Success Story
Fitness is for Any Age” and Age is Simply a State of Mind. Anything is possible. Do you believe this? I sure do. I grew up in a poor family in Nashville, TN. Mom worked three jobs just to make ends meet. It was me and my two brothers raised in the neighborhood and streets of East Nashville. Some of you know what I am talking about when you have no money. You have to actually get creative to pass the time and find productive things to do like riding bikes, shooting hoops, and catching crawdads (I later let them go). I became stronger and stronger – still the skinnest girl in school. The other kids made fun of me because of my clothes (they were hand-me-downs) -- hurt my feelings. We couldn't afford any school sports such as cheerleading or gymnastics, but I continued my quest for fitness. I have been working out for over 35 years never letting anything stand in the way of that important part of my day. It is something that I do for me. It makes me a better person, and I feel like I could set the world on fire. That is why as I approached my 50th birthday, I wanted to further challenge myself. I had a defining moment and made the decision to participate in a fitness competition. I trained for a year with a personal trainer, ate a healthy diet of non-processed foods, and worked very hard to learn a fitness routine from an incredible choreographer who believed in me. It's not like I didn't have other responsibilities and goals -- this is something that I believed in and wanted to accomplish. While training for the competition, I also worked full time, completed my Master Degree in Organizational Management, and took care of my family and Miniature Schnauzer. You can see from my motivation that I have a lot of energy. Never allow anyone to set your limitations – believe in you! If you don’t do it now, you’ll never know. I get asked the same question all the time about competing -- “Why do you do it?” Because I can! I am living my dream; are you? I am convinced that if you just allow life to drift by you -- it will. You have to take control, make some decisions, set goals and objectives, and then make it happen. It won't be easy! I had another defining moment this year about acting -- yes acting (one of the hardest careers to begin at this point in a person's life). But here I am now - doing it. I will appear in the hit TV series DALLAS coming Summer 2012 (so excited), and I am also doing commercial print work. Did this just happen? No! I have an agent, head shots, and I am enrolled in acting school. This is too much fun. How about taking a look at some of the things that you have always dreamed about doing and then make it a reality. Go for it!
THANK YOU to the gorgeous girls of Ms Fitness 2011 that posed in this wonderful picture with me.
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