After failing so many times, I had given up

I still remember the exact moment that I was inspired to try again...

2020 Unstoppable Champion

At nearly 6’2” tall – I was never a petite flower.

But over the course of the last 15 years I’d gained over 65 pounds

Growing up, I was never small.

Despite being involved in high level sports year-round, I was always a little bigger than most.

I knew I had to make a change

that would fulfill that wish.

I’ve been overweight my entire life,

right from young adulthood.

I was forced to face some very difficult and unwanted truths.

I was in free fall with no bottom and felt like life was completely out of my control.

I saw myself in a mirror when in a clothing store and

I sat right there in the fitting room and cried.

Because of my Fibromyalgia, I had lost about 80% 

of the range of motion in my arms and shoulders

After finding the courage to step on the scale,

I saw my actual weight for the first time in several years and was immediately brought to tears. The scale read 326 pounds.