Mother of three and fitness queen.

She is Anita Markova, and her path to success turns out to be far from easy.

She grew up in Gorna Oryahovitsa and says that she had a difficult childhood, which triggered bulimia.

However, the gym became both a cure and later her profession.

Today Anita is a certified nutritionist and instructor, has her own blog where she writes about motivation and keeping in good shape.

In December, she became a mother for the third time.

Obstacles are what build the strong will and drive to overcome oneself.

Open intolerance to most foods triggers bulimia.

"At one point it turned out that I could hardly eat food.

I lived for months on rice and cucumber.

The doctors kept confusing me.

Some told me - eat this, others said - don't eat it.

There was total chaos in my head, which provoked me to start looking for the way on my own," says Anita.

A Bulgarian woman is the fitness queen of the world!

So 5 years of wandering followed, ending with an eating disorder.

“I unlocked bulimia.

For me, it is not so much a physical problem as a psychological one, because you start a fight with yourself.

You start to overeat, then force yourself to throw up.

I also punished myself with 3-hour training sessions in the gym to get the water out of my body.

This creates a closed circle in which you overeat, vomit, get exhausted from training, and in the end, nothing of what you eat remains in your body," says Markova.

The fitness goddess of today was once aware that she had bulimia, but almost no one around her suspected her illness.

“It took me about two years to deal with this problem.

The scariest thing is that you hide from everyone, even from yourself.

I got out on my own.

I started reading a lot about nutrition, the relationship with myself, human psychology, so that I could help myself.

One has to really want it, to know that one has fallen into one's own trap and to want to get out of it,” says Anita.

Detoxification of the body follows, which lasts for a very long time.

"I was only on juices for about a month and more, then I got pregnant.

Literally a week after my therapy ended.

That was basically the end of bulimia for me.

It is in the past and I can safely talk about it, and by the way, many girls have contacted me on this topic and are looking for help," says Anita.

Her advice is to start our challenge on the way to ourselves through food.

To find time for physical activity, dividing our 24 hours in a day so that we have moments for ourselves.

She herself walks with a notebook and everything is written down by hours.

Last but not least, Anita advises us to unlock positive energy and thinking.

It is through them that we try to see in problems not just another bad day, but the solution that will inspire us to continue towards a better version of ourselves.

And above all, healthier.

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