My story...

I didn't always have the body that I do now....

When I was young I had always struggled with my weight and was always extremely depressed as a teenager. As a result, I developed an eating disorder, anorexia.

This left me feeling never good enough, unhealthy, and always hungry! At that young age, I realized that was not good for my body or well-being so I started eating "normally" and then gained more weight than before.

I was again miserable and depressed! No matter how hard I worked out, what diet I was on, or pills I took the weight never came off! I felt so awful that I can remember coming home after the gym and crying for hours and I couldn't stand to look at myself in the mirror. I was in so much pain that any relationship that I did have, never lasted because I was dating the wrong types of men that would talk down to me because I didn't have any self-esteem.

My story..... How I struggled with my weight and lost unwanted weight & FAT forever!

One day, while I was dating someone who was a bodybuilder I went to his first competition. When I saw the women, with their sculpted and toned bodies I was in awe and asked myself "how can I look like that?"...but I had my doubts as I did not want to give up my Chunky Monkey ice cream or McDonald's cheeseburgers and fries. Something inside me said "Go for it"...and I did. And guess what.... I placed 3rd in my first bodybuilding competition...that feeling of holding my trophy on stage was wonderful as I had wanted for so many years to feel good about myself and my body! I went on to win an overall title as well as place within the top 5 of my competitions with both bodybuilding and fitness.

A few years later my passion to learn all the SECRETS about training and even achieving better results especially with women put me on the path to get certified as a personal trainer. I had the incredible opportunity to have one of the best mentors in the fitness industry! I took my expertise and worked in health clubs and then started my own personal training business. Over the past 10 years, I have helped many women achieve unbelievable results and what is really exciting is that just about a year ago I started to focus on women over 30 since they were the ones whom I felt I could help the most! I understand all too well the pain we go through in not feeling we can achieve our goals.

I find as women get older they feel they have no control over their bodies.

That is when I decided to create an unbelievable fat-burning program exclusively for women over 30 that is so different then anything that is out there. I realized the need for this type of program because so many women were coming to me and telling me how each time they went on a diet they would start to lose weight, but either they would gain it all back, and more! They also would sabotage themselves when they went on a diet which made them feel even more miserable and helpless then before! They have tried every single diet and then when they did my system they immediately started to see results within the first week and realized just how easy it is to start burning fat and feel great about themselves as they should!

I have been there and felt your pain and you do not need to feel that way ever again!

When I first started out with personal training I would give women the best fat-loss and nutrition programs. . I would try to motivate them when I trained them and they would start out by following everything I told them to do..but somehow they would stop after about 2 weeks or so and I would feel bad because I felt somewhat responsible that they weren’t motivated to keep it up.

I would hear the following excuses:

"I'm just too busy to keep up with this"

"I travel too much so there's no way I can eat healthy"

"I love to eat too much to keep this fat off"

And the list goes on....

I had to ask myself the question “Why was this happening?”

I felt I was doing everything I could to help them get results...then after several hundred hours of research…

About Heather

Heather Picken, P.C.P.T., ISSA

Experience:

Co-Founder of www.FatLossForWomen.com

Women's Transformational & Inspirational Body/Mind Coach

for 10 years

Contributing Columnist to The Parrillo Press and Muscle Magazine International/ Europe

Author of Secrets to Ultimate Fat-Burning Success for Women on the Go, an online fitness newsletter

Mentioned in the New York Times

Fast 50 Company Nominee for 2007

Staff Writer for West Of , "Help Me Heather" fitness/advice column

Staff Writer for Fit and Sport, "Women in Motion"F

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Ezine Articles Expert AuthorEWREWR MotionMotion"/fitness column

Guest Host on Real 1340 Talk Radio, Charleston, SC

Guest on ABC News, Charleston, SC

Host of "Feeling Like A Million"  Weekly Podcast Show

Motivational speaker and educator

Member of Toastmasters International,

a Certified Toastmaster, and past

Vice President of Membership for the Medical University of South Carolina Chapter, and member of Women @ Work and Hat Ladies of Charleston,SC.

Competitions:

2002 - 5th place, The LA Figure

2000 - 2nd place, The Collegiate National Fitness

2000 - 2nd place, The Indiana Fitness

1998 - 1st place, Ms Midwest States Natural

1998 - 2nd place, The Ohio Governor's Cup

1998 - 3rd place, The Natural Ohio

1997 - 3rd place, The Natural Ohio

Certifications and Training:

Parrillo Certified Personal Trainer & Nutritionist

Certified through the International Sports Science Association

With over 10 years of experience, Heather is passionate about sharing her knowledge and expertise in nutrition and training. She is a nationally certified trainer and nutritionist. Her business is I FEEL Like A Million Bucks!TM,through which she holds fat-loss boot camps for women in Mt.  Pleasant,West Ashley, Daniel Island, and is the creator of The 6-Week Ultimate Fat-Burning & Mind Empowering System exclusively for women which she conducts at her office in Mt. Pleasant,SC as well selling her unique system all across the country.

She is also the author of Fat-Burning Recipes for Women On The GO.

Heather Picken is a Women's Over 30 Metabolic Specialist and Motivational Coach that has helped so many women in achieving their personal best through what she calls "the correct technology". Empowering women with the TRUTH and with a postive mindset. She has been a contributing columnist to The Parrillo Press and Muscle Mag International/Europe,West Of,and Sport and Fit. Additionally she is a motivational speaker,coach, and educator.

"When you FEEL good about your body and health there are no limits to what you can accomplish and that is why

I want every woman to FEEL Like A Million Bucks!"