LIVE ABOVE ORDINARY

the evOLution  
from a doubter (that would be me) into a believer

Me at 19 years old {1988}. ​165 pounds with NO muscle at all!! I tried jogging, you know {for about two weeks at a time}. I thought I was made to be "a big girl" forever. Size 10-12 - for a while 14, not bad. But I was miserably lost, no curious, no-- just wanting to get out of Cellulite City but I couldn't stop devouring biscuits.

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Also at 19. I would eat twice, sometimes three servings per meal in the dorm cafeteria. I didn't like to take pictures, so it was hard to find these. It's hard to see my butt and belly. I always hid them when I took pictures.

My first bodybuilding show in 2000. I won. Who knew? Finally, I learned how to eat without gorging. It changed my life and my belief in so many other things I had believed were difficult {impossible}. Size 4 or less. I could put my old pants on already zipped, and they'd drop down to my knees. I looked like a pro dancer, which was the BOD I always desired.

Again, my first show. I was 31. I trained so hard- 6 days a week, like Rocky. I won again {by the way} the very next month on my 32nd b-day. Today, I work out 4 days a week. Food is FUel for me, finally! I fit into size 6 jeans {which really freaks me out…}. It just keeps getting better. My trainers told me that would happen.

Michelle Bernard

J.A.M.