With services provided by Andrew Mattera, Wellness That Matters is a mobile business where the coach goes to you! Each client is treated as an individual with their own personal wellness needs and goals. Services include nutritional counseling, personal training, assisted stretching, therapeutic joint manipulation and corporate wellness.

For the past three years during summer and winter breaks, I have been a sports coach to children in the camps run at the JCC where I work. My main responsibility is to the kids and making certain they are having a fun time with their friends while playing a sport that teaches camaraderie and hand-eye coordination. I love this job because I love to coach and help people, of all ages, see their own potential. I do this by first having respect for the kids and successfully communicating with them the rules of the game or the finer techniques of the sport. We will play any sport that is available but working with kids means having to have a certain amount of adaptability for the unknown. At times it requires me to think on my feet and create a game the kids will enjoy with the equipment provided.

As a personal fitness coach my job is to educate clients about healthy exercise habits, as well as, use my knowledge of nutrition to help them develop a healthy diet. I am a guide and an example of what they too can accomplish. For the first twenty years of my life I was extremely overweight and never thought I would ever feel good about who I was. Then, one day, I decided to stop and make a difference in myself. I lost 60 lbs in 6 months, on my own, using healthy eating habits and a programmed exercise regime. I know exactly how my clients feel when they talk about wanting to change for the better. I am all too happy to encourage them with positive coaching skills. Being a personal fitness coach lets me use my creativity and adaptability when designing a workout program for members so they will never be bored. I bring enthusiasm and a positive attitude to every person I work with (a client or a fellow team member) and I use my extensive knowledge in nutrition and fitness to guide them to reaching their own goals.

As an undergraduate research assistant I worked closely with professor Kathleen Melanson of the Nutrition department in entering and evaluating data. The collected data was in the form of a 3 day food log that was filled out by the girls track and field team. The study was aimed at assessing the athletes calorie intake and taking a closer look at how society and pressures of competition affected the female athletes eating choices.