Amy grew up with a lot of ongoing health problems. From the age of five she has dealt with daily migraines and severe asthma. Specialist after specialist has put her on different medications and remedies and throughout her adolescence her weight fluctuated due to steroids injected for her health, hormonal imbalance and other chronic issues. Needless to say Amy was not always the poster child of health and fitness from the outside or in. Between her headaches and figure skating she became very good at ignoring chronic pain. One day at the age of 20 what she thought was a stress related illness or 24 hour flu turned out to be a ruptured appendix that was ignored for 3 days because of work overload and by the time Amy was hospitalized the doctors said she should have been dead for two days.
After multiple illnesses post surgery and a weakened immune system Amy finally decided there was only one thing to do, take control of her life and become as healthy inside and out as possible to fight back. Diving head first into fitness, Amy became very knowledgeable in fitness, nutrition and healthy habits. She started fitness modeling and training at Jackie Warnerâs Gym in Beverly Hills and has now decided to take the ultimate step and compete in the NPC Bikini Division where qualified for the USAs in Las Vegas at her first show and took 9th place in her first national showing. Fitness has saved her life and kept her out of the hospital.
Everyone says they canât workout because of this or that, my response is letâs hear it because I bet you I have been through it and may still be struggling with it but guess what I have risen to the top of the fitness industry because I am driven to do so for myself and to motivate and inspire others to live a healthy lifestyle despite challenges in their personal lives. Everyone can achieve the body they want and feel like they never thought they could with determination and dedication which is what working out does for me every day!