Female

33

hairdresser

Nov, 2002

I was at an all time High of 288 pounds, and looked in the mirror one day and decided that was it! I started by joining Weight Watchers, and ultimately lost about 86 pounds, I tried so hard to keep the weight off, but we all know that as the months go by, it ends up being harder to maintain the weight than it did to actually get it off. I put back on about 23 pounds. Back in August of 2006, my husband and I decided to rejoin Gold's Gym, and they just happen to be running a 12-week Body Transformation Contest, so it really put a spark up my rear-end to get it in gear and get that 23 pounds off. The contest was held between 3 Gyms. I ultimately ended up winning the entire thing, 440 people, I got 1st place, and $1,ooo.oo. I was so excited that I had pushed myself to do it, and won. I had always wondered what it would be like to try and compete in a figure competition, and recently made the decision that I'm going to go for it. I've been training since the first of March (2007), and I am looking to compete in October of this year. I know that it seems pretty far away, but I'm learning new things everyday, as far as nutrition, and workouts, so I wanted to make sure that I allowed myself a lot of time to really focus on the task at hand.

I love working out, because it gives me that sense of inner peace. I relieve so much stress when I just take it to the gym. I feel like I'm doing myself a favor, and I know that I am. Looking back at pictures of me 5 years ago, and longer, I can't believe that I had let myself go the way that I did, and I have made a promise to myself that I will never let myself look like that again

It's hard, It is very hard sometimes, I try to maintain a focus on the task at hand. I have found over the last 9 months, that I'm probably going to have to keep getting involved in competitons, to keep myself in "gear." I have days when I get so discouraged, because I want the body NOW! I don't want to have to wait, and work for it. In the great scheme of things, they don't say "good things come to those who wait" for nothing. I constantly coach myself... I talk myself up... I tell myself "If you see it, and believe it, you can achieve it, and be it!" It is so very true, but we are all only human, and we are going to have rough days, and even rough weeks, but I have to remain Focused on the end result, and sometimes it is very hard, when your not seeing the results as quick as you want to.

I'm still working on these!! Because I am pretty new to the sport, I hope that I can ultimately make it into the first Figure Competition in Oct 07. So far, though I feel like I have made a big Accomplishment, by just being where I am at to date. I have lost over 90 pounds, and I am on my way to the biggest physical transformation of my life!