Ms. Bikini Olympia Elisa Pecini Shares Inspirational Story Of Overcoming Eating Disorder To Become Champion

If you just found out who Elisa Pecini is, from her victory at the 2019 Mr. Olympia contest, you may already know that she is something special. However what you may not realize, is the amount of struggle that she has overcome to get to that point.

Making her pro debut in just 2016, Elisa has quickly grown to be an amazing athlete and Bikini competitor. In this time she has shown rapid improvement, really turning a corner in her 2019 competition year. This saw her walk away with 4 first place victories in 5 contests, most notably winning the 2019 Ms. Bikini Olympia.

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#tbt do @arnoldsports 💙 momento incrível. Lembranças para o resto da vida, com o ídolo, além das emoções e das amizades que levamos pra casa. Cada um aqui tem uma parte importante no crescimento do nosso esporte pelo mundo, no crescimento da @npcnewsonlineofficialpage @ifbb_pro_league, incrível ver como nosso esporte cresceu no mundo e ainda mais no Brasil com a vinda da @ifbb_pro_league, trazendo a oportunidade de atletas realizarem o sonho de estar nos palcos. Em breve as competições irão voltar, e não vejo a hora de poder assistir os eventos novamente 💙 . . #tbt from @arnoldsports incredible moment. Memories for the rest of your life, with the idol, in addition to the emotions and friendships that we take home. Each one here has an important part in the growth of our sport around the world, in the growth of @npcnewsonlineofficialpage @ifbb_pro_league, amazing to see how our sport has grown in the world and even more in Brazil with the arrival of @ifbb_pro_league, bringing the opportunity for athletes to perform the dream of being on stage. Competitions will soon return, and I can't wait to be able to watch the events again.

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However what you may not realize, just from looking at Elisa Pecini, is how much she had to overcome to get to where she is. Sure, she had to work hard like any other athlete. But, as she explained recently, she actually had to battle an eating disorder, before finding a healthy lifestyle which led to her successes.

“Your mind can take you wherever you want. Many do not know, but I already went to the extreme of an illness because I worked my mind to it without knowing that I was sick, I just wanted to go to my limit and be thin. However, after undergoing treatments, hospitalizations I saw that that path was wrong. We made mistakes, but we learned from them and it is through mistakes that we become even stronger and evolve, it would not change the past because it was my base and brought me here. I worked my mind in another way, dedicating myself to the maximum to the sport, and it became my passion, it saved me because it showed me another way, made me evolve and be more mature from an early age👊🏻. I hope that other girls who go through it will see how much they are missing out on life and that they can still get out of this before it’s too late. Sometimes when I remember that time I think, I didn’t eat an egg and today, like so many 😅 thank God 🙌🏻 BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS ✨”

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Your mind can take you wherever you want. Many do not know, but I already went to the extreme of an illness because I worked my mind to it without knowing that I was sick, I just wanted to go to my limit and be thin. However, after undergoing treatments, hospitalizations I saw that that path was wrong. We made mistakes, but we learned from them and it is through mistakes that we become even stronger and evolve, it would not change the past because it was my base and brought me here. I worked my mind in another way, dedicating myself to the maximum to the sport, and it became my passion, it saved me because it showed me another way, made me evolve and be more mature from an early age👊🏻. I hope that other girls who go through it will see how much they are missing out on life and that they can still get out of this before it's too late. Sometimes when I remember that time I think, I didn't eat an egg and today, like so many 😅 thank God 🙌🏻 BELIEVE IN YOUR DREAMS ✨ _____________________________________________________A sua mente pode te levar para onde você quiser. Muitos não sabem, mas eu já fui ao extremo de uma doença porque eu trabalhei minha mente para isso sem saber que eu estava doente, eu apenas queria ir no meu limite e ser magra. Porém, depois de passar por tratamentos, internações eu vi que aquele caminho estava errado. Erramos, mas aprendemos com eles e é através dos erros que ficamos ainda mais fortes e evoluímos, não mudaria o passado pois ele foi minha base e me trouxe até aqui. Trabalhei minha mente de outra forma, me dedicando ao máximo ao esporte, e isso virou minha paixão, isso me salvou pois me mostrou outro caminho, me fez evoluir e ser mais madura desde cedo👊🏻. Espero que outras meninas que passem pelo mesmo consigam enxergam o quanto elas estão perdendo da vida e que elas ainda podem sair dessa antes que seja tarde. As vezes quando lembro dessa época eu penso, não comia um ovo e hoje, como tantos 😅 obrigada Deus 🙌🏻.

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It is amazing to see how far Elisa Pecini has been able to come, from an eating disorder to an Olympia champion. It goes to show that you never know what you can achieve when you set your mind to it. She is truly an inspiration to men and women alike.