The Red Bikini Lady....

Body for Life Champion and Liftime Achievement Award Winner, Michelle Lee. "page-a-day" memoir of the steps I took during a journey to my first Body Building and Figure Competition and beyond. (c)2008 all rights reserved by blog author

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I'm at an age when many women believe their best years are behind them. I hope to convince my "Sisters" that many more of those "best years" are waiting to be lived! I'm living proof it is never to late to live them. Not to long ago I weighed nearly 200 pounds and was being treated for a long list of obesity related medical problems. Thankfully there came a point in my life when I decided to keep my self promises. When I did...my life opened to a world of possibilities.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

All in the BFL Family...

During our EAS/BFL Champions Weekend in Golden, Colorado Porter Freeman welcomed me and my fellow champions into the family. I've been thinking about his words these past couple of days. We Champions may not be related by blood, nor by our geography ..but Porter is so right....we "are" family!

Today I want to tell you about one of those Champions, Ken Young the Grand Champion representing men ages 26 to 32. As you may know Ken is a U.S. Marine detached to the White House in Washington D.C. His duty is to guard the most important man in the free world. Our President. It's not surprising that Ken is brave and strong and has six pack abs. That goes along with the territory he covers daily.

But what might surprise you to learn is Ken has a heart. A big one! I am so impressed with this soft spoken young man. If you ever have the pleasure to meet him I am sure you will be too. When Ken talks to you, he looks you right in the eye and he listens. His comments are thoughtful and he makes you feel special.

Ken did all of the "heavy lifting" to become an EAS/BFL Champ. But he didn't get to the top by himself. He has a special woman in his life who helped make him who he is today.

We all got to bring a guest to be there this past weekend as we received our honors. We could have brought anyone we wanted. Believe me a lot of people wanted to come with me and I bet Ken could have picked from hundreds of close friends. I brought the most important person in my life. (my husband) Ken brought his too....his mom, Ann.

I wish you could have seen the pride in Ann's face as Porter Freeman honored Ken as the 2004 Grand Champion. I wish you could have seen the pride in Ken's face this weekend when his mother told him that she too wanted to begin her own BFL transformation.

I have a son. If I could have a second one I'd pick him; Kenneth Young U.S Marine to the "core"....strong as steel with a heart of a lion.

1 Comments:

Blogger John Lesko said...

Dear Michelle

... You've got a wonderful way with words and a special talent for story-telling. (Which makes me think of a couple of ideas on which I'd like to hear your opinion. More of this later.)

... I couldn't agree with you more regarding your comments about Ken Young. I treasure his friendship. I've enjoyed several workouts at the Quantico Marine Corps Base gym with him. (The last one was with Porter Freeman, too!) He's truly a most generous champion. I bet his Mom is pretty cool too!

Now on to those other ideas ...

(1) What if anything do you know of the Toastmasters organization?

(2) And, do you think a virtual 'Speakers Bureau' could be organized so as to help get out the BFL message?

Looking forward to your reply.

Your BFL pal,
John Lesko
(e-mail = john.lesko@comcast.net)

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