"we love our bodies"

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Loving your body is not an easy thing to do for

everyone Some people struggle with it their

entire lives They bash themselves for having

flaws for not being thin enough or muscled

enough But the truth is no one is perfect And

why should anyone be Its not real Lets hear

from others about how they learned to love

themselves just as they are

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In college Heather found herself gaining the freshman 20

and feeling utterly depressed with horrible anxiety and an

even worse body image She was introduced to a workout

class for women who competed or liked the idea of

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competition and placed third in that show What she

learned Fitness was the missing link in my life she said

My anxiety and depression vanished I was so happy with

how I felt I wanted to help other women do the same so

I turned it into my career

Heather started her company The Peachy Lean Life

and as a personal trainer helps people focus on making

themselves happy along with making positive lifestyle

changes

These days Heather focuses on what she knows she

is capable of looking like rather than trying to be perfect

or skinny I want to have an achievable look for women

not an I could never look like that look she said I try to

reiterate that to my clients and help them set small goals thatwill overall lead to a bigger one

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For me my struggle was wanting to be thin with absolutely

no curves I struggled with binging and purging throughout

college doing excessive cardio and never lifting weights I

wanted to be what I thought everyones idea of beautiful was

ndash a Victorias Secret model a runway model someone with very

little muscularity When I started lifting and competing that all

changed The more muscle I get the stronger and sexier I feel

I feel empowered healthier and Ive never felt more in charge of

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transformed my lifestyle my mindset and my mission

ndashBriana Sullivan 24 Scottsdale AZ


If we are made in Godsimage how can we haveflaws Is that because societysays we do Is society higher

than our Creator Acceptyourself right now ndash this

instant if you havent alreadyDont wait until you die If youwait you die now If you love

you live now Start living now

ndashChris Hughes 32

Fullerton CA Photo by Frank Fontanilla



My whole life I had been incredibly

skinny and as we all know children

can be brutal when it comes to not

normal body types In middle school

I got picked on by a group of kids

I didnt hang out with They made

comments about my body type and

said I didnt eat One time I tried tostand up for myself but they began to

throw tomatoes and other food at me

letting me know that I needed to eat

The bullying and body shaming

didnt stop there In high school I

attended a local modeling school

(which was also a manners and cultural

school) Still thin I soon discovered I

continued to be the target of ridicule

from more popular girls People would

hand me bulimia books and tell me I

wasnt pretty enough to model Somescolded me for how ugly I was

When I later signed with a modeling

agency I was told I was holding too

much fat in my face And that is when

I began to binge and purge my food

I was trying to please both types of

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body type After a scary trip to the

hospital I realized this isnt how I

wanted to live my life

It took me a long time to get where

I am at today I am happy now It

took lots of positive self talk a lot of

different coping tools and a ton of

patient mentors who have guided me

in my path To be honest it had to

take me to get to a very dark bottom

in order for me to see the light

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has helped me maintain a healthy

perspective on my eating habits as well

as heathy amounts of time to work

out I am also a coach at a gym andI make sure to make everyone feel

welcomed at my classes When a client

brings up how uncomfortable they are

with their body type or express any

form of body issue I immediately offer

advice and what I have gone through

Mostly I give a message about no

matter what issue you may have about

your body its growing to love your self

that matters

ndashEvina Luna 31Northridge CA

ldquoIt took me along time to

get where I amat today I am

happy nowIt took lots ofpositive selftalk a lot of

different copingtools and a

ton of patientmentors whohave guided

me in my pathTo be honest ithad to take me

to get to a verydark bottom inorder for me to

see the lightrdquo





e more I started going to the gymthe more comfortable I got and themore I noticed my body compositionchanging ndash more muscle less fat andway more energy It was great Istopped paying attention to the ideal

women they show in magazines whoare very skinny and do not presumablyhave much muscle mass and wanted toonly compare myself to me I wanted to

be the best version ofmyself Since I cannever be anyone elsewhy would I wastemy time comparing

myself to someoneor something I can

never actually be Once I changed mymindset the rest was history

ndashLisa Becks 29 Gainesville FL

Photo by Adept Studios




ldquo Im a mother of two andafter gaining 200 poundsbeing on cholesterol and

blood pressure meds andhaving doctors say I wouldnever get off of them Iknew I wanted to makea change After threemonths of continuousworkouts with trainer Kyle Ewert and nutritionhelp from Max Muscle Manassas VA I was ableto start losing weight Iam now 129 and off allmy medication

I love the way mybody looks now I lovemy tattoos they are meand shaped to flow withmy body They are myreminders of how far Ihave come to make sure Inever go backrdquo

ndashRoseanna Fair

44 Fairfax VA

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For me my struggle was wanting to be thin with absolutely

no curves I struggled with binging and purging throughout

college doing excessive cardio and never lifting weights I

wanted to be what I thought everyones idea of beautiful was

ndash a Victorias Secret model a runway model someone with very

little muscularity When I started lifting and competing that all

changed The more muscle I get the stronger and sexier I feel

I feel empowered healthier and Ive never felt more in charge of

WKH ZD ZDQW WR ORRN DQG FDUU PVHOI +HDOWK DQG iquestWQHVV KDYH

transformed my lifestyle my mindset and my mission

ndashBriana Sullivan 24 Scottsdale AZ


If we are made in Godsimage how can we haveflaws Is that because societysays we do Is society higher

than our Creator Acceptyourself right now ndash this

instant if you havent alreadyDont wait until you die If youwait you die now If you love

you live now Start living now

ndashChris Hughes 32

Fullerton CA Photo by Frank Fontanilla




















































that matters









see the lightrdquo


















ndashRoseanna Fair

44 Fairfax VA

P h

o t o b

y M i c h a

e l C a d

o t t e


maxmusclecom

DAVID CALHOUN

INGRI D E GROOTE

ARPANA PRASAD

DEB PROSSER

DON DONA




















































that matters









see the lightrdquo


















ndashRoseanna Fair

44 Fairfax VA

P h

o t o b

y M i c h a

e l C a d

o t t e


maxmusclecom

DAVID CALHOUN

INGRI D E GROOTE

ARPANA PRASAD

DEB PROSSER

DON DONA

















ndashRoseanna Fair

44 Fairfax VA

P h

o t o b

y M i c h a

e l C a d

o t t e


maxmusclecom

DAVID CALHOUN

INGRI D E GROOTE

ARPANA PRASAD

DEB PROSSER

DON DONA

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