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Boxer Goes Trans for Eli Stone

Often perceived as male by confused casting agents, boxer-body builder turned actor Dallas Malloy felt a deep connection to the trans minister she plays on Eli Stone.

By Ross von Metzke
An Advocate.com exclusive posted December 30, 2008

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Guest-starring on 'Eli Stone' Tuesday

Dallas Malloy to appear in 'Eli Stone' episode Tuesday

The Bellingham Herald.

Dallas Malloy, a former Bellingham resident, groundbreaking amateur boxer, accomplished bodybuilder and aspiring actor, will appear in an episode of the ABC series “Eli Stone” this week.

Malloy — who at age 15 in 1993 successfully sued USA Boxing over bylaws forbidding females from competing and participated in that organization’s first sanctioned amateur bout between females — will appear in an episode of the comedy-drama series entitled “Two Ministers,” airing at 10 p.m. Tuesday.

The guest-starring role, in which Malloy portrays Michael Stills, a trangendered minister who is fired from his church after it is learned the clergyman was once female, is the most high-profile gig Malloy has acquired since a brief appearance in the film “Jerry Maguire.”

Malloy, who moved to Los Angeles in 2004 to develop as an actor, identified with the character’s spirituality and personal tragedy.

“He’s a spiritual person,” Malloy said. “His work is about helping others. And then there’s these people who aren’t going to let him do it because of their insecurities and fears. His voice has been taken away. He’s just like everybody else. He just wants to be heard.

“We’re all unique. And that uniqueness makes us interesting.”

“Eli Stone,” now in its second season, was canceled in November.

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Eternal Vigilance

After doing two competitions back to back—I won 1st place and best poser at the Jr. California and 2nd place at Venice, I’m experiencing the usual post show depression. It’s hard to understand unless someone’s been through it, but the experience is so demanding on every level, there is a huge letdown and sense of isolation afterwards. I train and diet year round—certain times are more extreme than others—but once I’m on stage, it’s over in a few minutes. Everything has to be timed just right. All of that pain and sacrifice and then it’s done.

I realized this time that competing isn’t fearful to me now, it’s more like work. Fun rewarding hard work, sculpting, refining, improving, creating, a reflection of my inner life. Constantly improving is what it must be about, because I have no control over who shows up on a particular day, but I can control how I come out, which is why the placing is less important than my ongoing personal progress. It’s ultimately a competition with yourself.

It takes eternal vigilance to be great at anything. And with bodybuilding it’ll never be good enough, it doesn’t matter what anyone says. It’s a double-edged sword, but that’s what keeps me going. My sport teaches me a great deal--face your fears, take risks, challenge yourself, believe in yourself, go forward regardless of the opinions of others.

Stay strong!

Dallas
Copyright 2007-2009 Dallas Malloy

Focus is Everything

I’m now 8 weeks out from competition. Doing cardio 1-2 times/day, lifting 5-6 times/wk, and posing 3-4 times/wk (which is exhausting because it’s continuous flexing of every muscle). The most difficult part is doing all of this on restricted calories. I’m tired most of the time and everything is more difficult. Of course there are no regrets, because this is what I do--this is my path.

The greater the pain, the greater the reward. What would be the reward in doing something easy? It will all be worth it when I step on stage. But that is really the icing on the cake (oh jeese who mentioned cake?) because the process is what really makes it. The process teaches me about myself, and is what makes me better and stronger in every way.

This experience teaches me many things. It forces me to slow down and stay in the moment. This is always a good philosophy but when I’m running on low carbs I really have no choice but to stay in the moment or I’ll forget what I’m doing. Focus is everything now. It is all about mind training. I continually learn to live in the now, do one task at a time, just breathe, and walk away from stress when possible. It also makes me really appreciate food, good clean food. I don’t take it for granted.

Continual relentless pursuit, vigilance, endurance, persistence. That’s where the results come from.

Stay strong!
Dallas
Copyright 2007-2009 Dallas Malloy

True Strength

Eating disorders are in the media these days. They affect so many people to different degrees—from an occasional episode of emotional eating to a debilitating condition leading to total self-destruction. As with all addictions, eating disorders are an incredibly complex disease with as many unique variations as there are people who suffer from it.

My particular form is bulimia and binge eating. I’m a typical addict, an extremist on an endless quest for perfection and control. So naturally, the attempt to control life and emotions with food, became an issue even before my addiction to alcohol and drugs. These addictions took over, but when I found recovery 10 years ago, the eating disorder slowly crept back up to the surface, progressing cruelly, as all addictions do.

My philosophy of turning weakness into strength, came together towards the end of my (hopefully last) bottom with this. I came to a point where the addiction itself just wasn’t working anymore, so painful, but necessary in the addictive process. I remember force-feeding addictive foods that I didn’t even want, just to get the feeling/effect, but it just wasn’t working anymore. I remember thinking … I would do anything to be free from this compulsion. Self-centeredness is the epitome of addiction. So an idea came, to do the opposite: if my nature was to isolate and self-destruct, I would go out and give the food away. What would have been poison to me became nourishment for someone in need. Sometimes the only way to rescue yourself (from yourself) is to help someone else. I did this many times and somewhere along the way, the compulsion diminished. As with all recovery, I must do daily work to recover.

I hit that bottom about 3 months ago. Knowing I would soon begin dieting down for competition, I had the usual anxieties associated with it. Under the best of circumstances, contest dieting is always rough, but because of my disorder, and remembering the torment of last year, I knew it’d be an uphill battle … will I be triggered? Most likely. So what can I do? Continue applying the tools that work, the ones I learned to use in order to recover from my other addictions.

Being of service to others is medicine and a major tool in my recovery. I share all of this only to be helpful, not for any type of commendation. Many people suffer with eating disorders, walking around in fear and shame, a living hell. I say to them, to you: you’re not alone. True strength comes from having the courage to ask for help. Whatever you’re battling, there is a limitless source of help, within and without.

“We all have fears, but those who face their fears, have courage as well.”--unknown

Stay strong and stay tuned!

Dallas
Copyright 2007-2009 Dallas Malloy