Welcome!  Built on the cornerstone of my transformative personal journey, this blog will serve as a roadmap for navigating the often intimidating terrains of improving our health as well as our personal finances.  Through a mix of experience-based wisdom, ongoing learning, and real-world insights, I’ll equip my readers with quick nuggets on sculpting a life of wellness and financial freedom. Whether it’s breaking down nutritional facts, providing tips and hacks, to demystifying money making strategies, this blog is the go-to hub for quick hits of relatable and actionable advice.  It’s all about empowering people to be the best versions of themselves, one healthy and financially savvy step at a time.

My personal weight management struggles date all the way back to my late teens when I began balancing dinners between my house and my boyfriend’s (I was, in essence, eating at 2 households.   If I didn’t like what my mom was cooking for dinner, I’ll eat there instead, and sometimes even both). 😟 Those were the days though, right?! You’d gain a few pounds but then shed them off quickly with some exercise and dieting, no biggie.  Well, unfortunately, those early years set the tone for the difficulties I’ve faced the majority of my adult years.

Fast forward, and what I know too well, as we age, our bodies start playing by an Entirely Different set of rules. 😟  I always thought I knew what I needed to do to lose weight but let’s face it, the “low-fat” era did us NO favors.  And to make matters worse, one of my biggest misconceptions was that I just needed to start working out to lose the weight but that does nothing if you don’t change your diet.   75-80% is what we’re putting in our mouths and I struggled BIG TIME eating how I was suppose to for any length of time and things got progressively worse as the years flew by.  I eventually found myself approaching 300lbs with MAJOR lean muscle loss!!! with NO energy, feeling like crap, embarrassed out in public, having difficulty moving and doing normal everyday activities.  I was at a crossroads where if I didn’t change course soon, I would be facing a very dire (and probably shortened) future but no matter what I did, I just couldn’t change course.

The power of a wake-up call…  seriously, it’s amazing how life has a way of jolting us awake just when we need it and that “moment of truth” hit me like a ton of bricks.  For someone who had been healthy all their life, with the exception of the extra weight, failing a physical due to sugar in my urine and a dangerously high blood pressure got my attention.  I’ll never forget that feeling.  That 371 on the glucose monitor with full-blown Type 2 Diabetes was my warning sign that sealed the deal.  The shock and fear for where things were headed FINALLY drove me to wholeheartedly roll up my sleeves and delve into learning the science of getting healthy. 

Long story short, my A1C plummeted from 11.4 to an incredible 5.1.  As of this writing, I’m down 82 lbs (and counting) and I feel and look like a brand new person.  I’m more than a survivor; I’m a conqueror WOOOHOOOO!!!!  AND I’m just getting started!  I’m sharing my story as a lesson in never giving up.  My journey proves that it’s never too late to rewrite our stories.