Bonnie Oliver a Closer Look
Seven is the magic number in Clermont resident Bonnie Oliver’s world. The number doesn’t represent how many kids she has nor does it represent how many weeks she plans to hit her goal in our Fit For A Change contest.
Seven represents how many degrees she has.
“Two Bachelor’s in management and marketing from University of Central Florida, two from Rollins College in anthropology and international affairs, an MBA from the University of North Florida, a masters in economics from UCF and a doctorate in international business from Argosy University in Sarasota,” Dr. Bonnie says. “It was challenging but I love to learn and I was fortunate to be in the right place in the right time and I took advantage of the opportunity.”
Along with her collection of degrees, Bonnie is a professor at Valencia Community College in economics and teaches a class during the spring in African-American history. She started college when she was 18 years of age and received her doctorate five years ago in 2005.
“It just kind of happened,” Dr. Bonnie says. “It wasn’t anything that I had planned; I just took classes that were of interest for me.”
But Dr. Bonnie admits she did spend plenty of time studying and virtually no time exercising.
“When I went off to college I was always bigger than other girls, but when I spoke to a nutritionist and people who work in the field they said I was at my right weight at 180 pounds, which is the correct weight. But then when I went away to school, I worked my way through school. I worked full-time, part-time while taking a lot of classes. One time I was taking five classes AND working full-time and part-time. The weight kind of piled on,” she says.
“My goal now is to concentrate on my body and I know it takes a while – it’s a process.”
The initial weigh-in
Age: 43
Height: 5-5
Weight: 259.1
Percent Body Fat: 50.2
Lean Body Mass: 129.0
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