Other people may not have had high expectations for me... but I had high expectations for myself.
I was always athletic and I could do a lot of things
Gymnastics is the type of sport where you can't take something that gives you more energy. Something may be great for the vault, but then you have the bars after it and you have to be more sedate for that.
If you can't handle all the injuries and scars, choose a less demanding sport.
So if you think being thin is enough to succeed in gymnastics, you're wrong.
There's not a whole lot of events out there on television, especially in the years between Olympic Games.