The following article mentions an eating disorder.
And that’s exactly what Johnson has done.
Here’s what she’s been up to since winning gold in Beijing.
Women’s Olympic Team.
And after crushing it in ‘08, she wasn’t quite ready to hang up her hat.
In 2010, the gold medalist announced that she was training for a second Olympic Games.
It seemed like the odds were stacked against her.
Understandably, this decision wasn’t easy.
What’s more, she had some disagreements with Team U.S.A. that also fueled her decision.
It wasn’t lost on Johnson that she was in a unique position retiring from something as a teenager.
I was also 16 when I retired from my sport.
I was getting ready to graduate high school.
It’s just a new chapter.
It’s only the beginning.
When it came to the new chapter, Shawn Johnson had little trouble clearing that bar.
“I’m, like, the shyest person in the entire world.
I knew I was, like, pretty good at gymnastics …
I could not dance.
I wanted to lock myself in a bathroom and cry and go home.
As Johnson recalled toPeoplein 2015, she felt pressured to lose weight when she was still a kid.
“I went as far as literally not eating any carbs.
I wouldn’t allow myself to eat a single noodle of soup.
It got to [the] point where my body was like, shutting down.
The struggle didn’t fade away after she retired from gymnastics.
Johnson told People that things shifted for the better after she started dating her now-husband.
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In 2016, she released an ebook
Shawn Johnson is a published author three times over.
The gymnast first put pen to paper after the 2008 Olympic Games, resulting in a picture book.
The YA book may indeed be a work of fiction, but it was inspired by her real-life story.
“It was a lot of fun.
I got to kind of be a kid again.
Andrew and Johnson hit it off, and by 2015, the two were engaged.
“Well I know it’s not a secret….
But I experienced the greatest surprise a girl could ever ask for today…. Johnson said onInstagramafter getting engaged.
Not even a year later in 2016,Shawn Johnson and Andrew East got marriedin Tennessee.
The two served their 350 guests Southern fare, and the whole vibe was classy but comfortable.
All in all, it was very them and that’s exactly what they wanted.
“We wanted it to be quirky and traditional and we wanted it to represent us.”
“I am really excited about this challenge.
I’ve been injured.’
I mean, yes, it’s all true, but I live in this.
This is kind of, like, what I’m good at.”
She also appeared on “Celebrity Apprentice” and an episode of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”
Unfortunately, it wasn’t without heartbreak.
After experiencing this great loss, they continued to try for children.
“Seeing them meet their newest sibling was the sweetest thing EVER.
The champ dabbled in multiple fields after retiring from gymnastics, including social media.
Shawn Johnson is one such female athlete.
I think was a huge kind of inspiration, a launching pad for Angel City,” she said.
She continued her work as an Olympics correspondent
“I’m extremely involved in the gymnastics world.
I host clinics and camps and coach.
I go to all the major competitions and keep in touch with everybody.
It’s what I lived and breathed my entire life.
And she was right.
Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Johnson has stayed busy as on-air talent for the Games.
