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From Gym Newbie to Strength Coach: My 12 YEar Journey
From ab classes as a teen to building a career in fitness, my journey has been full of lessons in health, mindset, and balance. Here’s a look at how my approach to wellness evolved over 12 years and why I’m more excited than ever for what’s next 💜
Do i Have A Slow Metabolism?
Your metabolism or genetics are an easy scapegoat when it feels like we can’t eat as much as others without gaining weight. But the real driver behind how many calories we burn each day is often how much we move.
Everyone Else Can Eat What They Want And Not Gain Weight 😡
Taking control of your life requires you to take radical responsibility for the reality you’re living in whether it’s fair or not.
One Thing You Need To Know If You’re On A Fat Loss Journey
Your end of diet weight is a lie! The end goal of a successful dieting phase is not that you maintain that scale weight but rather that you maintain your new body composition.
How To Start A Fat Loss Phase
Fat loss doesn’t need to be overly complicated! Here are the 5 things you need to do really well to succeed in your fat loss phase.
Why Does The Scale Fluctuate So Much?!
Daily weight fluctuations are NORMAL! We don’t treat our body the same every single day so we can’t expect the scale to be the same every day either.
Why Is Changing So Hard?
Lasting behavior change is not an overnight process! There’s a whole series of steps you need to take to increase your pros and decrease your cons of changing before you’re truly ready to take action in a way that doesn’t leave you spinning your wheels and feeling like a failure.
Healthy Eating Isn’t Just About Weight Loss
Eating healthy isn't just for weight loss—it's about building sustainable habits for a healthier lifestyle. Discover how shifting your focus from short-term goals to long-term habits can transform your approach to nutrition.
Every Day Counts
You don't reach long term goals by doing something for just one day; it's about the cumulative power of daily decisions that shape who you become. Each day's choices, no matter how small, contribute significantly to not just reaching your goals, but becoming the person you aspire to be.
20 Habits That Are Making Fat Loss Harder
It’s not impossible to lose weight if you’re doing any of these things, but I promise if you avoid these 20 common pitfalls, it’ll make your fat loss journey significantly easier.
This is my most common answer as a health and fitness coach…
If you want to see results in anything, fitness or otherwise, you need to take the approach that’s right for YOU!
How Do I Target Belly Fat?
The hard truth is that the only way to target belly fat is to target body fat in general via a calorie deficit. When it comes to body composition, the biggest factor always has been and always will be your NUTRITION.
How Do I Make Meal Prepping Easier?
Eating healthy doesn’t have to be so complicated! It’s easy to get swept up in elaborate recipes with tons of ingredients, but you can make simple and delicious meals with just 4 components!
Why Do I have Low Back Pain After Deadlifting?
Deadlifts are a powerhouse when it comes to strength training, targeting multiple muscle groups, including your back. So, feeling them in your back isn’t weird — it’s expected!
Here’s Why ‘Starting Over Tomorrow’ Doesn’t Work
Your desire for perfection is what’s making it impossible to stick with the plan long enough to see results. If you start over every time you fall short of perfect, you’re robbing yourself of the ability to ever get close.
What’s The Best Protein Bar?
There are tons of protein bars on the market that all claim to be the BEST; so how do you actually know which ones to buy? When it comes to protein bars, here are 3 of the main criteria I’m usually looking for when perusing the aisles…
What If I Don’t Have Time To Improve My Health?
Do you actually not have time to improve your health? Or do you just have unrealistic expectations of what it requires? You may not have time to do it all, but I know you have time to start!
Am I Eating Too Little To Lose Weight?
Your calorie deficit might actually be slowing down fat loss progress…
Should I Try A Low Carb Diet?
You’ve probably heard that low carb diets will help you lose weight fast. And while this isn’t untrue, if your goal is fat loss and not just weight loss, low carb diets aren’t the way forward.
How Do I Meal Prep Even When I really Don’t Want To?
Tough love moment, your feelings aren’t facts. Stop letting your feelings dictate your actions and instead act the way that you want to feel!