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2002/12/13, 08:39 AM
Hi I just thought I would introduce myself. My name is Pat(ricia). I just received my certification as a Personal Trainer Specialist from Can-Fit Pro. But First just a bit of background...I was always quite an overweight person (otherwise healthy) Until I changed my life a couple years back and have gone from 230+lbs (>50%bf)to 140lbs @ 27%bf (5'6")(Holiday munching has caused me to put a few pounds on but that's ok....it will be gone soon.) I am not yet at my final goal (and I know to some 140@27% seems high....but compared to where I was it is much better and getting better all the time) My dream is now to help other women who have more than just that last 10-15 pounds to lose. Having done it I know it can be done and I can totally relate to the mentality and low self esteem one has when you think it is hopeless (when you lose 15 pounds and you can't visually tell).
So now I have one certification (and a few years experience applying knowledge on myself) and I plan to take a nutrition certification course in the New Year. So, anyways that is just a bit about me and why I joined this board and many other fitness related ones. Any info I can absorb is very helpful.
Thanks for listening!!
Happy Holidays.
Pat
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2002/12/14, 01:49 AM
Hi Pat, I think you have done a really got job. It's not only the fact of having lost some weight but the thing that you have succeeded in changing life style!!!
You can be proud of yourself!
Great to have you among us!
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- Nina :o) Les Victoires éternelles sont celles du coeur.
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2002/12/14, 08:01 AM
Welcome to a great community.
Congrats on your new lifestyle and look forward to reading your posts. I'm sure you will inspire lots of us on here.
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The trouble with jogging is that, by the time you realize you are not in shape for it, it is too far to walk back! Franklin P. Jones
Ivan Montreal Canada
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2002/12/14, 11:26 AM
Congratulations on a job well done! It is so beneficial to realize this is a new lifestyle. Welcome to the boards and I am sure we will all benefit from your knowledge and experience.
:) Melissa
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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
- -- Aristotle
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2002/12/16, 07:08 AM
Thanks for all the warm welcomes. After The Christmas season you will hear more from me.....(I tend to be a bit bad during the month of dec, esp. for 1 week around Christmas. But Back at it as of Dec 30th. Enjoy the holidays everyone!!
Pat
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