This is a fascinating, story of an adventuresome woman who overcame a difficult childhood and juvenile diabetes complications where she wasn’t going to live past 40. She received an experimental double organ transplant which cured the diabetes at 34, but a triple cardiac bypass and thyroidectomy were to follow.

Despite this, at age 62 she transformed her body, mind, and spirit through fitness. Weight loss was a side effect of her goal: optimal health. Switching this mindset from weight loss to health was key. Her energy levels were so high, and her physique was so transformed, she decided to compete in a bodybuilding contest at age 64.