In high school I was always an athlete. Not to brag but a damn good one. I played every sport, yes I mean mostly everything just ask and I will tell you! In high school I was that award hog. After high school, I got bigger. By the time I was married at 20 I had went from a size 0-2 to a whopping 9-10. I still felt sexy, I truly believe sexy isn't just outside but also inside! I had my beautiful daughter! I was 180 lbs after her birth. Remained a size 14-16 till my family moved back to my hubby's state. Once inside the Lone Star State I was introduced into the world of fitness. I excelled there from the years of 2009-2010. I was a member of Cowtown Hotties, The Hot Bod Bikini Team, Strokers in Dallas, TX, & was on Ma's Road House Miss Strokers Bikini Contest featured on Tru TV.
We moved home to be with my aging parents. So now I live in a town with a population of 1000 people. Sad I know! I had gained weight once back in my hometown in the Bootheel of Missouri. I was at the most a size 10-12, but never weighed. My mother-in-law came to visit and saw a beautiful picture of my older sister who is over weight. It was my sister's wedding photo. She asked if it was me! I replied hell no, while internally screaming do I look like her? Running to the bathroom I held the pic up beside me and low and behold I did look like her! Note this sister has health issues like another older overweight sister I have. It was a really scary reality check.
So then I started working out & starting my nutrition journey. I slowly picked it up quick with the help of my fb fitness family! The weight slowly cam off & slow I could work out more! So slowly trained harder and harder! The weight was coming off, had plateaued. I found out it was the Seroquel I had been taking for over 6 years. It was for my bi polar. I researched fitness and bi polar treatment and felt in order to keep going I had to come off. My goal at this point is to compete in the NPC bikini division. The Seroquel withdrawals made heroin look like child's play (not that I should know). I got derailed every time but kept my eye on the prize.
So here I am now just training. I have a fuller plate for sure! My daughter started softball this spring. I am training her along with clients. I am running a gym (by myself). I have my eyes still set for the prize of again competing in NPC bikini, but the time frame is a long ways away. I figure it gives me time to step out on the stage and be the woman that is spoken about by others saying, "That's the next superstar!" I want to be at 100%, I am a perfectionist. If times allows figure is not out of the question for me as far as goals.