Jenny Own Words
All of my life, I have had an issue with my weight. I always assumed that it was genetics, but that didn't stop me from trying everything from fasting diets to pills that put me in the hospital when I was 17. It wasn't until after my kids were born that I began to suffer with health problems that, now I know, had everything to do with my nutrition or lack there of; depression, anxiety, migranes and the diagnosis of Fibromyalgia, just to name a few.
Over the years I have read what seems like hundreds of books that promised me the change that I was looking for. Although many of them worked for my weight, not one had a positive effect on my energy level. With three energetic sons and a classroom of 8 year olds to nurture every day, I could not stick with programs that zapped me of the fuel that I needed to get through a day. There are huge problems that come about as you try diets and fail. As far as my body was concerned, I was stressing it out more and more as the years went on and it was rebelling. It is no wonder! I had changed directions so many times that I really believe that I put my metabolism in a state of shock. It didn't know how to work for me anymore. But, psychologically, when you fail at something so many times, it is hard to pull yourself up and out and pretty soon you begin to feel that you are the failure, not the diet.
I walked into Fitness Forever in 2006 as a sceptic. Was this just one more thing that I would fail at? What did this place have to offer that was any different than all of those other people who promised me the world? Well, it was different from the beginning. First, no promises. I had to commit and, as long as I did, Ingo would coach me. Often he wouldn't even let me work out because he knew I hadn't eaten that day and he would put me on the treadmill and talk to me for the whole workout time about what skipping my meals that day had done to my body. And then there was the time that I ate that whole pound bag of M&M's... just know that we all fall off the nutritional wagon sometimes!
The road that led me to where I am now is long and winding, but I wouldn't change any of it. Almost 100 pounds later, I have finally found the answer to health and happiness in what I have learned from Ingo and the team at Fitness Forever and from the faculty of Bauman College; information that I now teach others as an Advanced Metabolic Typing Advisor, Nutritional Educator and Nutritionist. (I am also a local teacher, and love sharing the importance of nutrition with my students!) The tools that I now use have helped, not only me, but those I love most in this world; my husband, my children, my family and friends and, hopefully, friends I haven't met yet! Some think I'm crazy that I would take on one more thing to add to my very busy life as a wife, mother and teacher, but it wasn't difficult for me to decide to hit the books again and get my certification in Metabolic Typing and nutriton. This is information that has truly changed my health, mentally and physically, and has made me a stronger person in every way. I can't wait to share it!
Education: B.A. in Liberal Studies; M.A. in Teaching from Grand Canyon University. Certification as an Advanced Metabolic Typing Advisor from HealthExcel. Nutritional Educator Degree from Bauman College
