20 years ago I got started into bodybuilding and it all began with a visit home to see family. I was going to college out of town and came home to see my parents and brothers. Keep in mind that I wasn’t athletic in high school. I tried track and tennis but just never seemed to do any good at it. When I left to go to college I fell into the usual scene of eating and partying like most college students but if one isn't active, well we all know what happens, I was about 140 pounds of flab. So when I came home for that visit 20 years ago one of my brothers, who is brutally honest, told me my butt was getting really big. Well no girl wants to be told her butt is big especially from her brother. I was pretty mad. The same weekend my brother asked if I wanted to attend my first bodybuilding show. As I watched, still fuming from what he had said I told myself I was going to be competing on stage the following year. I moved back home, started lifting with my brother and running every day and the next year I was on stage at the 1987 WSU Intercollegiate Bodybuilding show as a lightweight weighing 102 pounds, too lean for my standards today but back then it was quite an accomplishment. I have been lifting ever since and I am still learning something new every day.

I love the way I can transform my physique by doing certain exercises and changing my diet. I also like the feeling of what I have accomplished after a hard workout. Competing is a great way to show others what you have done. Knowing that you alone have tested your drive and discipline to be on that stage.