Shannan’s Journey

For those of you who wonder about my philosophy on nutrition and dieting, training and what-not, I am here on bodyspace to just give a little advice or, dole out information to help those who want it and/or need it. 

I am certified by several organizations but, I gained most of my knowledge by trial and error, being my own guinea pig, testing the nutrition, cardio and weight training waters so to speak to see what things work best.  I have learned by reading ungodly amounts of books, websites, and any other tool I could to gain the knowledge I have.  I’ve taken the last 17 years of my life and made it my QUEST to be certain in the information I give to people, to personally be healthy, be fit and lean while still enjoying my life and friends, and family….

I have honestly used all of my clients and friends over the years as test subjects in a way as well…  By seeing all the different body types and different personalities I gained a boat load of information on what will work for people long term, as well as what will work for me.  Different strokes for different folks, there are a lot of cookie cutter diets and workout regimines out there but, only some will work for some people, and other things work for other people.  It’s knowing how to apply it and to whom you need to apply it to.  It is my mission to get people results.

I am just a low carb person for life as it is a healthier way to live I truly believe. Evidence supports this as well.  Low carb living promotes longevity and decreases opportunity for cancers to grow as well as staving off other diseases and sicknesses.  Even though I am a low carber, I don’t push or force this on people at all.  Some folks are dead set on never giving up their pasta or potatoes and that’s fine by me, as long as it is not eaten in abundance and is done with portion control.  That would be my only recommendation.  My best girlfriend is a huge pasta and bread eater so, I work with her on this as she does not want to give it up… Everything is doable I really believe.
 
Health, fitness, nutrition and supplementation is the one passion that I devote myself to….  I am insanely and intensely devoted to learning all I can, all the time in order to help myself live a fantastic life and also to help others who don’t have the knowledge or interest in figuring it all out themselves.  I have been doing this for as long as I can remember and as well I have parents who are totally and completely nutrition buffs themselves.  I was raised with it so in a way it’s in my blood
 
Even with working out and dieting, I do not live in any one extreme or another, but I live cautiously and knowledgeably knowing that how we fuel ourselves, what we eat and put in and on our bodies makes a massive difference in how we look, how we age, how we feel, how we end up living day to day, and how long we live as well.  Genetics play a roll but only to a degree… the rest is what you do with those genetics, how you feed those genetics and very importantly how you retrain your genes.  All things have the ability to change.
 
I am just the messenger for anyone who wants to gain the information for themselves.  I live to help and I love to help.

Shannan
 

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