ACE Personal Training Certification Manual!! I am hoping to take the exam in December of this year and I want to get started on my studies! I also need to get CPR and AED certified. I will be a busy girl the rest of this year. :) This is the very first step to making health & fitness my new career and a permanent part of my life.
If there's one thing I'm passionate about it's sharing good information! I think we are so completely duped by the food industry. We think we are consuming healthy foods when we aren't. We think we are following the best health tips but really they are there to guide us exactly where the advertisers wants us. It's time for us to take a stand and demand truth and awareness. Demand whole healthy richly nutritious fresh foods. The other day a woman said to me....I only drink teas and juices, I stay away from all sodas...and I was looking at a "Green Tea" in her hands. I asked her if I could read the ingredients on the tea bottle. The first ingredient was water, the second was high fructose corn syrup, followed by a multitude of preservatives and additives...then finally, green tea. That's not any better than soda. It's pure sugar water with a hint of green tea. The bottle is very deceiving...it would be easy to assume it was healthy...it was green tea afterall...what could be healthier, right?
Do you think this is okay? One of my favorite quotes is "Be the change you want to see in the world." Ghandi. I want more out of my life...I want truth and I want what's right. When I go to a grocery store I want to know the food is as it appears to be and nothing more, nothing less. I want people to be empowered with their knowledge of nutrition instead of left wondering why they keep gaining weight and can't seem to stay on plan. WE have to take care of ourselves and not rely on an industry that cares way more about the mightly buck than they ever have or ever will about us...the consumer. I want to be the change I want to see in the world. I want to be the example of what is possible. I want to be a beacon of hope to people like me, who have struggled their whole lives with their weight and health. This is my first step...certification. From there the sky is the limit.
Stay strong...and remember, no more excuses! :)
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