MEET ALAN ATAMAN

Alan D. Ataman

Director of Total Health Immersion Program

Contact Alan at  561-866-3101

It Comes From Within!

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“It comes from within!” This is what I told myself over the past ten years of my life. I learned that no one is going to achieve your goals for you.

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Growing up through high school I was relatively in shape. I stayed active playing baseball and playing with sports with friends. We practiced every day, and had games throughout each week.  If I was not playing ball you could find me on the field playing something else…

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Baseball kept getting easier, then High school and girls really started. Varsity Freshman year, sweeeeet!  Varsity starter, sophomore year… I was lovin’ it! Girlfriend my junior year, which ended in a rough break up… and that’s when it all started going downhill.

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I lost myself. I was young, depressed and didn’t know better. I needed to do something, but didn’t know it yet. My grades dropped, eating made me happy, the fields seemed to feel hotter than normal because of the weight gain, so I stopped going.

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My grades dropped below the 2.0 threshold needed to play ball. While I wasn’t playing ball anymore, I kept up with the same eating habits that I had while still very active. But now, it was no secret.

McDonalds for breakfast, Burger King for lunch, partying with friends at night. Sleeping in until noon became a normal thing for me. Skipping classes to avoid seeing my ex-girlfriend.

Through all this and the downward spiral, which I can say was very real.

Was Seen by Many, But Only Pointed Out by One.

My ex-girlfriend walked up to me during school and said,

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“Alan, you’ve gotten really fat.”  Just as you would imagine a 16-year-old girl would say it.

It doesn’t feel good to be called fat.

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I went home that night and did some research. I found a quote that changed my life forever.

We all must suffer one of two things:

The pain of discipline or the pain of regret.

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I was not about to regret my life.

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