Every year Americans spend billions of dollars in gym memberships and the latest diet crazes. Still, we have the highest rate of overweight people on this planet. As a result, cardiovascular disease, cancer and type 2 diabetes has skyrocketed. For all our efforts, we still have not conquered our obesity epidemic. Fad diets promise quick weight-loss, but without permanent results. As for fitness, people have good intentions in January, but by July the gym is empty. Why? Because important issues such as self-motivation, life's stresses and interpersonal-relationships also need to be realized in order to make effective changes. Dear Personal Trainer is a collection of personal letters from individuals who have questions on everything from exercise and nutrition to learning to relax. Each person receives an informed answer to their pressing concerns. Whether it is the young mother wanting to lose "baby fat," the widower who eats for comfort, a newbie who is too intimated to go to the gym, or the lady who feels like a menopausal wreck, everyone deserves to have the necessary knowledge and skills to live a healthy lifestyle.