Most of the transformation stories that I’ve heard or read started with a wake up call. A stupid remark or a dress that didn’t fit anymore but was usually two sizes bigger. For me the final push was this picture from holidays…

Little, skinny Daniela suddenly had a waist of 112 cm, 62 kg and the stores “L” section was becoming a second home. Most of the people around me wouldn’t say that this is bad, and it wasn’t. I was not obese but that picture hit the sweet spot and first thing I did was signing up for a spinning class. I got addicted really fast and the kilos started to slowly disappear. Spinning was a great social club for me. A lot of ladies, being there for the same reason and that’s where the first indications came that food is a major contributor to what is happening to your body. Little tips here and there that we exchanged with the girls, mostly fueled by the conventional media that has a very strange idea sometimes on a healthy diet, were a good start. In the same gym one day I met one very sporty, energetic and funny girl that was working there as a PT. Her name was Boba and she introduced a whole new world to me. We became close friends and when we didn’t talk about life it was sports, gym, nutrition and working out. I have to give great thanks to Boba because she was the one who set this little heart on fire for bikini fitness as well. First it started with admiration of girls like Bella Falconi, Andreia Brazier or Nathalia Melo. Looking at their pics, soaking in the motivation and wishing I got abs of Andrea, Natalia’s but and Bellas legs.

It all seamed so unattainable back then and after a year or so I met the next person that opened a whole new world for me. It was actually a very old friend with whom I’ve lost touch over the years in which he as well gained some serious mass, not of fat, but muscle as he was an amateur bodybuilder. His name was Milos…TO BE CONTINUED

Welcome to my blog and thank you for stopping by! First, let me start briefly with introducing myself to you a little bit. My name is Daniela and I was born in the beautiful country of Slovakia, located in the heart of Europe approximately 26 years ago. I’ve spent most of my life there and have a lot of good and fun memories from my old home. I’ve spend some time in Prague, which is a city that I absolutely love and if you didn’t yet had the chance to visit, you need to put that on your bucket list, pronto! After I returned home I started dating this guy who then later on turned out to be my future husband. We’ve got married over a year ago on the 30.12. at 12:30 so that he remembers…am I the greatest wife or what!? This great event was followed by an 8 month long honeymoon in China. Well, a honeymoon for me and a work related relocation for my husband to be frank, but he got a memorable wedding date so it was a fair deal I would say China is an amazing country and I promise, I will get into more detail in one of the future posts, so stay tuned. You know, life is such a wonderful thing, somebody smart once said (actually, not very smart but good at heart) that it’s like box of chocolate and you never know what you’re gonna get, except that you will get fat…ok, ok, I made the last bit up but what I wanted to say is that you really never know what is going to happen and some freakish coincidences of faith have brought me and my hubby to Sweden. A truly wonderful country with a lot of warm and friendly people and the best part is that there is so many fit people interested in a healthy lifestyle and sports. I feel incredibly lucky of being here, living in Gothenburg and re-starting my competition journey of all the places in the world, right here, right now…