From an early age, I was always interested in health and fitness. Both my parents and sister lived healthy life styles and it was only natural that I followed. By the age of 14 or 15, I acquired my own home gym that I set up in my basement. It was there I learned the basic fundamentals of lifting and developed a passion for working out. After a couple months of training in my basement, I wanted to take it a step further and join my local gym. Once I was of age, I signed up right away and got right to it. I was very dedicated when I first started out and would log all my workouts and diet routines that I was following. I couldn’t get enough of it! But somewhere along the line I hit a plateau. I always set my standards high. Always. At the time I was young and didn’t know that hitting a plateau was a normal thing. I quickly grew fustrated because I wasn’t meeting my goals and when it came time to renew my gym membership, I passed up the opportunity. My interest in lifting and eating healthy was put aside for quite sometime. On ocassions I would go downstairs in my basement and workout but it wouldn’t be anything too serious. Then about a year ago, something sparked my interest again. While I was at work one day, one of my co-workers and I were talking about what our plans were for the future. She had everything figured out; she knew exactly what she wanted to do, but me, not a clue. I thought I wanted to be a gym teacher or personal trainer but my interest for that faded. She was throwing out all these options for me of what I could possibly do and what types of jobs I could do to pick up some extra money. That’s when she suggested I try modeling. At first I thought she was joking. The idea didn’t really stick with me until I started looking into it more and started recieving more encouragement from others. So then I thought, why not give it a try. But first I wanted to get in better shape. So I started working out religiously down in my basement and started eating healthier. It was only a matter of time until I signed back up at my local gym. This is when I started seeing immediate results and once again I was hooked. A couple agents and talent scouts became interested and things seemed to be going well. I was at the best shape I had ever been in and was feeling good. But then came along the stresses of everyday life. At this time, I was in my fourth semester at college and things weren’t going well. Both at school and at home. I was going through some difficult things and began to suffer from severe anxiety attacks. I had my first real modeling shoot in a couple weeks and that was something I was really looking forward too to take my mind off things. But it just so happened to be my luck that the week before my first real photoshoot, I got extremely sick. I was diagnosed with gastroenteritis; the stomach flu that had been going around at the time. It was pretty bad and I had lost a lot of weight so I had to cancel the photoshoot. The photographers were very kind and considerate about my whole situation but I think I might’ve burnt some bridges. This all took place about 3 or 4 months ago. I grew very discouraged with myself once again and began picking up some unhealthy habits. My healthy diet wasn’t so healthy anymore, my sleeping pattern was way out of sorts and I began smoking. I was very down on myself. About month ago I finally realized I can’t live a life in defeat. Sure we all fall, but that’s what life’s all about; getting back up again and learning from our mistakes. There wasn’t much I could’ve done about some of the things I was going through or getting sick and canceling my photoshoot but I could’ve done without the unhealthy habits I picked up that I thought would relieve some of the stress I was going through. So this brings me pretty much up to date where I am today. I’ve been training again and eating healthier. I just started a new workout program that I just posted under ‘My Workout Program’on my main page. So I’m pretty excited about that. Change is always good. I still wish to do some modeling in the near future but right now I just want to focus on getting my body back into top notch shape! With consistent effort and determination, I can achieve my goals.
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