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Guest Perspective: Shonna

Every so often, I’m going to incorporate stories of friends and colleagues and whoever wants to be included to share on the blog. While I like to think my own 100-pound weight loss can be inspiring to many, it’s so important to hear from different voices, as everyone faces unique obstacles and challenges throughout their lives.

I met my friend Shonna working at my current gym where I do personal…

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Dear Swt Bby Jesus!

Where have I been with updating on here?!? I've taken rise to reverting back once again to old-school "blogging it out" and journaling in my first ever Fitness/Wellness Journal. I track (almost) everything from workouts, food consumed, how I felt, water intake, and sleep each night. However, I'm not as consistent with tracking things on there as of late... I think I'm missing a couple of days, tbh. Whoops! But the reason for this post today is to jot down my thoughts on my career path at the moment. (Because my journal is on the piano next to me, and clearly, I'm far too lazy to reach over and grab it-- that or maybe it's the idea of using the writing utensils of ink to paper.) But, I digress-- Back to my career path! Just recently I've been thinking if traveling down the pathway to kinesiology is the right path for me. According to Marilyn, it's completely normal to have this sense of uncertainty throughout my twenties, and even into my thirties, but my frackin' goodness, I just want to be certain! (Or so I think-- because alongside certainty comes monotony. Man, the human psyche is so complex!) What I'm trying to get at is how I'm uncertain if my pathway, Kinesiology: Option in Fitness is the best route. I mean, so far I'm enjoying the content and I'm enjoying the idea of giving educational talks at the Y and developing strategies to help overcome barriers to a set group that's hoping to lose weight-- but scrolling through Instagram earlier had me wondering if I should have pursued something in the medical field to help fund my dreams. I suppose these thoughts are an accumulation of dusty thought bunnies because I'll soon be resigning from my position at my corporate job, and I won't have stable income. It just sucks that I have to make under poverty limit in order to keep my scholarship-- but if I can make enough money, then I may as well pay for school myself. But it really doesn't take into account my extra expenses including car, groceries, and things of that nature, which I'm kind of bummed about, but what can I do? I think the idea of not having money in my career and struggling stems from my current semi-financial rut with the root of all evil. I mean, I know it'll be difficult at first as a personal trainer/group ex. instructor, but I want to be more than that-- I want to be a proper health educator and develop plans to increase physical activity, sound nutrition, and overall wellness and quality of life. I hope to be able to do so with my side job alongside personal training when I graduate, but for the time being, we'll see where my feet take me.

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My materials finally came so I can get my study on to become kickboxing certified. I'm still awaiting my results to my Group Fitness Instructor certification exam - pray for me!

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Future GX Instructor

I'm on a mentoring program right now for Step Aerobics.

I grew up with Step and Gin Miller with Reebok is pretty much my inspiration for this process.

My mother did A TON of Step workouts while I was a kiddie; every now and then I'd pull out the old step from under the bed, play an old VHS, and start stepping. I don't know how people view step today, but MY GOD it was awesome back in the 90s.

IT NEEDS TO COME BACK!

*Reebok Step: The Power Workout* - a workout that made me have to take a break.