Hi, my name is Angie Schumacher, I am 35 years old and I live in the beautiful state of Colorado. I am married to a very supportive man, who is almost as much a fitness fanatic as I am. I run a daycare out of my home, am a Certified Personal Trainer, taking Interior Design courses and love to do web design.

I have never had extreme problems with my weight, but have had a couple years where my weight fluctuated between 10-15 lbs. My highest weight was about 140, back in 1998-99, with a height of 5′4. Right now I average 123-126lbs. I have always been a “fitness” person and have been lifting since I was in high school. The first “fitness plan” that I attempted was BFL, back in October of 2005. I was part of a yahoo group called “Get Fit with Body For Life - Women Only”. The group was very supportive and that’s when I first started to track my body fat %. When I first started, my body fat was approximately 24% and now my current body fat is 18.9%. The lowest I have been was 17.7%. My current goal is to get below 17%!

The first thing I did to work on my fat loss was tracking my calories in Sparkspeople.com. That was definitely a wake up call. I was eating way too many calories for my body weight. Then the book Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle was talked about on the BFL group, so I decided to go ahead and buy it. It so far has been the best, most informative books I have ever read about eating right and fitness and is worth WAY more than the $39.95 I paid for it. Another great book is Turbulence Training. I have done so many workouts from that book and they have all helped me achieve my goals and them some. With so much variety of workouts, I am always motivated!

I learned about good and bad carbs, when to eat starchy carbs, what ratios of carbs, proteins and fats to have in my diet and so much more! Of course it did take a while to get just the right combination for my body, which you will also discover that everyone’s body is different and different things work for different people! Also you need to change things up every 4-6 weeks so that your body doesn’t adapt to what you are currently doing.

It was also after doing all this research for my own body, that I decided I wanted to get certified as a personal trainer and help other people change their lives. I love being a trainer! It is so rewarding to see others get stronger, leaner and become healthy!

~Angie Schumacher

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