My motivation actually came from my little sister way back in 2004. We were sitting in the apartment and said allowed "I'm going to start losing weight". She immediately pointed out that I had been saying this the last few years. I was 18 that summer and heading into my senior year of high school. I was 5' 1" and over 330 lbs....yuck! OMG...it was disgusting. Looking through some photos of me at the lake I was shocked and hurt at how bad I really looked. That year from day one as a senior until I graduated I lost 65 lbs. I was always an active kid growing up in the country and I liked vegetables which really helped. I loved to play sports and had played tennis and the swim team throughout high school. I did a lot of biking, swimming, and countless hours of tennis play. I joined the US Army in 2008 at 5' 6" and weighing 178lbs at at the time. In basic and my advance training I only lost another 15 lbs. My first unit I hurt my ankle playing basketball and gained a few pounds and got called fat by my 1SG. I laughed at that because they had no idea. So to prove a point i worked my behind off and dropped down to 156 lbs....I looked ill because I'm naturally barrel chested. At that time my total weight loss from summer 2004 until summer 2009 was 170 something. I will never weigh what the Army wants me too my body is not meant to be that light. After being in for a few years now I'm ready to once again push my body to new limits. My struggles with my weight have continued but I stay about 170-180 lbs. I want to really transform my body to be pure strength, speed, and power without the "freak" effect.

I feel younger, more energized, I feel healthy, confident and I feel happy where the above story I was severly depressed and lonely.