In 2011 I started trying to lose weight and failed. Around February of 2012 I started trying again....and was a little more successful. Between March 2012 and October of 2012 I lost about 20 pounds. Then I had enough confidence to start running and dabbled in lifting weights. Eventually I lost another 30 pounds and in 2014 completed my first half marathon. I joined a gym and started taking the free fitness classes to learn some new exercises and also just for the fun of it. Now that I feel I am decently in shape, I am looking forward to focusing and really taking it up a notch to carve that muscular body that I've always admired in fitness models. Nutrition is always the biggest challenge for me.

I love running and the way a good workout feels and I eat pretty healthy most of the time. However those things alone are not giving me the body shape that I want to develop. Only lifting weights and eating clean can do that!