Hey there! I'm Dana Chapman, founder of Evolution Health & Fitness. I'm proud to say that the name of my club really means something to me, because I've been inspired by the concept of personal evolution for years.

Evolution may be defined as "a gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form." I relate this process to my years-long struggle to balance food, exercise and self-esteem, a vicious cycle that began around the age of 15, when I began to alternate between over-eating and under-eating, sabotaging even my best exercising efforts.

Doubts of self-worth and guilt shattered my confidence, all for the desire to be thinner - or so I thought. In reality, I was already quite thin. The warped self-image I had came entirely from within, and it fueled the insanity. I had developed a problem that's now called "body dysmorphic disorder," or BDD, and it meant that I saw myself much differently than others.

My battle with BDD raged on for almost a decade, throughout most of my professional fitness career. Ironically, I hid it quite well. Looking back, the turning point was when I minored in Exercise Physiology at William Paterson University. As I studied the cold hard facts about our bodies and how food and movement interrelate, I was inspired to find an inner solution for the destructive issues I had created around my need to eat and exercise.

This solution is an awareness philosophy I call The EvoLogic™ Method, and I want to share it with the world. It's designed to help you build the personal tools you need to power yourself towards a more honest representation of you, while you seek and find inspiration from those around you.

That support is here, at Evolution Health & Fitness. I look forward to meeting you and sharing our stories!