Growing up, I was never really shown "how" to live healthy. I was accustom to eating pizza rolls and chips for dinner. Although I participated in sports during my earlier years, that didn't carry on throughout high school- I wasn't very active at all after that. My unhealthy habits carried on and caught up to me in my early 20's. I hadn't really had too many problems with being overweight up to this point. I wasn't sure what to do, so I eventually just would refuse to eat most meals out of the week. I would smoke cigarettes and drink alcohol to keep my appetite away. This of course ,was a horrible decision.. There were many times I felt like I was going to faint and felt awful a majority of the time. Eventually I started dating someone who realized what I was doing and they wouldn't stand by as I did this. I started eating more regularly but, still it wasn't healthy foods and I was still not active. I slowly but sure put on the weight I had lost from not eating, and then some. I was so embarrassed. I started to educate myself on nutrition and clean eating. I decided I couldn't do the extreme over eating and under eating any longer. Although I've messed up many times along the way, I'm learning and getting better everyday. I no longer let a day or even a few days of being off track ruin the progress I have made. I'm going to major in Dietetics, and am so excited for what my future holds. I hope to inspire even just a few people if I can along the way, because inspiration and motivation is the only thing that can get you where you need to be!

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