Despite the fact that I have a four year degree in exercise (Health Fitness Specialist), and am currently a Certified Personal Trainer (although admittedly I'm considering letting that certification lapse as I really don't have much interest in the field on a professional level -- which is crazy considering my educational background, but at this stage of my life, it's the truth), approaching designing a workout program for someone extremely overweight (i.e. myself) has me completely befuddled.
I have four years and a Bachelor degree (with honors!) for this specific situation.
I have a nationally recognized certification for this specific situation.
I worked for four years training people in this same situation.
I have continued (in that time) to grow my exposure and knowledge for this same situation.
Yet I am completely at a loss of where to begin.
Perhaps too much information can be a problem. I was educated along one school of thought (calories, steady state, cardio cardio cardio, isolated movements) for fitness/weight loss. Yet my professional experience was in a completely different school of thought (hormones, HIIT, multi-muscle/compound movements). I sit with a pad and pencil to "design" a workout plan for myself this week and I don't even know how to organize it. I don't know what exercises to put down.
I should know how to do this. But I don't know which school of thought is right, or right for me.
And I simply refuse to hire a personal trainer to tell me what I should already know.
So I'm confused and stubborn.
