My Story

Let me first start off by stating by posting this I am not trying to classify my own personal story for getting healthy as inspirational. This is more of a way for my viewers to get to know me more and to understand why I have chosen to pursue a career as a dietitian with a minor in personal training.

During my sophomore year of high school I often found it difficult to find true happiness with not only my weight but also my entire body shape. In hopes of losing weight I decided to become a vegetarian; however, the weight did not just magically start fading away as I had hoped. This is due to two major causes. One of which being I was not being cautious of the nutrients I did and didn't consume leaving my body malnourished in some areas and in excess nutrients in others. I also credit my lack of weight loss due to the fact that I was not incorporating a healthy exercise plan.

After not seeing the scale drop to my goal weight I took matters into my own hands and began skipping meals regularly. This however failed as well but I continued with it throughout almost all of high school.

Once I started college I decided I was going to hit the gym every single day to reach my desired weight and along with that I was going to eat healthy. I certainly did workout every day but the eating healthy wasn't so much accurate. I tracked my calories and I specifically remember only eating 973 calories a day; which is below the nourishment equivalence. However I was losing weight so I was happy...momentarily.

Eventually my weight loss plateaued making me very frustrated and once again I took matters into my own hands and became bulimic. I suffered with this eating disorder for a little over a year before I was finally able to put a stop to it completely, by the grace of God.

I believe although those eating disorders were not part of God's initial plan for me He has led me into the dietetic field for a reason. This reason being to help others with their weight struggles. For this reason I plan to focus my career on helping individuals to either lose or maintain their weight by eating right and working out in a healthy manner.

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