“ YOU JUST
HAVE TO TAKE THE TIME AND TALK TO PEOPLE TO TELL THEM YOUR
STORY AND YOUR STUGGLE.”
HERE LOVE
TORSHANDA: YOU.
YOU JUST HAVE TO TAKE THE
TIME AND TALK TO PEOPLE TO
TELL THEM YOUR STORY AND
YOUR STRUGGLE. BECAUSE
THAT’S GONNA HELP YOU
GET TO YOUR HAPPINESS. SO
I WRITE SONGS ABOUT DAILY
TRUE LIFE. THINGS THAT NOT
ONLY I GO THROUGH BUT
THINGS THAT PEOPLE GO
THROUGH EVERYDAY. SOMEBODY LOVES YOU, YES THEY
DO.
DISCOGODDESS: BEAUTIFUL. SO WHEN DID YOU START
DOING THIS?
TORSHANDA:
I WAS 14 YEARS OLD, BUT I
STARTED OFF DOING IT LIKE
A HOBBY THEN I SAID OH
MY GOD, I CAN REALLY RAP.
I START TO MAKE IT INTO A
DREAM. I THANK GOD FOR
THAT.
.
TORSHANDA: I
WILL BE 30 IN NOVEMBER.
DISCOGODDESS: YOU BARELY LOOK 22
TORSHANDA:
AAAAHH! THANK YOU. THAT’S
A COMPLIMENT
DISCOGODDESS: THAT’S BECAUSE YOURE NOT PUTTING
116/F-STYLE CHICAGO
GARBAGE IN YOUR BODY. NO
DRUGS, NOT TOO MUCH LIQUOR.
TORSHANDA:
YEP. YEP. I HAVE A PERSONAL
TRAINER. I WORK OUT 3
TIMES A WEEK. MY GUILTY
PLEASURE IS CHOCOLATE BUT
I HAVE TO KEEP THAT TONED
DOWN AND YOU KNOW
WHEN YOURE OUT HERE IN
THIS INDUSTRY YOU HAVE TO
KEEP A CERTAIN IMAGE. I TRY
TO EAT IT JUST ONE TIME A
WEEK THAT’S ABOUT IT.
DISCOGODDESS: WHAT
I REALLY WANT TO KNOW
IS WHAT CHANGED YOUR
MIND ABOUT YOUR PHYSICAL APPEARANCE. A LOT OF
US STRUGGLE WITH WEIGHT.
WHAT TRIGGERED YOU TO
LOSE SO MUCH WEIGHT.
TORSHANDA:
I USED TO WORK AT STARBUCKS IN CHICAGO. AND I
WAS THERE FOR A COUPLE
OF YEARS AND EVERYDAY
DURING BREAK, ME AND MY
COWORKERS WOULD EAT DONUTS AND COFFEE. WHEN I
STARTED I WAS ABOUT 210LBS
AFTER 5 YEARS WORKING
THERE, I GOT UP TO 320LBS.
ONE DAY I WOKE UP OUT OF
MY SLEEP AND I COULDN’T
BREATHE, I’M LIKE THIS
HAS TO STOP. YEA THESE
COOKIES AND COFFEE
TASTE GOOD TO ME BUT
I SAID, TORSHANDA DO
YOU WANNA KEEP DOING
THAT OR DO YOU WANNA
DO WHATS RIGHT. SO I
HAD TO TAKE CONTROL
OF MY LIFE AND MY
HEALTH AND GOT A PERSONAL TRAINER. STARTED
WORKING OUT 3 DAYS A
WEEK AND YEA I WANTED
TO GIVE UP SOMETIMES
BECAUSE I’M LIKE HELL,
WHO WANTS TO KEEP
GETTING UP EARLY EVERY
MORNING AND WORK
OUT. (LAUGHING)
DISCOGODDESS: WHAT
TIME DO YOU HAVE TO
GET UP?
TORSHANDA:
MY TRAINER CALLS ME AT
7 OCLOCK AND SAY, HEYGET UP NOW, ITS TIME
TO GO RUN. AND I DID IT
THOUGH. IF ITS DEALING
WITH YOUR HEALTH YOU
HAVE TO LOVE YOURSELF.
YOU HAVE TO GET UP. A
LOT OF PEOPLE THINK
LOVING YOURSELF MEANS
BUYING A PAIR OF SHOES
OR GETTING YOUR HAIR
DONE. NO! LOVING YOURSELF MEANS TAKING
CARE OF YOUR HEALTH.