About Me

Hey! I'm Rachel. Thanks for taking the time to check out my story.  

My journey to where I am at has been LONG. Painful at times but so very worth it. 

I grew up in the 80's in a very fun & loving family. There was a very "typical for the time" lack of focus on nutrition and healthy living then in almost every family I knew.  Food was a comfort and part of every single thing we did. 

By High School, I struggled with my weight and body image almost constantly. At a size 14, It held me back from doing and trying new things.  After watching almost every adult female in my life struggle, I had pretty much accepted my fate. My family history was riddled with people who had struggled with obesity and the effects from that.  I always had a longing to be thin but aside from following the latest diet FAD that the adults in my life were into at the time, I had no clue what it meant to truly be HEALTHY.  To be quite honest, who cares or thinks about that in high school? I just wanted to be skinny.  

In my early 20's and at my smallest ever (a size 12) thanks to the good old "starvation diets" we put ourselves through before we knew better, I married my awesome Husband. In the following 10 years, I grew three AMAZING humans in my body! I'm still amazed I did that...

Still not having found the "secret" to a healthy lifestyle, the pounds really added up.  Size 18 to 20, then a 24. Down to a 20 and finally settling at size 18 for quite some years, I decided around age 33 "this just must be me!" Fine, I accepted it. I'd never be thin. Oh well, I was happily married with a husband who made me feel beautiful, a loving family, successful business.  Life was good, I was just heavy but I'd accepted it. 

Except... DAMN. why does my hip hurt? Why do I always feel garbagey after I eat? Where is all my energy? How do I keep getting all these injuries from literally doing nothing? How can I ever keep up with these kids? What if something happens to me?  I'd go to the Doctor but she'll just lecture me and tell me to lose weight.  

It suddenly clicked.  I didn't care about losing weight. I mean, yeah-of course I still wanted to be thin but all of a sudden it wasn't even about weight.  It was about how I felt and how I was afraid I was going to feel in the future. This was in February of 2020. The following month, the World turned itself upside down because of Covid.  I remember very clearly thinking to myself, its now or never.  We were all staying home, nothing but time on our hands and masks on our faces; I decided I was either going to bake everyday and watch a lot of tv and it would end up having a very negative affect on my family or I was going to do the opposite of that. Get my behind in gear and turn the time into something positive for my family and I. If I wasn't willing to do it then, when would I ever? 

That's exactly what I did. Fast forward to three years later. I'm 39. (Wow, when did that happen?) I have lost and kept off, 120 pounds to date. At a size 2/4, I have an ENTIRELY different lifestyle.  I am a healthy eater, I love to find the fun in exercise and I ultimately believe that the key to all things is, BALANCE.  As soon as my thoughts turned to health and wellness, the pounds came off. It is not an easy path but it absolutely can be done with small lifestyle changes every day that in the end, add up to giant results.  I would love to talk more with you about helping you start your healthy transformation journey.  After so many years of feeling like I couldn't do it, its amazing to be able to say I did do it.  I want others to feel that same joy.  

Do I have everything all figured out? Uh. Not hardly. That is precisely why I call this a journey, its not over. As I learn, I'll continue to share with my clients so we can all benefit, 

Do I think I'm in perfect shape? Ah, hahaha. Another hard no. I will always have the same insecurities I have always had but again, none of this was about having a perfect body. Our focus should be on balancing a healthy lifestyle and from that we see the amazing perks of losing weight, gaining strength, feeling energized, healthy and confident.  

THE OLD ME; tired & sore.

THE NEW ME; feeling the best I ever have!