I went through a 5 month period where I had become depressed and had given up. My parents had been going through a divorce and it had really affected me. I would over eat and do drugs and sleep all day. One day i woke up to go out with some friends and I went into my closet to put on this cute little dress that I hadn't worn in a while because the weather wasn't nice. When I couldn't fit it over my thighs I became very frustrated I pulled it down and threw it across the room. I looked in the mirror at myself in disgust and called myself fat and lazy. At the time I had a tumblr account and had seen many girls openly post about their eating disorders. I decided to myself that this was the only way i was going to loose the weight. I began not eating and skipping meals hoping that in a couple of months i would have a thigh gap and could fit into the little dress again. But when i stopped eating it just caused me to binge and I began gaining weight rapidly. The day i stepped on the scale and weighed 205.6 was the day I changed my lifestyle completely. Got my gym membership in March 2013 and haven't looked back since. I have so many dreams of competing and become part of the great fitness community that helped me change my life around

When I first got started with fitness I didn't know a lot about anything. I just wanted abs and a big but. I made an instagram account and followed a whole bunch of "fitspo" accounts where all the girls had slender legs with thigh gaps and no muscle but what i had considered back then to be "abs" now i know they are just skinny. After realizing 1. I could never attain that kind of body and 2. Why the hell would i want to, i wanted to be strong. I stumbled upon Dana Linn Baileys instagram and was immediatly amazed her muscles her determination and dedication it took my breath away I then started to do more research about the body building world and became hooked. I lift 6-7 times per week with pylos on some days and do cardio either at a fasted state but always HIIT 5 times per week. i went from being 205lbs to 170lbs in just a few short months. I have managed to bulk for 4 months now and am going to start to loose my body fat. I have never felt better than i do when i work out and i find it to be such a positive thing.