Bonny_Lassie
02-20-2010, 03:42 PM
Hi Everyone! Just really wanted to introduce myself as I've just joined today - after a few months of lurking around and browsing the forums as a visitor!
I started bodybuilding near the end of 2009, and am absolutely loving it. I have been an endurance athlete for as long as I can remember, and have actually been suffering from Anorexia on and off for the past 10 years - partially resulting from my involvement in high level endurance running etc.
Had a "moment" around September last year when I thought - What the hell am I doing to my body, and why on earth am I putting myself through 3-4 hours of cardio training a day when I loathe it?!?
I decided to research the best way to "build" my body, discovered weight training, and have never looked back.
Unfortunately I don't have any of my emaciated anorexic body to at hand, but I have put up some recent pics. I know I am still very thin and have a long way to go, but to put things into perspective, a few months ago I was skin and bone (think Jack Skeleton from Nightmare Before Christmas!). I have put on around 8-9 pounds since September, and I am so happy with how its going. I can't believe I have gone from eating 1 tangerine a day a few years ago to happily consuming 2500-2700 cals per day at the moment!
I just want to say that I am overwhelmed by the knowledge and support that is given on these forums, and hope that I can now start to benefit from it even more as a member!
I started bodybuilding near the end of 2009, and am absolutely loving it. I have been an endurance athlete for as long as I can remember, and have actually been suffering from Anorexia on and off for the past 10 years - partially resulting from my involvement in high level endurance running etc.
Had a "moment" around September last year when I thought - What the hell am I doing to my body, and why on earth am I putting myself through 3-4 hours of cardio training a day when I loathe it?!?
I decided to research the best way to "build" my body, discovered weight training, and have never looked back.
Unfortunately I don't have any of my emaciated anorexic body to at hand, but I have put up some recent pics. I know I am still very thin and have a long way to go, but to put things into perspective, a few months ago I was skin and bone (think Jack Skeleton from Nightmare Before Christmas!). I have put on around 8-9 pounds since September, and I am so happy with how its going. I can't believe I have gone from eating 1 tangerine a day a few years ago to happily consuming 2500-2700 cals per day at the moment!
I just want to say that I am overwhelmed by the knowledge and support that is given on these forums, and hope that I can now start to benefit from it even more as a member!