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and exercise and what you ’ re doing now ? J - Education-wise just a lot of reading . One of my best friends is a dietician , I picked her brain a lot . She was into the exercise nutrition part of it . It ’ s just come over time with studying it out on my own and just figuring out what was gonna work for me . Asking a lot of questions . No official classroom study . With my health coaching now I am certified through the Villanova University – they have a program that you do and it ’ s certified through the company . That ’ s my education component . D - Self-education , best way to do it . You ’ ve touched a little bit on your history , as far as where your passion kind of started and how it ’ s evolved and things like that . Is there anything else as far as your history that you ’ d like to share ? J - Maybe just a little bit about how I found the program . D - Yeah that ’ d be great ! J - I was on Facebook and I saw a post from a friend of mine that I went to High School with . She lives in Colorado now . She kept posting things about getting healthier , losing weight , and kind of peaked my interest . So after a lot of thought and being nervous about that I reached out to her . She told me about the program , and I researched it a little bit more and it really appealed to me . A lot of different aspects of it appealed to me , mostly the fact that they had an endgame for it . It wasn ’ t just a weight loss or diet … it was a lifestyle change ! So I decided to jump in with both feet and go for it . D - Sweet . And that was how long ago ?