About

Hello and welcome to my litte corner of the internet! I am a 30ish year old wife of a tatted up tattoo artist and mama to a little energetic girl. I love eating and creating clean recipes, beachbody workouts, napping, and drinking wine.

I have loved food since..forever. Thanks to my lovely mom we ate pretty healthy growing up. ( Minus my drinking years when I would down Primantis sandwiches at 2am like a starving lion eating its prey -- soooo good) I have also been baking / cooking for as long as I can remember (if making no bake cheesecakes and rice krispie treats as a kid is "baking") I love to come up with clean eating recipes that my whole family will eat and that fit into our budget.

As for working out, I have always had a love hate relationship.  I never could stick to anything and I always felt uncomfortable in my skin.  I have never been overweight, just "curvy".  I tried ever fad diet -- low fat, no carb, the list goes on and on.  Nothing ever stuck.  I would end up binging on something I was depriving myself of.  

In early 2014, I became pregnant and was ecstatic... until we miscarried.  I felt empty, depressed, and that my body had failed me.  I talk about the miscarriage openly because it is something that happens often and it was my way of coping.  What I don't talk about is how it made me feel emotionally, physically, and mentally.  I kind of had a eff this attitude for awhile. Drinking, eating, going out, not working out, etc.  I felt even worse.  So I woke up one day, put my running shoes on and got outside.  IT WAS TERRIBLE! But I felt great afterwards and kept up with it.  Fast forward a couple of months and I became pregnant unexpectedly.  It was a great surprise, but still a surprise.  I was in denial until 10 weeks.  My pregnancy was pretty easy except I gained well over 60 pounds (mainly water weight and my 10 lb child.  Yeah and I am only 5 foot tall)  I did pretty good nutrition wise (except that first trimester when you will eat anything to save yourself from vomiting...hello saltines!) but didn't work out for fear of something happening!   After I delivered I gained more weight from the massive amounts of fluid they pumped through me.  I didn't care though because I had a beautiful healthy baby.  It wasn't until Easter of 2015 that I had to actually put real clothes on and leave the house that it hit me.  I haven't done anything except sit on the couch, nurse a baby, sleep, nurse, and watch bravo.  None of my clothes fit -- pre pregnancy stuff was too small and maternity stuff was too big.  I hate the pictures of my daughters first Easter for completely stupid reasons.  I decided that day I was going to make a change for myself. 

That's when I was introduced to the 21 day fix program in April 2015 from an infomercial! I was invited into a new mama challenge group in the summer and it changed everything! I worked out everyday because I was being held accountable by other people in the same boat as I was. 

Total game changer.

 I didn't feel bloated all the time, my skin felt great, was less stressed, and I slept better (um when I did sleep, thanks teething baby). I decided to become a coach to help others get out of that "funk" and feel happy and healthy in their skin.  Being a mom or dad is hard work, but you should always take time for yourself!!