In 2011 I began lifting. Every time I would go to the gym I would see these girls that I one day wanted to be. It wasn’t until about a year later that I found out these girls competed and I started to think about doing it myself. After a lot of thought I thought it wasn’t for me. For the next years I continued lifting and working out. I then saw a picture of my good friend and now teammate Erin Smith looking amazing. I contacted Erin to see what she was doing and she told me about Team TaylerMade. I talked back and forth for a while about it with her. Most of her trying to convince me to do it. It wasn’t until I checked out Tayler’s website and then talked to Tayler over email that I made the decision to join Team TaylerMade.

When I emailed Tayler, I was one week late of a 12 week prep, and with Tayler’s motivation and my dedication I knew that I could do the comp prep in 11 weeks. The week I joined I came to posing class on Friday and fell absolutely in love with Tayler and the girls. I knew that I was in the right place and this was for me. Now with the struggles of being a college student at the University of Kansas, I still managed to stick to my diet and my workouts. With the help of every girl on the team, I made it through the temptations of going out followed by that midnight pizza haha.

Each week went by and as I hit 4 weeks out from showtime I knew that I was not where I wanted to be to step on stage. With Tayler’s help, I managed to work my butt off (literally) and get to a place with myself that I knew I still had improvements but I was happy where I was. Through the team I realized that it isn’t about competing against other girls on stage and comparing yourself to them, it is about competing against yourself. When I realized this I became very happy with where I was and looked back to at week 1 and couldn’t believe the changes. I am not done yet, this is only the start for me. That was makes me so excited for what is to come and to see what my body is capable of! I couldn’t have done it without this team and Tayler herself.