Starting at eDiets at my highest weight, I weighed 253 pounds.  That's a lot of weight to carry, and it felt miserable.  Now soooo many years later, that number has a new meaning, and who could imagine how incredible it feels?!

Below is my report from my very first USA Powerlifting Federation meet.  It took place on Saturday April 18, 2009 in Orlando Florida.  Crazy when I think about where I was, to half marathoner, and now to powerlifter.and now...record holding powerlifter?!  Crazyness!  It's happening, and yet I can still hardly even believe it!  253lbs has new meaning, now :)

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I didn't sleep at all the night before - typical.

30 lifters total, 7 of them (including me) were women.

Turns out that I'm the FIRST lifter of the day, which has