May 2, 2017May 2, 2017
Five years ago I entered my first bodybuilding competition as a way to lose weight. Today I am a personal trainer and my mother-and-daughter clients just won 2nd place in...
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April 28, 2017
Five years ago I entered my first bodybuilding competition and it changed my entire life. During preparation I learned about nutrition, strength training, time management and how to push through...
April 27, 2017
If you’re new to my blog (hi!) you might not know that I wasn’t always into bodybuilding, or even fit! I started this blog five years ago when I was...
April 26, 2017April 26, 2017
If you’re a guy it’s quite plausible that your wardrobe can remain the same from your 20’s until your 40’s when you start to get love handles. If you’re a...
April 25, 2017April 25, 2017
Everyone can use a little booty boost just before summer! That’s why I created an 8-week Booty Boost Challenge! Each week I’ll be posting a new glutes/leg exercise that I do...
April 24, 2017April 24, 2017
It’s 13 weeks out until my next competition, a Musclemania / Fitness Universe bikini competition in Costa Rica. Yesterday I drove to Houston (2.5 hours each way) to take a...
April 21, 2017November 5, 2018
I love popcorn. I love the smell of it when you walk into the movie theatre and the heat of it against your fingertips. Growing up my mom used to...
April 19, 2017April 24, 2017
Before I started bodybuilding I was like a lot of women out there, which is to say I had this sort of butt-leg blend thing going on. I don’t know...
April 18, 2017April 19, 2017
No one tells you the truth about what pregnancy does to your body. I went into it expecting a cute little belly bump followed by an even cuter little baby...
April 17, 2017
Happy day after Easter! I had a really fun weekend. It started off dying eggs with my kids. General question: Why does my son always want to wear a white...
April 12, 2017
Can I tell you a secret? I’m so deliriously happy that I’m not doing a bodybuilding bikini competition until July!!! I usually do competitions April, May and June and it’s...
April 7, 2017November 5, 2018
Pancakes are my favorite thing for breakfast. You know how everyone has one go-to recipe that they love? Well, this is mine, for sweet potato pancakes. It’s one of those...
April 3, 2017November 5, 2018
The other day I was in line grocery shopping after my workout and I was quite the sight. My hair was in a sweaty mom bun, I had my Arnold...
March 28, 2017
It’s 17 weeks until my next competition and I’m feeling something I haven’t felt in a long time: joy. For much of last year my competition prep seemed like a...
March 23, 2017
Anne Lamont, author of the writing book “Bird by Bird”, has a really funny essay in it called, “Shitty 1st Drafts”. In it she says that most people think that successful...
March 21, 2017March 21, 2017
In a mere 10 (ten) weeks Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer/bikini season, will be upon us. Are you ready? If your answer is, ‘Hell no!’ I was like that...
