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Jen Jones Donatelliis an independent writer based on Cleveland, the Weekly Electronic Magazine Management EditorCLEVELAND OF Freshwater, And the mother of the twins. But as she detailsA personal test for greatness, Back to high school, she was a pommother svelte. As she has aged, she moved from cheers, but she never forgot the thrill of taking the floor of the stadium before a big game.

So when it has become addicted to the show of the reality of CMT in the long term,Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders: Make the team,Details The rigorous training camp pump hopes of hope enduring for these coveted white boots, she decided she had done enough to wait. It was time to try and see if she could, so to speak, bring it.

"When I was 35 years old, a feeling of emergency hit - it was now or never," she wrote. "I was well aware that I was well above the age (and weight) of most NFL cheerleaders, but the history of the 40-year-old Bengale PommoreLaura Vikmanis gave me a glimmer of hope. It was time to hit the gym and go - or let go of the dream for good. "

This is what experience was like. So, catch your pom-poms and read it on and for more inspiring stories of courageous women,Meet the woman who conquers the most difficult climbs in the world.

In high school, Donatelli was naturally thin despite a constant diet of grain and hero submarines. But, like most of us, his metabolism slowed like an adult and she had trouble getting back to her ideal physique. Motivated by his new dream, however, Donatelli started an intense fitness regime.

"I started exercising six times weekly, I threw myself in Pilates, Zumba, Spin, Yoga, Kickboxing and weightlifting with revenge. I took burlesque and hip-hop classes. I am registered with A weight loss challenge in my gym, which followed my measurements and my percentages of body fat ... I resurrected the diet of lean protein that I had learned from the infops; I brought my exercise , working daily twice or several times; I refused business lunches and dinners, knowing the caloric avalanche that accompanied. I had already abandoned alcohol, but I started adding juice d 'aloe vera and protein / linen smoothies in my daily diet. "

By the time she arrived in Dallas in May for her testing, she was only two books of her weight.

"When I arrived at the Cowboys stadium for the hearing, the girls of 400 Plus were already online. It was an attractive pack, with old cheerleader pro Bowl, college dance team captains and even high school students on the graduation point. I was a little a little handle over 30 - including a 56-year-old child who aspired to be the oldest CDC of history and a grandmother. 62 years old who had undergone thyroid surgery and realized "life was too short" do not hunt your dreams. "

"The day has happened like this: hit the" Fluff "area to embellish, hear a pep discussion of the headless leaderKELLI FINGLASS, and then hit the five-grade test floor for the panel of carefully cultivated judges (including a tanning salon owner and DCC Fitness Guru). "And if you are looking for self-confidence, do not miss these15 positive body affirmations that actually work.

Once she got up before the judges "under the defense of the lights of the reality of warm CMT," the moment she was waiting for had finally arrived. But it did not go as planned.

"I am deliberately launched in my combination of freestyle and a simplified recruit error # 1: my hair was caught in my bright lip and I totally covered my face. My career of joy had led me from Never stop for Snafus, so I was not probably looked like cousin. I then committed a rookie error # 2: whiten completely on my choreography. I went to panic mode fully blown and finished by Make a rude squat and other movements also non-lines. As the rolled music, we stood before the judges for final examination. My hair continued to stick to my lips. I died outside, disconcerted and mortified. "

Since things did not go as planned, Donatelli wrote that she was not surprised to find that she had not had at the semifinal. After saying goodbye to his colleagues of competitors and taking "a last look at the Capping Cowboys stadium", she returned to the hotel and came out "exhaustion of assembly and disappointment".

When she woke up, however, she realized that while she had not made the team, the experience itself was worth acclaiming.

"I had been so obsessed with my body for so long that I had lost sight of my real goal - honoring my love of life dance and enjoy a last hourra ... with the audition experience DCC checked my bucket list for the best or worse-I decided to give me a tape on the back and move on to something else ... The experience helped me realize that while I may not be a thin woman-and more dance team - I'm a lucky woman, with a husband of support, a fulfilling job and a life she loves - curves and all. And that alone is more that sufficient. "

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