I've never played sports and I've never been in shape in my life! That's hard to believe but sadly it's true. My boyfriend is into fitness so he started introducing me to working out a few years ago but I'm pretty physically lazy so I never kept up with it. Throughout the past few years I started gaining more fat and weight, to the point where I wouldn't go outside in the summer in shorts! I became that self-conscious. I think part of it is due to the fact that everyone "thinks" I'm small, I have a small frame and do my best to wear clothes that conceal my fat, but they never saw me in a bikini! So I think in my mind I wanted to keep it that way, where everyone thought I was "small." Clearly, I wasn't "fat" but I was starting to gain plenty of fat because I had no muscle whatsoever.

A couple years ago I started yoga (which I LOVE!) and it somehow awoke this dormant shoulder injury that I had. I had had some issues with my left shoulder a few years prior but it would come and go so I thought nothing of it, asked one doctor and she simply said, "oh it may be tendonitis" Okay.... and she left it at that, so I did too. Well after starting yoga when my shoulder started acting up again I went to a new doctor who then sent me to x-rays and ultimately therapy, which I still do daily at home! The therapist said it was something to do with my rotator cuff muscles but he didn't think it was surgical rotator cuff but that I needed to be careful. He asked if I played sports or anything... of course my answer was "no." So I had to stop working out and doing the yoga that I had just started, so I could try to heal my shoulder. Who gets an injured shoulder when they're not even active?! This girl right here.

I feel that my shoulder issue is a matter of me having no muscle or strength and that makes me more susceptible to injury. So I got to the point this past year that I feel that at the age of 26 I should not feel this crappy, be this out of shape, and do nothing about it! So I started working out again, making sure to take it easy on my shoulder but yet push myself hard enough to make a change in my body and mind. I'm still struggling to make fitness a part of my daily life but I will get there and I think that BodyBuidling.com, all of the people on here who support each other, and my boyfriend will help me get there. I am confident in that.

The seemingly paradoxical statement that "working out will give your more energy" is so true! And until you do it, you never realize that. I love the renewed sense of energy I get every time I work out and how it helps carry me throughout the day. And once you start to see how your body changes it becomes addicting :)