London, June 13 (ANI): Jodie Marsh has admitted that she contemplated smashing her truck at high speed following public humiliation on 'Big Brother' and a string of failed relationships with high-profile men, but bodybuilding saved her.
The reality TV star, who won bodybuilding world championship in US, has claimed that bodybuilding has helped her physically and mentally and also helped her turn her life around..
The 33-year-old, can now flaunt a tiny dress size four and weighs just 8st 2lb.
"I can honestly say these are the best years of my life," the Sun quoted her as saying.
"I can't even describe how good it is just to finally feel like I am doing something positive.
"I've always wanted to do something good but people would never take me seriously. Now they are.
"I feel so fit and healthy and ripped and strong. It's so good to put the bad times behind me," she said.
Since the time she shot to fame post her 'Big Brother' stint, Marsh has been a controversial figure.
Marsh, who was often spotted dressed in just underwear or even belts to go clubbing, and with a series of famous boyfriends, was dubbed a man-eater and got involved in a war of words with rival glamour girl Katie Price.
After being voted out first in 2006's 'Celebrity Big Brother' for "having quarrelled with housemates Pete Burns and Michael Barrymore", Jodie plunged into depression.
"About six months after Celebrity Big Brother I decided I was going to kill myself. The quickest way to do it was to drive my truck into a post, so I started working out which one to use and how fast I'd need to be going," she said.
"I was sick of everyone being so horrible to me.
"I'd walk down the road and people would say, 'You've got a dodgy nose, you've got saggy t**s' and they'd think that was fine. If I didn't respond, they'd throw something at me usually a bottle or drinks can. I just got worn down by it," she said.
One summer's evening in 2006, she came terrifyingly close to ending it all.
"All I could think about was that I needed to drive myself into one of these poles. But I didn't do it. I got to the pub sobbing. I was having a meltdown," she said.
However, she did not seek professional help because having been referred to counsellors when she was bullied as a schoolgirl, she had lost faith in psychologists and care workers.
Pattern for a disastrous love life started, when she 15 and caught her first boyfriend having sex with her best friend.
Having shied away from public life in recent years, Marsh has made a comeback with her ripped new look after discovering bodybuilding. She came fifth in her first UK competition in 2011 and in May 2012 had a go on the global stage, appearing for the International Natural Bodybuilding Federation championships in Washington DC.
To achieve her extreme look, vegetarian Marsh spent 14 weeks eating little more than egg whites, protein shakes, brown rice and green veg. She also slogged in gym four hours in the every day.
Even at the competition, she spent 24 hours dehydrating herself so that her skin would shrink and make her muscles appear more defined.
"It was really tough. It makes me gag to eat eggs now, I've eaten so many. But I just kept smiling and did my best. And I won," she said.
Marsh now has virtually no body fat and insists that she has never felt more attractive.
"I know people see all the muscles and think it's weird, but when I'm not posing and flexing my muscles, I just look really tiny and feminine.
"Feeling physically strong makes you mentally stronger as well. I feel totally in control right now," she said.
Marsh will soon be releasing her own line of protein supplements and is keen to promote healthy eating to her thousands of Twitter followers, particularly young girls.
"I have never had so much support. I can't express how grateful I am for my life right now," she added. (ANI)
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