Food and Fuel

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There are many contributing factors that led me to the development of a frightful, obsessive disorder, labeled anorexia. One, in particular, that stands out in my mind as an athlete is the drive to be the best. As a competitor, I was willing to fight, battle, and push further and further. When I sat down at the end of my freshman year, at my final individual meeting in the spring of 2003, I stared nervously at all three coaches. I sat quietly, anxiously waited to hear their feedback. There was nothing more intimidating than sitting in an office with three coaches to discuss your role in the program. The meeting’sRead More →

"Food for Thought"

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“Anorexia has the highest mortality rate of any mental illness. Whether death is from heart arrhythmias or suicide, we need to pay attention when soccer players struggle with food,” states Boston-area sports nutritionist Nancy Clark MS RD, in a new article titled Soccer Players: Eating Disorders. This prevailing topic that is occurring throughout college soccer is not spoken enough about with these individuals who are most susceptible to developing an eating disorder. Typically, collegiate student-athletes are rigidly organized, and portray a champion mindset and competitive personality. These extreme qualities parallel Read More →

Dreams

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From the time I was a little girl, I always dreamed of playing soccer at the highest level. Of course, playing for the United States Women’s National Team in the Olympics or World Cup is a dream for most young athletes. Other than that, the absence of a women’s professional soccer league during my childhood made college soccer the pinnacle of success. So from the very beginning, I aspired to one day receive a college scholarship to play soccer and represent a prominant university. At the age of 13, my middle school English teacher assigned us a task one day. She had each student write a letter addressed to him/herself. The assignmentRead More →

Heredity

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Born at Sinai Hospital in Detroit, Michigan on June 15, 1984 at 9:28am, I increased a family of three to four. Lisa and Joseph Konheim were high school sweethearts, married at 20 years old, had their first child, Ari, at 24, and me, their second, at 26. They had their third and final child, Jeremy, at age 29. Both Lisa and Joseph were born and raised in a suburb of Detroit called Oak Park, Michigan. It was a close knit neighborhood, where the name of your block identified your exact location. At the time, Oak Park was a heavily Jewish populated community, where diversity lackedRead More →

Rock Bottom: January 24, 2004

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Beep. Beep. Beep. My alarm went off at 7:08am on January 24, 2004.  It was a cold, wintry, Saturday morning in East Lansing, Michigan. With a sigh of relief, I knew the sound of alarm meant it was time to head back home for the remainder of the weekend. The quicker I put on my running clothes, hurried down a flight of steps to the fitness center in my apartment complex, and ran six miles, the sooner I’d load up my car and depart East Lansing; a place I became quite uneasy with over the past several months. Our Michigan State women’s soccer banquet was scheduledRead More →

Today I Start My Journey...

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I am beginning my  journey as a blogger today, on April 17, 2015, for many reasons. My goal is to share my life’s experiences through detailed stories that I believe led me to “My Rock Bottom.” There are specific events throughout my childhood that have strongly influenced me and shaped me into the person I have become today. Life has its pressures and stressors that are created through standards and expectations. A person can control these powerful anxieties in many different capacities. I, for one, struggled to manage them healthily, as I always placed extreme pressure on myself, and truly felt my performances were never good enough. Finally, my sophomore year of college, my battle ofRead More →