Amber Lobao

Hello! My name is Amber Lobao, and I am a single mother and a NPC figure competitor. I started working out about 8 years ago, after I had my daughter. I was over weight and un-happy with myself. I decided to join a gym and challenge myself to be healthier and happier for my daughter! I had no idea what I was doing, so I would pick up Muscle and Fitness for her magazines and cut out the pages and copy the workouts. I did this for the first year religiously until I was able to lose 40 pounds in 7 months. At that point, I was hooked! It took me some years later to gather up the courage to compete in an NPC show, but finally in 2007 I did it! ILOVE LOVE it! My daughter sees me on stage and wants to be just like her mother! She has her own set of pink dumbbells and can do 10 push ups all on her own. It’s something that brings us together and is healthy for both of us. It’s not always easy trying to juggle single motherhood and fitness, but nothing worth having is ever easy!