claricestarling
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Hello ladies,
I wanted to begin by thanking all of you for the exceptional "cut-and-dry" guidance on my program. It would have taken me copious amounts of boring reading on other sites to compile all the information I recieved in just days of being on EliteFitness. THANK YOU!!!!
As I read peoples threads, I have come to realize that everyone has a different reason for getting into shape. Whether it is getting ready for summer or just trying to get back into that bikini that is collecting dust in their drawer. I wish that was the case with me. My reason runs much deeper. I am here to settle unfinished business with my identical twin sister. To finish a dream that we shared of being body builders and competing on stage together. As you will read, you will find out that dream will never come true, my twin has passed away. I am going to have to "get on that stage" and represent her and my twinness all by myself, ALONE.
My physical transformation to health began 5 months ago but my tragedy began 5 years ago. It was a sunny September day in 2004. I had not heard from my twin in a week so I went to her house to check up on her. As I approached the house I could tell by the smell that what I was about to find would change the very essence of my being. I found her on the bathroom floor and she had been there for a week. She had committed suicide by pills. I was devastated. That was the moment I became a twinless twin, that was the moment when my mind changed and my body would begin to change. Needless to say, I ended up in hospital where doctors put me on 6 different kinds of anti-depressants and sleep aides. Before I started taking them I was a marathon runner and I weighed 117 pounds. 5 years of these drugs morphed me into a weak and witless 171 pounds mass. They dampened my thoughts and weakened my body. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT PROLONGED USE OF ANTI-DEPRESSANTS WILL DETERRIORATE YOUR MIND AND BODY!!
On March 30th 2009, I was sitting in my recliner and I was thinking about my twin and all of the dreams we had of competing together when it came to me.... It hit me like a ton of bricks; I said to myself, "ENOUGH!" I decided to take my life back. On that day in March, I stopped taking my ALL of my meds, cold turkey. I tore up the internet and found a diet plan and I got my ass back into the gym!!!!! So here I am today, 16% bf/129.5 pounds and a step closer to fulfilling my dreams of getting on that stage.
I invite all of you to traverse with me on my journey. I will post my ups and down over the next 12 weeks and maybe, just maybe, I will inspire someone to empower themselves and overcome tragedy. Today and tomorrow I am going to relax and enjoy 2 long 10 mile runs and a cheat meal or two; Then Friday the "real work" begins. Who knows, at the end of my 12 weeks, you might see a picture of me, in a bikini, standing on stage smiling and thinking of my twin.
Everything I do is for my twin,
clarice
I wanted to begin by thanking all of you for the exceptional "cut-and-dry" guidance on my program. It would have taken me copious amounts of boring reading on other sites to compile all the information I recieved in just days of being on EliteFitness. THANK YOU!!!!
As I read peoples threads, I have come to realize that everyone has a different reason for getting into shape. Whether it is getting ready for summer or just trying to get back into that bikini that is collecting dust in their drawer. I wish that was the case with me. My reason runs much deeper. I am here to settle unfinished business with my identical twin sister. To finish a dream that we shared of being body builders and competing on stage together. As you will read, you will find out that dream will never come true, my twin has passed away. I am going to have to "get on that stage" and represent her and my twinness all by myself, ALONE.
My physical transformation to health began 5 months ago but my tragedy began 5 years ago. It was a sunny September day in 2004. I had not heard from my twin in a week so I went to her house to check up on her. As I approached the house I could tell by the smell that what I was about to find would change the very essence of my being. I found her on the bathroom floor and she had been there for a week. She had committed suicide by pills. I was devastated. That was the moment I became a twinless twin, that was the moment when my mind changed and my body would begin to change. Needless to say, I ended up in hospital where doctors put me on 6 different kinds of anti-depressants and sleep aides. Before I started taking them I was a marathon runner and I weighed 117 pounds. 5 years of these drugs morphed me into a weak and witless 171 pounds mass. They dampened my thoughts and weakened my body. I AM HERE TO TELL YOU THAT PROLONGED USE OF ANTI-DEPRESSANTS WILL DETERRIORATE YOUR MIND AND BODY!!
On March 30th 2009, I was sitting in my recliner and I was thinking about my twin and all of the dreams we had of competing together when it came to me.... It hit me like a ton of bricks; I said to myself, "ENOUGH!" I decided to take my life back. On that day in March, I stopped taking my ALL of my meds, cold turkey. I tore up the internet and found a diet plan and I got my ass back into the gym!!!!! So here I am today, 16% bf/129.5 pounds and a step closer to fulfilling my dreams of getting on that stage.
I invite all of you to traverse with me on my journey. I will post my ups and down over the next 12 weeks and maybe, just maybe, I will inspire someone to empower themselves and overcome tragedy. Today and tomorrow I am going to relax and enjoy 2 long 10 mile runs and a cheat meal or two; Then Friday the "real work" begins. Who knows, at the end of my 12 weeks, you might see a picture of me, in a bikini, standing on stage smiling and thinking of my twin.
Everything I do is for my twin,
clarice
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