I was an unfit kid from a remarkably unhealthy home. It took decades to undo the damage of my upbringing and it's still a process. However, I decided that I wanted better and deserved to be fit and healthy. Thank God - literally - for Oxygen Magazine which set me on the right path after doing it wrong for decades! I began weight lifting "back in the day" when it wasn't desireable for women to lift weights but fortunately Rachel McLish, Cory Everson, and Gladys Portugues quickly changed all of that.

I love working out because I can watch myself change for the better almost daily.