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Writer. Yogi. Bodybuilder. Bikini Competitor.

Hello everyone! I hope this page can give you a small insight into both my journey over time as well as who I am. When I’m not in the gym, I enjoy writing novels, reading books, playing video games, baking (of course!), and being an introvert (full time hobby tbh.) I’ve written ~6 fantasy novels to date (all unpublished so far & will remain unpublished & private until I get a literary agent)

Balance between prep/recipe creation/lifting/writing is nigh non-existent. I’m sad to admit it, but my writing tends to fall to the wayside when prep starts. It’s hard to be balanced when you have to give prep 100% of yourself!

Here is my timeline, which I think can better explain my journey than any other long paragraph:

February 2016: Started working out with cardio & bodyweight exercises in my tiny dorm room as a way to improve my mental health.

May 2016: Started doing Power Yoga 3-5x/week & got up the strength & bravery to start lifting weights in the gym (1-2x/week)

January 2017: Finished my Power Yoga Teacher Certification Course & started teaching (still lifting weights ~1-2x/week)

September 2017: Moved to a tiny town in France where yoga was NOT a thing. I taught one class a week in French in exchange for a free gym membership. THIS was when I say I started “really” lifting weights since I was going 3-5x per week and was working out my whole body.

March 2018-July 2018: Moved back to Texas & did a “cut” on my own & started tracking macros. Here I was lifting 4-5x a week & teaching yoga 4-6x a week.

August 2018-January 2019: I BULKED on my own, focusing on progressive overload & squatting, benching, & deadlifting HEAVY. Didn’t track macros accurately here, but I ate enough to put me in a surplus & made sure I was eating enough protein. At this point I’m pretty much doing all weightlifting & using yoga to warm-up & cool down.

January 2019-May 2019: I CUT on my own again & was in the gym 6 to 7 days a week. (I had not yet learned the importance of rest!)

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😱OVER A YEAR’S worth of #transformationtuesday 😱 . Pic 1: March 2018 🇫🇷 lifting 4ish days a week. Practicing “intuitive eating” but not counting macros. Loved my body here. ❣️ Pic 2: June 2018. For the heck of it I decided to do my first “cut.” Started tracking macros/calories. This is as low as I got before I decided to maintain. Lifting 4-5 days/week + HIIT cardio 3x/week STILL loved my body here 💕 Third Pic: January 2019. Starting in August I decided to do my first “bulk” (aka intentionally putting on weight to gain muscle) I was lifting 5 days a week/no cardio. STILL loved my body ❤️ I was strong AF and still looked damn good 💪🏻 Final Pic (now): I started cutting in January again. Tracking macros, eating the yummiest foods BY FAR out of all these three periods. I started the cut without cardio and eventually added in 1 hr walking and 20 minutes of HIIT. Lifting 6 days/week and getting stronger every. Single. Week. 🏋🏼‍♀️ ❇️ This was all on MY OWN ❇️ No coach, nothing but me and google and Instagram for research. SO 🙌🏻 I’m so excited to see what this next phase is going to look like with @david_iglesias as my new coach! 👏🏻🏋🏼‍♀️ We’re gonna kill it 💪🏻 . . . #trainlikeagirl #flexibledietinglifestyle #bikinicompetition #girlswholift #macrocounting #powerliftingwomen #bodybuildingwomen #yogiswholift #fitnessjourney #fitnessmotivation #bodybuildinglifestyle #npcbikini #npcbikiniprep

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May 2019: I signed up with my coach David Iglesias & we started my first competition prep!

July 2019: Did my first show & came in third.

August 2019-February 2020: Reverse dieted from my show & then did a conservative, lean bulk with my coach the whole way. He sets my macros & gives me my workout programs

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𝗔 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝘆 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗢𝗳𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 . 👙Picture 1: 117 lbs 🍰Picture 2: 131 lbs 🏋🏼‍♀️Picture 3 (now): 130.5 lbs . I’ve pretty much survived my first entire off season with prep starting in about two weeks, so I thought I’d share my thoughts and what I’d learned throughout this whole process. . ➡️Swipe for detailed, journal-style entries about each phase➡️ . TLDR: The struggle with food post comp was REAL. And I was still able to stay mostly consistent, but damn were the cravings even more difficult to ignore than in prep! . Between the second and third picture yes, there is only a HALF POUND DIFFERENCE. Which means… I’ve been recomping the last few months 😍 aka gaining muscle and losing fat at the same time 🙌🏻 muscle weighs more than fat which is how I’m able to weigh almost the same amount, but “look” skinnier. I would NOT have been able to do this without my coach @david_iglesias & seeing these pictures side by side fills me with absolute gratitude for him!! Even around the 3 month mark when I was feeling unsure, I still trusted him & now I’m over here hitting PRs & am at a much better body fat % to start prep with 💪🏻 . 🔹To answer a few additional questions that wouldn’t fit in the other pictures: —𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗮: My last period before comp was actually before I signed up with my coach officially to do a bikini comp. I talk about it more in detail if you swipe ➡️ but this year I’m hoping that prep will be much healthier since I’ll be with a coach the entire time! —𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝘆 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝘀/𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀: I’d estimate energy returned to more normal levels 4-6 weeks post show & that I was finally able to focus on longer concentration tasks like reading and writing 6-10 weeks post show. That said, I’ve only JUST cut out drinking Bang energy drinks 😳 I would have one preworkout since at least 4 weeks before my competition. . . I now 100% understand why long off seasons are NECESSARY when you are a physique competitor that has to diet down to unhealthy body fat percentages for a show. I’ve learned SO much these past 6 months and it’s only made me more excited to do it all over again with all these new tools/info!

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February 2020: My second prep started! My first show of this year will be June 13th. I plan to do at least 2 this summer.

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