My story is similar to SS!
I was overweight when I was 11, 12, 13 and I hated it.. I was about 5'1 weighed over 140 and was wearing size 12 & 14..it was sad!!!! Then one summer I stayed with My granny on her farm (the summer between my 8th & 9th grade year, right before HIGH SchooL) and My granny worked my butt off....literally. We were always mowing, building fences, hauling hay, all kinds of Farm work todo..and Granny Only allowed us to drink water. (and I was a dr.pepper/kool aid girl)...
SO When I walked in the door a my new high school on the first day, I shit you not.. I was wearing a size 1 in jeans...and weighed about 108, and I grew 2 inches taller- my hair was longer, I had makeup on...NOBODY KNEW WHO I WAS Except My best friend. I'm serious..she had to convice people it was me! SO I thank Granny for all that.. or I would have ended up like all my aunts/cousins--- fat & NOT healthy!
I took dance for 2 years in high school, & Played softball.
I joined the gym the day I got my drivers liscese.. and Went every single day.. But I wouldn't eat right.. I was in a size 0 -- but I barely ate..for fear of gaining weight back. I would NEVER eat lunch, Always had a bagel for bfast..and maybe a chicken sandwhich for dinner, and thats it.. nothing. I had an awesome body-but was bonerail thin!!!!
Anyway..in college I gained 15lbs-- I was still working out all the time..then I met my friend here at work and shes a bodybuilder. She taught me how to eat right, clean, showed me different exercises..etc.. Shes wonderful. Her best friend has her Pro Card, and is in all the Fitness magazines!
So Since I was 20 I have been learning more and more about how to eat right.. STILL Learning....haha.. but I know I'm much more healthier than that bonerail thin girl I was in highschool!
I'm a size 2 right now, but am always looking to get a better bod/ more LEAN!
Thats my story!! And One day I would love to be in a fitness magazine..