BEFORE AND AFTER

8 months ago I had moved out here to San Luis Obispo to move in with my sister, continue to go to school, and get certified as a personal trainer. Coming from Los Angeles I was horribly depressed, constantly working out, dieting, and then rebelling against it day after day. My love for fitness was strong but I, like so many other people, had a problem with eating my emotions. I started in June and made my sister take this god awful picture of me because I was determined this time I was going to stick with it! Well one month went by and I started eating clean and continuing to kick my butt with plyometrics workouts. I was getting strong and my body was changing so quickly. A couple months in, I fell off the bandwagon. And I continued to mess up, digging in the peanut butter at night or drinking a little bit too much after work every once in awhile but practice makes perfect and I refused to give up

It's horribly embarrassing and I had to force myself but I wanted to put these pictures up because I wanted to show people that change doesn't happen over night. It takes practice and failing sometimes. Not a lot of people think that I could have ever been out of shape from my flamboyant passion for health and fitness. Also, I wanted to show people that you CAN do this alone. Im not surrounded by athletes and fitness models, I had never took a nutrition or health class. But I did the research on my own, played guinea pig on myself and didn't trust everything people told me was the "right" thing to do. Educate yourself. Your body. Your responsibility. No excuses. No magic weight loss wand.

I picked this picture because I'm wearing the same pants :)

Before                                          After

June 28 2011                               February 5 2012

24% body fat                               16% body fat

143 lbs                                         143 1bs

Age 22                                         Age 22

5'9"                                              5'9"

And this is by far not the end of my journey. I constantly set new goals and strive to be better, the way I look and feel is no exception. I just recently joined the bikini natural competition team "Team Fox" and have started on my journey to compete this year with the support of a coach and my fellow foxy ladies!