I am making a new blog...about fitness and healthy living.
I am going to give y'all a little background on myself.
My name is Ariel, and I am 18 almost 19. I am currently a sophomore at Azusa Pacific University, My major is applied exercise science and through my first year of college I have fallen in love with health and fitness. Instead of gaining the typical freshmen 15, I lost 25 pounds through my first year, and it wasn't like I was trying to lose weight I just started working out with the help of my weight training class during my 2nd semester. Working out became a stress reliever for me, I went through a rigorous first year of college and fitness really helped me in so many ways, sounds stupid but it's so true. Along with losing weight, I gained a lot of knowledge when it comes to weight training and that is where my passion is, and I am still continuing to learn more and more about it. I used to want to be a physical therapist for NBA basketball players, but through this new love I've found I am now wanting to pursue a position in the strength and conditioning field for collegiate athletes. I am endlessly curious about the whole weight training world, and I'm always trying to improve myself. This is something I am now passionate about, and I am currently pursuing my certificate to become a personal trainer.
A little back history of high school and stuff.
I was a chubby kid growing up, I would always go through phases of being chubby but then I would lean out because I would grow in height. That is how it was until I was like 13, I am considerably tall for a female, I am about 5 foot 11 inches. So I was growing a lot as a kid. I developed an eating disorder when i was a freshman in high school. My parents never really noticed because I was heavily involved in softball, I have played all my life, so all that physical activity helped overlook what I was doing to myself. This proceeded all throughout high school, I would have tendencies of not eating but one meal a day and I abused laxatives. I never told anyone this at all, this is actually the first time telling someone, even if it's just the Internet. I weighed about 125 pounds when I was a freshman in high school, this is because I dropped about 30 lbs after entering high school. I then gained weight throughout high school from puberty and just growing and binge eating and things like that. I graduated high school weighing about 180 lbs, I constantly hated the way I looked all the time, and it was strange to me because I was really active, I was playing varsity high school softball and travel ball softball. I thought that it was just the way my body was. So I kinda accepted it, and at this time I was still kind of abusing laxatives. But all of this changed when I went to college, some of it was the pressure of the way other girls looked, it made me want to look better, so I would try and eat healthier. Also I was paranoid that I would gain a ton of weight because I had decided to not pursue collegiate softball, so I was being extra careful of what I was eating. Also being in college I wasn't really able to abuse laxatives because I didn't want people to notice, and I was living with 2 other girls in my room and another 40 girls in my hall, there was really no privacy and I couldn't continue with that habit, with that kind of lack in privacy. So I was becoming better without really noticing it. But a lot of my body change came from my second semester of college, I decided to enroll in a weight training class with some of my friends, and everything really changed from there. Also second semester I was going through some stupid boy problems haha so I found a stress reliever in exercise, so I was constantly moving and working out and I saw a change in myself I was building muscle which fascinated me like crazy. And what was really strange as well was that I was actually in better shape now than I was when I was playing sports competitively! I just fell in love with the way my body was changing, it was just crazy fascinating. So again I got really scared to come home and gain weight, because I would be home for four months, and I didn't want to gain the weight back. I came home to a crazy amount of compliments on how good I looked which was incredibly nice, but I found what I really like about being muscular and fit, not only do I feel great, but for me I love clothes and clothes give me a confidence, it's just my personal thing, but now I am able to order clothes knowing they will fit correctly on my body, I don't have to worry about something not potentially looking good, I know that it will all fit, and it helps me feel confident in the way I look, I can walk down the street and not worry about the way I look, which is the total opposite of how I felt about a year ago. I am just extremely happy with where I am now, and I am on the journey to pursue an awesome stomach, working for a six pack and I am seeing results,but I just have to work really hard and eat correctly.
So on this blog I plan to track my personal progress, but also share workouts and food recipes for y'all I hope to hear feedback from you guys and if y'all have any questions please ask them!:)
Sincerely,
Ariel
