Nicki has owned and operated the award winning Reality Fitness, Inc. Personal Training studio in downtown Naperville since 1991. As a successful business owner and sought after speaker, Nicki’s enthusiasm and business prowess on subjects including customer service, marketing and deconditioned populations, makes her a sought after international speaker.
Nicki is the 2008/2009 IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year, IDEA Personal Trainer of the Year Finalist in 2006 and 2007 and 2006 IHRSA Top 25 Fresh Faces. She is the author of numerous books, her most recent, Nicki Anderson's Single Step Weight Loss and 101 Ways to Motivate Your Clients and Increase Retention (Healthy Learning, 2009). Nicki is the health and fitness columnist for Chicago Suburban Newspapers, IDEA Editorial Board and contributor to numerous magazines and websites including, MSNBC.com, Forbes.com and FitnessMagazine.com, Real Simple, Prevention, Women’s Health and Women’s Running, Men’s Health and Fitness. Nicki was recently named one of Chicagoland’s Top Personal Trainers.
Although it’s hard to believe it from looking at her now, as a teen Nicki had a weight problem, seeking help from Weight Watchers.
Nicki says: “Back in 1978, WW was significantly different. It really wasn’t a “diet” like we know today, it was an education in healthy eating, a healthy diet. For the first time in years, I abstained from eating fast food, started moving more and ate fruits and vegetables every day. Since that time, weight loss strategies and the ridiculous number of fast-n-easy diets has dramatically changed people’s relationship with food. Instead of discovering how food can work with their body, many people are fighting weight loss and food has become their weapon of choice.”
Nicki believes the way to attack obesity now is with exercise and good nutrition.
“I believe it’s time to walk away from the world of diets that does nothing to encourage healthy eating options, simply calorie focus,” she says. “It’s time to realize that if diets were great, obesity and disease would decline, not the case. Getting back to basics with a focus on plant based nutrition, locally grown produce, small farms we can support, we will not only find a wonderful difference in the health of our body, we will discover a great way to positively impact our environment.”
Hear more from Nicki at www.nickianderson.com www.realityfitness.com.
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