About Me

Ever since I was a little girl, I was always the fastest and strongest kid in the class, constantly destroying the boys in sprints. I remember when I was in the 7th grade I saw a photo of a woman flexing on a cover of a magazine. She was ripped and had huge muscles...and I said to myself "I want to be like her." 

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Every girl around me wanted to be "toned" but I wanted to have huge muscles and lift as much weight as I could. However, I was constantly judged for taking this approach to fitness. This was before fitness Instagram was even a thing! I was always the only girl in the gym and men would constantly come up to me and tell me that I'm "getting too big" or that I should "be careful."

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This got me thinking. Maybe I wasn't doing the right thing. And this is when my eating disorder began. I started trying to starve myself and get as small as I could, because this is what society wanted. By 2013 I was barely 100lbs. I wanted to get skinnier. A typical workout for me involved swimming for 1-2 hours, going for a 6 mile run in 90+ degree heat, then going back home and weight training for another hour. I would wear a sweat belt, take fat burners, anything under the sun that would get me skinnier. I was constantly fainting due to pure exhaustion. 

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I cared way too much about how I looked. Once I started college in 2014 and began learning more about Exercise Science (my degree), I realized the importance of fueling your body with adequate calories. Slowly but surely, I fixed my relationship with food and exercise. I shifted my focus to learning the "truth" about exercise, because I was so over the BS that was spread on social media.

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Here I am, years later. Exercise now is a tool for me and my mental health. Exercise is a privilege and I'm done destroying my body. 

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My goal here is to help YOU fix your relationship with food & exercise while also becoming a badass. This is how we GROW. We are growing not only physically but mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.