CANADIAN PHYSIQUE ALLIANCE AUGUST || ISSUE 37 | Page 50

HERE WE GO! We are meant to share in our struggle to support and inspire others. Well, I am going to share mine in real time, here, with you on a monthly basis. This is two-fold: 1) my story, while unique to me, has many common threads; and 2) um this is next level accountability! I am accountable to not just myself or my coach but to you the reader to be transparent and honest. I need this kick in the ass. I am putting it out there, vulnerable and ready to be so. It is rather liberating and I think I should be scared, but oddly I am not. Self-doubt seeps in, but that is to be dismissed. It is time! Here I am! Weight: 258 pounds Chest 47” Waist 48” Hips 51” Right Thigh 30” Right Calf 19” Right Bicep (flexed of course) 18.5” Measurement and progress photo credit to my rock: Regent Laviolette What’s the plan? What’s different? Why will I be successful this time? I have a team behind me, my husband, family, friends, coaches, work, YOU, doctors, and because I am deciding it’s time to be successful in my skin. THAT difference is paramount. …..to be continued