I can go days without eating if I don't think about food. Your mind, to protect itself, learns not to pay attention to that hunger feeling.
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I definitely went through a period where I don't want to say I hated myself, but I hated what I saw in the mirror. I would try to cover it up, and it wasn't until I started doing sports - until after London 2012 - that I kind of started getting more of that confidence in my body and appreciating my body.
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With cycling, I can still be active and compete, and ultimately, that's what I love to do, to be competitive.
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I remember seeing the Olympics when I was 13. I always wanted to know how it felt to stand on top of the podium hearing your country's anthem while watching your flag being raised in something you poured your heart and soul into.
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The mind is really powerful.
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Sports were a way for me to get comfortable with my body. I learned to appreciate everything I could still do.
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I definitely did not like my body when I first started sports. I didn't like my body just in general as a teenager. Being a girl and a teenager with two prosthetic legs and two hands that were misshapen that had so much reconstructive surgery on them, I thought my world was over - put a zit on top of that, and then my life is completely over.
