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Hello, my name is Thomas Jones. 18 months ago I weighed in at 305 pounds. Over the last 18 months I have lost over 150 pounds and have completely changed my lifestyle. Thats why I've decided to become a coach and help people achieve their health and fitness goals.


Here is a little about myself...

After several years of being overweight I finally decided to do something about it. Over the

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Hello, my name is Thomas Jones. 18 months ago I weighed in at 305 pounds. Over the last 18 months I have lost over 150 pounds and have completely changed my lifestyle. Thats why I've decided to become a coach and help people achieve their health and fitness goals.


Here is a little about myself...

After several years of being overweight I finally decided to do something about it. Over the years I tried everything to loose weight. I tried exercising, fad diets and anything else I could get my hands on. All of the attempts showed little to no progress and after one failure after another I ended up bigger than when I started. Eventually I would weight in at just over 300 pounds. This led me to spend many years not liking the way I looked and not liking myself. So because of the low self esteem I tried for a long time to destroy myself from the inside out. I ate horrible and drank a lot to comfort myself and cover up the horrible feeling I had towards myself. In 2008 at my worst I decided to finally do something about it. I knew that on my own diet and exercise was not going to work for me since I had no access to real fitness coaching, so I looked into gastric bypass surgery. It’s not for everyone but for me it’s what I felt I had to do. I went into it knowing that it wasn’t going to be the only thing I needed to do to get the results I wanted but that it would just be a tool to help me get to where I wanted to be. So In January 2009 I saw the surgeon for the first time and after a long process I finally had the surgery in August 2009.

Since my surgery I lost 150 pounds, I gained muscle strength and muscle definition. Also since my surgery I’ve surrounded myself with fitness professionals and friends that are likeminded, which was one of the things missing in my life prior to surgery. I’ve became a Personal Trainer so I can help others that are having a challenge with their weight issues. Some of my other accomplishment have been running in several 5k and 10k runs and I am in the process of training for a half marathon and next year a full marathon. I am also able to do little thing like buy clothes anywhere, go to amusement parks and ride the rides comfortably, even my work has became easier and more enjoyable.

My goals for the next few year now include sky diving, working with overweight people to educate them on the benefits of weight lose and competing in a triathlon just to mention a few. I’ve learned that weight lose is a lot like running a race you have to find your pace and keep with it. Eventually you’ll see the finish line and crossing that line there’s no greater feeling.

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