4/4 lifting sessions2/2 runs — 11.8 km totalAverage steps: 9,285/dayAverage weight: 134.4 lbsAverage calories: 2,252/dayTarget: 2,485 cals · 155P · 275C · 85F I listened to a Functional Bodybuilding podcast this week about training quality versus quantity, and it really resonated with me. I used to train six days a week for CrossFit, sometimes splitting … More WEEK 7/15 — Quality Over Quantity
4/4 lifting sessions 3/2 runs — 16.6 km total Average steps: 9,945/day Average weight: 134.8 lbs Average calories: ~2,417/day (Saturday estimated) Target: 2,485 cals · 155P · 275C · 85F Six weeks into this training block, and this week was a reminder that consistency doesn’t require perfection. Training felt good. I completed all four lifts … More WEEK 6/15 — Consistency Isn’t Perfection
4/4 lifting sessions2/2 runs · 21 km totalAverage steps: 10,269/dayAverage weight: 135.2 lbsAverage calories: 2,630/day Target: 2,485 cals · 155P · 275C · 85F This week I did my first follow-up InBody assessment since starting this 15-week hypertrophy project. My initial results suggested a decrease in skeletal muscle mass and an increase in body fat … More WEEK 4/15 — Putting the data into perspective.
4/4 lifting days 2/2 runs · 17 km total Average steps: 9,636/day Average weight: 135.6 lbs Average calories: 2,597/day Target: 2,485 cals · 155P · 275C · 85F I lifted heavier this week, and my runs are feeling stronger with consistent strength training. Energy was steady, soreness was low, and I got all my sessions … More WEEK 3/15
The Goal: Build measurable lean muscle while maintaining aerobic capacity—without accumulating so much training fatigue that sleep, work, or consistency suffers. I ran more this past spring and summer than I have in years, purely for the enjoyment of it. I loved the high and the simplicity of it—get up, tie your shoes, and go. I … More Wanna Watch Me Get Jacked?
For the past 6 months… A few years ago, my dreams and wishes consisted of wanting to get a dog for our family, have a baby, and go back to school. I remember saying to a friend, “Which one should I choose? I want them all.” She said, “Why not all of them?” I said, … More When the Scale Tips: Choosing Focus Over Balance
Someone once told me a story about a woman they knew whose marriage had ended. She had become bitter because of it. She became negative. She continued to exist — and yet she stopped living. She went to work every day, came home, went to bed, and repeated the cycle. She never dated again, afraid … More Love Letters & Thank You Notes
I’m currently in a season of life where my attention is divided between studying pathophysiology and pharmacology, chasing after George, soccer games, doling out life advice to my kids on work ethic and discipline, fitting a few workouts in per week, and planning my days in one-week increments with daily adjustments. To say I’m strapped … More BRALESS + BUSTED: INSTANT POT PORK CHOPS IN MUSHROOM SAUCE
You know what’s super hot? Reading. It is, quite honestly, one of the sexiest habits you can adopt. Why, you ask? For one, it supports neuroplasticity and cognitive reserve. Reading activates and strengthens distributed neural networks (language, executive function, memory), contributing to long-term cognitive resilience and delayed cognitive decline. It also modulates emotional regulation pathways … More Why Reading Is the Sexiest Lifestyle Upgrade 🔥 (6 Books I loved in 2025)
Tuna is such a nostalgic food. It takes me straight back to my childhood when we were “poor”, clipping coupons and eating hot dishes (the Minnesota version of a casserole) because it was cheap, easy and resourceful to throw everything into one dish and bake it. Kids these days have no idea what it was … More The 90s Kid Tuna Melt
