I have been a personal trainer for over fifteen years. I have always kept myself in good shape, however, I had never competed in any kind of bodybuilding competition and it was something I had been thinking about doing for many years. In early 2020 I decided that this was...

I am a busy wife, a mom of three kids under 4 years old, and a full-time teacher in Canada. I spent my entire adulthood tackling weight issues and making a million excuses as to why I would never be successful.When I finished having kids, I realized that I could...

This throwback photo is somewhere between 5 to 6 years old. Back then, I was around 180-190lb. That was what I used to consider to be my “normal” bodyweight after the army.The photograph on the left shows how much I weigh today – 185lb! No big difference in comparison to...

Hi! My name is Eileen. My fitness journey started back in 2000. I have always been an active person until I got married. A month later I got pregnant. Back then I was advised not to workout during my pregnancy. That made me stop with my physical activities so I...

Hi there! My name is Ximena. My fitness journey started back in 2016. That year I participated in a bikini show competition. I never thought I could get so far on my very first show, but I proved myself wrong! I won second place and I was thrilled because of...

All throughout my life I have been athletic. I grew up playing soccer, did gymnastics for 11 years, danced for 7 years, and even embarrassingly played basketball for 2 years. I never was skinny but I always knew I was thicker. Which of course I didn’t mind. Once I got...

For several years I struggled with being overweight. I had awful anxiety and depression. I never posted pictures of myself anywhere, I didn’t want people to see how unhappy I was. I ate whatever I wanted. I was very lazy. About 8 months ago, I realized I needed a change....

Health wasn’t an importance in our home growing up. Staying active & playing sports was, but more so for the social part of things. My parents weren’t very educated on healthy eating. We didn’t eat out a lot, but mom’s good ol’ home cooking wasn’t always the healthiest. ESPECIALLY when...

Before I started bodybuilding, I was a larger girl. I was always athletic, but just bigger than most people in sports. I moved to Hawaii on my freshman year of college, and did the whole “freshman 15” thing. Except, it was way more than 15. I have no idea how...

My story starts way back in April 2013. I was young, dumb, and heavy on the throttle of my motorcycle. As many would of guessed by now I crashed. I ended up in a coma for 3 weeks with a fractured pelvis and 3 fractured vertebrae. Doctors said I would...