Ultra-FIT Hero – Donna Pavitt

Donna always struggled with her weight and, like many overweight people, she tried a variety of “fad” diets but always ended up regaining the weight she lost. When Donna reached a UK size 22, she decided enough was enough and she set about transforming herself from severely overweight to fit and slim. This is Donna’s story.

Like many of you who may have battled being overweight with fad diets and who have found it hard to find the right fitness lifestyle, I know how you feel! Over the years, I have used exercise and fitness for my own personal development and discovered just how much better being fit and healthy makes me look and feel.

 

My own battle with weight loss began when I was still a teenager. I went to be sized for my prom dress and discovered I no longer could fit into a size UK 18 and had inflated to a size 22! I decided there and then I had to do something about my weight.

I started going to my local gym and was introduced to a personal trainer who helped me develop a fitness program that seamlessly into my day to day life and set me up with well balanced diet/nutritional advice. From there on in everything started to fall into place and steadily my weight dropped and my fitness improved.

In January 2009 I decided that to enter the Great South Run and, having never ventured outside with my running, I considered each completed training session as a real achievement. After a few months of training I completed the half marathon distance and, after crossing the finish line, I realised how far I managed to come (both literally and metaphorically) in the past 10 months and how I wanted to help other people achieve a the benefits of being fit and healthy that I was now enjoying.

I set about getting a personal qualification and am now an Advanced Instructor Personal Trainer, qualified in Ante and Post Natal Fitness, hold a Group Circuit Training certificate, am qualified in Torso Training and Core Stability as well as Nutrition and Weight Management. My next goals include gaining a Sports Nutrition qualification and gaining my Sports Massage certification.

I now earn my living as a personal trainer and absolutely love my job! It’s very satisfying to help people work towards their fitness goals and I think my clients can relate to me because I have been exactly where they are. They can also see that if I did it that they can too!  

On a personal note, I am still running and since October 2009 I have taken part in many 5k and 10k runs, half marathon’s am already entered for the Great South Run in 2011.

To contact Donna visit here website http://www.donnapt.co.uk/

 

 

 

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