HI, I am Kelsey Flanagan. I am similar to you.
I started caring about my appearance and developing many body image issues in high school. I was a star basketball player and most of my friends were cheerleaders. I felt out of place and big. I was strong, athletic and not skinny like “everyone else”. I remember in the locker rooms how embarrassed I would be to change, look in the mirror or wear jeans because they weren’t the same size as my friends.
Once in college the body image issues were silenced as college introduced me to exercise. I didn’t go to the college that most of my friends so I had a lot of free time- this led me to find my love and passion for health and fitness. You could say I was addicted. I’d do to the rec before class, eat salads and what I thought was “healthy” then crush the rec classes once more before bed. After a year of doing this and becoming lonely and sad I transferred colleges, moved in with my best friends, and found CrossFit.
The games really began then. Waking up at 4:30 A.M after 5-6 hrs. of sleep to attend the 5:15 class, under eat all day because that’s what I thought would get me “skinny”, and on top of that overly stressed out from work, school, and social life. After a few months of doing what I thought I was suppose to do…I started to notice I still didn’t like looking in the mirror and would catch myself obsessing over food and exercise… On top of that my period was MIA.
Around this time, I decided this needs to change! I started to learn more about proper nutrition from health coaches in the field, not eating salads and excessive dieting would get me the results I thought I wanted…
After a few years of working with a coach, becoming Precision Nutrition Certified and attending many Functional Medicine Seminars- I became who I was searching for. The girl who loved her body, who liked to be strong not skinny, who enjoyed food and not food rules.
I want to let others see they could let go of body shame, under eating, and over exercise to have the body and life they really DESIRE! I am filled with passion to help others in my situation or anything similar to find their happy again!
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