Transformacja brytyjskiej nastolatki

Collette after her transformation. Bournemouth, UK: MEET THE inspirational eating disorder survivor who took to bodybuilding and put on a stone of muscle in a bid to beat the bullies who told her to take her own life because of her formerly skinny appearance. Dementia carer Collette Anderson (21) from Bournemouth, UK, was bullied by her peers throughout her school life, she was thin, sometimes consuming only 1,000 calories per day and so obsessed with her weight she would skip school to workout at the gym and would consume LAXATIVES to ensure her weight was as low as possible but she turned her life around to PUT ON a stone now she can deadlift 120KG, TWICE her current bodyweight. They added her to online hate groups where she would be verbally attacked and she was also verbally assaulted to her face, with people telling her that she should take her own life. By the time she joined her school's sixth form, Collette had low self-esteem and was suffering from depression. Her appearance would often be compared to her attractive older siblings, and her peers preyed on her emotional state, where they even told her “your siblings are so pretty, what went wrong with you?” In 2018, She started struggling with dangerous eating behaviours, such as binging or undereating. She lost her appetite due to her depression, sometimes eating less than 1,000 calories a day and sometimes she would even take laxatives in an attempt to stay thin. In 2018, Collette joined the gym as a way to cope with her struggles. After almost a year of undereating and overtraining, sometimes skipping sixth form to go to the gym multiple times a day to hours of cardio and abs, she wanted to change. She no longer wanted to be skinny, but strong. She was supported by regulars at her gym who helped her train and transform her body. She started consuming a minimum of 2500 calories per day and went from weighing eight-and-a-half stone to nine-and-a-half stone. She still receives negative comments about her appearance online, with people often trying to diminish the amazing progress that she has made, telling her that she looks “manly” or that she is “too skinny” or “unattractive”. However, since starting her body-building journey, Collette has found her confidence. She trains four to five times a week using a structured regime designed to increase her strength and follows every session with a high protein and carbohydrate meal, so she is stronger than ever, both physically and mentally. She now coaches her friends and family and provides advice to her 41,000 Instagram followers. "Throughout my school life, I was picked on a lot for the way I looked and my struggle to regulate my emotions," Collette said."This was often preyed on by peers."When I joined my school's sixth form, I found myself feeling incredibly depressed and with poor self-esteem, which was intensified through bullying by others."I would often get compared to my older siblings, and how good they looked."Collette joined the gym as a coping mechanism."In 2018, I decided to start going to the gym as a release to feel better," Collette said."At the time, I was struggling with eating issues, often binging or undereating."It became a way to be skinnier, to have the bigger bum, any way to change my body so people would stop comparing me to my siblings."It started as a way to change myself to be a different person, one that maybe I would end up liking or others would like. But Collette's attitude soon shifted."After about a year of unhealthy habits with the gym and eating, I wanted to change," Collette said. "I wanted to be content in myself. I no longer wanted to be skinny and unhealthy looking. "I would cry in the mirror, and just pull apart bits of my body I hated, look at pictures and just find fault. The way I felt, made me want to change."I was surrounded by people, who were the regulars at the gym at that time, who were lifting heavy with goals such as powerlifting or better mental health."I started to engage in conversations with them, and eventually ended up training with them." Collette fell in love with her lifting community and found a sense of belonging. "I felt like it was somewhere I belonged. I felt supported," Collette said."After that, I started my own journey, with my own goals."First starting to want to become a powerlifter, falling in love with the adrenaline before a lift and the celebration of the achievement."But it became a goal to improve my overall being, to create a routine I could get into. It made me feel productive and secure in knowing what I was doing. Collette has received mixed feedback on her body-building journey. mediadrumimages/@collette.anderson