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Originally Posted by Dave Chesser
The point isn't whether or not you're overweight. That's not really the issue. The point is how you're presenting yourself to clients and how they will feel about you. You're going to have to attract clients, attract being a key word.
Not to preach here, but understand that you are making a conscious choice to identify with a certain segment of the market while potentially turning off another part of the market. As long as you are aware that you're making that choice, then you may be doing the right thing.
The potential problem you might have is that the market may not be what you think it is and your assumptions could be wrong. You're basically making a gamble (as we all are) and run the risk of being wrong.
For me, I'm not willing to give the potential client any reason to reject my services. I want everything that can work for me to do just that. So right now I'm working hard on my weight and taking pictures to show that I, too, have been there but now I've conquered my problem.
A similar path would allow you to attract both groups instead of only one -- twice the potential client pool.
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Dave, I agree with you, actually. If I lived in London, I possibly would try it; being a big city, its better to minutely target the market. But I don't, and, as I said I'm not sure I want to be a nutritionist as much as a PT, which is where I see targeting over-weight clients could lead.
My decision isn't between who to target depending on how well I do with my body composition, but whether or not to become a PT at all. I can't even start any courses or training until at least the winter anyway, so I have time. I get really frustrated with myself, but ultimately, I just need to find the strength for a few weeks and then I'll have momentum.