I'm studying to be a sports nutritionist, I love sports, and nearly all healthy foods. So what would you say if I tell you I used to be the girl who would bet to see how many ice cream bars she could eat at lunch time on top of the normal meal?

I definitely wasn't always the "athlete" amongst my friends. I was overweight, and pretty miserable about it. I joined the sparkpeople for teens under age 18 towards the end of middle school. At the same time, I joined the track team as a ...

I'm studying to be a sports nutritionist, I love sports, and nearly all healthy foods. So what would you say if I tell you I used to be the girl who would bet to see how many ice cream bars she could eat at lunch time on top of the normal meal?

I definitely wasn't always the "athlete" amongst my friends. I was overweight, and pretty miserable about it. I joined the sparkpeople for teens under age 18 towards the end of middle school. At the same time, I joined the track team as a last resort to kick me into shape.

From there, I literally fell in LOVE with weight loss, nutrition, and calories. You could even say I was obsessed.

My obsession turned into an eating disorder that I've been battling with for nearly six years now. It'll probably haunt me for the rest of my life, but at least I have the reigns now, and this entire journey has left me with a lust for nutrition, knowledge, and life.

A lot of it had to do with the fact that I learned what all of the junk food did to my body, physically, chemically, and I told myself I didn't like them anymore. I don't even think about those foods, nor miss them, let alone crave them. They don't deserve any of that consideration. Thus, I don't think about any of this as deprivation. I'm leading a healthy lifestyle because I'm proud and amazed at what my body has, can, and will endure for me.

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