[MVP Fitness]

Your story beginnings sound a whole lot like my own. I started at MH and was an active poster until everyone that I trusted basically left (for here).

My first REAL attempt to lose weight was with TAP also. I learned a lot about my body and how it reacted to both food and exercise with that program. I highly reccommend that program to anyone beginning and lost.

After losing a decent amount of weight I became fascinated with fitness. I basically gave up my law career to begin something in the fitness field. I took and passed the CSCS and began training people. The problem was that I was still fat. I didn't look the part and wasn't taken seriously by those who didn't know me. (Who cam blame them?) As a result, I was somewhat depressed and fell off the wagon. That made me more depressed and on and on. Vicious cycle.

Well, now my wife who was in business, was also inspired. She decided to completely change careers and we figured we'd battle the fitness business together. She is in her second year now getting her doctorate of physical therapy. We have definite plans to open our own clinic eventually. I can use her gym on off days or at nights to train people. My passion is really to work with obese kids. We want to hold free camps over the summers for kids that can't afford the fancy gyms. She wants to intermingle the special needs kids that will be coming to her for physical therapy and see if we can't help everyone.

She has one more year, thus prompting me to finally get off my ass and do something again. When she graduates, I expect to be in MUCH better shape and taken a whole lot more seriously. She will probably work a couple years with another PT to gain experience while I begin to look more the part and train people full time.

I'm excited again to get back on track. Sounds like we really have a lot in common on this trek. Best of luck to you. I have much further to go in my career aspirations, but it will be nice to have someone to bounce ideas off of.