Igniting goals that fell to the curb!

Igniting goals that fell to the curb!

As a child I was the cute “chubby” girl. People always told me “oh you just have baby fat” or “you just have to grow into yourself”. This may very well have been part of it, but more of a contributing factor was that I was indeed a chubby child. I was a gymnast but a chubby one….try to picture that, ha! My mom would send me to my aunt in the summer and say “don’t send her back until she’s lost 10 pound”. As you can imagine, I was real thrilled to go to my aunts. Moderate torture and I never lost the weight, since I’d sneak to the candy store to compensate making me walk all over town.

Once I graduated High School, I began taking a very strong interest in working out, getting in shape and staying fit. I did end up losing all my “baby fat” and grew into myself if that is what you want to call it. The gym became part of my daily routine. I learning how to eat and what exactly proper nutrition entailed.

I became a huge fan of Oxygen magazine and favored Monica Brant and Lena Johannesen. One day I’ll be a figure competitor is what I kept telling myself. The years would go on and I just stayed at a “maintenance” level with my workouts. I’d try new diets here and thought that being a figure competitor was so far out of reach due to the time and effort it required.

Recently, I have had the pleasure of meeting someone simply amazing who has given me the inspiration, motivation and encouragement that I have needed this whole time to push me to the next level and really go after a goal that had slipped away. It’s amazing how knowing that someone believes in you can boost your confidence.

So, this year I will enter into my first figure competition in the fall! I have a long road ahead of me, but am determined to “just do it”!

Stay Tuned!