I was a competitive figure skater for 10 years and coach for 3 before I developed an eating disorder, dislocated my knee, and had to retire. I recovered for a year before gently skiing, biking, and skating again. When I was 21 I developed an auto-immune thyroid and gained about 40lbs. I have lost 44lbs so far. I would like to go down to 120lbs, and then bulk back up to 128-135ish. Just trying to cut the fat right now :)

It makes me feel really, really good. In fact, this is the first year I haven't had an extremely severe case of Seasonal Affective Disorder. I've even gone off my medication. My thyroid is also in remission right now, although I do still have antibodies. I also love eating clean because it's the only thing that doesn't make me sleepy while eating low-calorie (not too low, just cutting).