I had always been thin so when I started gaining weight I gained curves I never had before and was loving it until #1 my doc patted my belly and said "We really need to work on this" and #2 the scale said: 212. Okay, yeah, time to learn about "losing weight" I figured, I better do this before I turn 40 because they say its harder to lose after that...I NOW know better! Anyways... I didn't want to just "lose weight" something didn't seem quite right about that. I noticed overweight people my whole life yo-yoing and I didn't want to do that. Sooo...the more I read I discovered that this needed to be a lifestyle change and the only healthy way, in my opinion, was to use weights with cardio and a good "diet". I gravitated toward the Bodybuilding mags and websites and decided that was the physique I wanted. I secretly wanted to be a bodybuilder and knew it took dedication, determination and hardwork to achieve this. At the time, I didn't have it in me...so I would lift for a while, get distracted...get off the kick for a few months...get disgusted at what I saw in the mirror...get back on...this went on and on for a long time. After finally getting to just under 200 lbs I got real serious Jan. 2011. I started doing P90X and Weightwatchers with a neighbor and was impressed with the results I was getting. Our schedules kept clashing and I was missing way too many workouts. I'm a morning person and she isn't. The only way that I was going to get this done was to go it alone. We parted ways and I have been dedicated to the gym since August, 2011. I stopped caring about the scale because throwing weight around just feels too good to care!

Training has given my a confidence and control I've never had before. I like the idea that I'm doing my mind and body right.