I initially got started years ago when I was in the military-thereafter got busy with life, marriage and career then divorce back to school then oops, had a wake-up call at my physical 2 years ago. Was told I was pre-diabetic and my numbers are in the danger zone where if I stay on the course I was on I would soon be a full blown diabetic. I had to attack the weight and eating hard. First I went through what I called the "scared straight" diabetes program, got with a RD and for the next 9 months worked to get a handle on proper nutrition and drop my weight. At the time I initially started this journey I was 225 to 240 lbs (after I got past 215 lbs I would just shy away from the scale) but in a matter of 1 years time [2011 to 2012] I dropped 15% of my weight to 195-192 lbs. Ok, that was very motivating but I was getting bored with just cardio and nutrition being the driving factor, I knew that I needed to incorporate ST in the mix; plus I was absolutely petrified of sagging skin but was concerned that at my age [slowing metabolism] I would not be able to get the skin to bounce back. BUT I don't embrace the "no's" "can't" or any form of negativity, so I got busy reading researching and discovered that ST could get me back in shape (toned). I knew that I had not been around weights in a long while so I hired a PT and worked out with him for about 6 months then dabbled with the ST on my own. So, now at my physical this past week, my doctor gave me an At-a-boy on my blood numbers, I have consistently kept them in the normal range for 2 years so I am no longer pre-diabetic thus no longer pre-disposed to being an insulin dependent diabetic. Woo Hoo to me. BUT.................I knew it was not over just with this bit of good news. I just recently completed a month of split training I created on my own and I felt real good plus started seeing results of my hard work in the gym, just that I have been plateauing with the weight for about 5 or 6 months. I started looking for something more to push me to get out of the plateau and to get more definition. Realizing you cannot spot train I knew that I needed help so I stumble upon BB.com and I am so excited I did. I am psyched and mentally ready to take it to the next level: Reinvention of me-Transformation.

I love bodybuilding for two reasons: (1) you learn to appreciate your body and yourself. You come to realize that your body is a like clay for which you can shape and mode into its best self. This is such an exhilarating feeling to transform (mode/shape) one's physique into its best feature; (2) when I work out, especially with ST/body-building I feel so positive, mindful, powerful, energetic, determined, healthy, in control, relaxed, calm, and all the positive adjectives that one can think of to describe the euphoria one feels after a good workout session. I simply love it!