Candice

Female

28

United States

Mama

Jul, 2008

To start off I grew up like most kids eating what ever I wanted and I was a very chubby child. I reached my highest weight of 170 lbs in 9th grade and decided it was time to lose weight. Over that summer I returned to 10th grade weighing about 125lbs and by the time I was 21 I weighed about 115lbs. I was able to lose the weight after both of my children but even at 115-125 I still carried allot of uneeded fat. My weight was literally a rollercoaster for years ranging from 120-140. I was not happy because at my lowest I was Skinny-Fat and my highest just FAT. My husband got really active in bodybuilding and became a certified fitness trainer. I have been working out on and off and love the sport. I always wanted to have a fitness physique and dreamed of it. I never realized back then that is was totally attainable. My goal is to live a healthy life with the perks of a great body to live it in. Why not! Its so much better than tasteing something great.

It makes me more emotionally balanced, I feel better all around, I am more active with my children and my husband. I wake up everyday and I feel great. Eating clean is THE BEST FEELING EVER! I love the way that people admire others for being in shape. I am very outgoing and I naturally draw people to me with my personality and I have found that people are shocked to see a short fit, pretty, funny, outgoing person, packed all into this little body. It funny how people think you know some secret when in fact it boils down to this, " Eat clean, work out, stay positive, and visualize the end result!"

My husband is a big help! There are many people who motivate and inspire me but Id have to say that Jamie Eason is my biggest motivation... Also I attend and compete in local bodybuilding competitions, being in the atmosphere keeps me driven to do it more and come in leaner and better. I do allot of research to keep my metal focus when Im at home and LOVE TO MUNCH. If I am visualizing my goals constantly I find that I attract them.

Starting AND NEVER GIVING UP! FOR ALL OF YOU THAT TRY AND TRY AND TRY, KEEP IT UP AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL STICK AND YOU WILL SUCCEED. My biggest accomplishment was sticking to my first 12week cut for my first bodybuilding show and not cheating on my diet once. I shed a total of 27lbs and competed in at 115. The next shows will be exciting for me because my goal is shredded.

My body is my canvas, My food is my paint, The Iron I pump are my sculpting tools... My posing suit frames the end result, I am a piece of living art! "