After many years of doing some things right, some of the time but not enough to see lasting changes, and after almost becoming a fatal statistic myself, I finally got it (hit bottom again and again) and made fitness like putting on my clothes every day. Then I made plans to adopt life changes and followed them through which led me to becoming a certified personal trainer. And no, it was NOT easy at all, but so very worth all the blood, sweat, and tears.