I first started working out because I’ve always been really skinny. When I graduated high school at age 18 I only weighed 102 pounds and everyone assumed I was anorexic. But I definitely wasn’t and I hated being skinny. I would look forward to cold weather so I could wear long sleeves to cover up my arms which were skinnier than most girls arms. Lifting weights to gain weight and muscle became my way of trying to show people that I was not anorexic. Today at 36 years old I weigh about 125 pounds and I have about the same body fat I did at 18. So I’ve put on at least 20 pounds of muscle over the years. I still look small relative to most other people but I do get compliments from people who haven’t seen me in a long time about how much bigger I have gotten.