C.S. Bromley – Running Down the Path to OM

OM Times:  At one point in your life you became a WBFF Pro.  You are in longer participating in similar competitions.  What prompted you to stop competing?

Cee:  I didn’t really agree with the notion of being judged on my body in a bikini, but it gave me the drive I was yearning for and an opportunity to showcase my belief systems regarding an alkaline diet, being fit and a clean diet ALL the time. A lot of these athletes were basically starving themselves on high acidic, very low carb, and very low fat diets, were not sustainable and definitely not healthy, and also over-training in the gym for 12 weeks and then being lazy the rest of the year,and it seemed so hypocritical to me. How can you be an ambassador of health and fitness when you are basically promoting a glorified eating disorder? These thoughts triggered a new passion in me to really make a difference in the industry; I did the one competition and earned my WBFF Pro card in the bikini division. I haven’t competed again, because I still struggle with the whole concept of comparison, especially based on one dimension, the body.

We are multi-dimensional beings. And health is about how you feel, not what you look like. Although when in health, your body will attain its natural body weight and be in homeostasis. I was struggling a lot with how to best promote my beliefs and purpose of spreading health and happiness in an industry that seemed stuck in purely the physical, especially when I had the exact opposite going on in school where I took my holistic and spiritual practices. There were so many beautiful souls there who were very smart, wise and awake, yet they were not in health; they did not choose healthy lifestyle patterns such as nourishing foods or even physical activity.