My Backstory

Throughout my childhood I was always in decent shape. I was never the smallest girl, but average. I ate what I wanted in LARGE quantities (I could seriously put away TWO Chipotle burritos), but I never gained weight because I danced and cheered daily. I was always proud that I could eat so much food, . Fast forward to college where I gained the freshman 15 and then some, went through a rough break-up and lost it all by not eating much. 

The next school year I gained it all back but spent three months that next summer backpacking through Europe with my new boyfriend. We chose to stretch our money so that we could be there for as long as possible,  so we mostly ate bread and water, with some occasional fruits and veggies. We tried eating out once in every city. I again lost all of the weight I had gained, but it MESSED up my metabolism. 

Over the next two years, I gained 45 POUNDS! I did about a month of P90X and lost some weight, but I let life get in the way (graduating and job hunting) and gained it back over the next two years. I tried several diets (raw food, juice) but could never last more than a week. I went back to school in August of 2011 and all diet and exercise went out the window. I was working 55-100 hours a week and surviving on chips and salsa and pasta while taking 24 credit hours online a semester. 

I graduated again in May of 2012 and decided it was time to take charge of my life. I joined a bootcamp and went 2-3 times a week. I started eating real meals, but was still known to consume an entire box of cookies in one sitting. I would convince myself that it was "okay" because I had just worked out! I lost 25 pounds after 7.5 months and decided to give P90X another shot. My boyfriend would not have time to do it with me this time, so I recruited two of my friends to do it with me. I also reached out to a Beachbody coach, because I decided that this time I would not stop, and that I need all the help I can get to push myself to where I want to be.