I started really working out when I joined swimming in high school. My brother competed in Triathlons and naturally after graduating gravitated to the sport. I love to compete and Triathlons were a great outlet. I sucked at running though and switched to just running for a few years. I dropped to my lowest weight ever and at 115 lbs realized I looked like **** and I wasn't strong. I started doing P90X and after that started to love to lift. But kept on training for my marathon. After completing the marathon I found doing anything other than lifting horrbile but I continued to eat... ALOT all the time from the stress of school, being away from home, etc. I started just lifting every so often and doing Crossfit with my sister. I started Jamie Easons 12 week trainer after hitting a max of (without a lot of muscle) of 140lbs. I knew something had to change and I went for it. I LOVED IT. Lifting especially powerlifting makes me feel stronger, happier, sexier, more confident than anything in my life ever has. I LOVE lifting, I love the feeling after hitting a PR, rocking a WOD, or hitting some HIIT hard. I love this life it fuels a passion in me and I'm not sure where to go with it or take it but I'm pressing forward and challenging myself everyday.

I have been battling disordered eating and hormonal imbalances (no periods, hypothyroid, etc.) for years. Triathlons and Marathons were fun but didn't help with energy levels or feeling like a sexy, confident women. But now give me an olympic bar, some dumbbells or put me in a gym and let me lose. The feeling of that power and strength gives me the greatest feeling of love and acceptance of my body I have ever felt. I love bodybuilding/working out because it has taught me to love myself and honestly, there is not anything more important than that.