1 – Food prep – I don’t like to cook every day, so once or twice a week I grocery shop and spend a few hours in the kitchen and fill the refrigerator so that there is always something healthy to eat.

2 – SLEEP!!  It seems like the simplest thing, but it makes the biggest difference in how I feel.

3 – Strength training keeps me feeling healthy and strong.  I try to get in 4-5 workouts a week.

Mexican and Chocolate.  I could eat Mexican food every day and I do eat chocolate every day.

 A Nick’s Stick Turkey stick and a rice cake with peanut butter and banana.

I grew up on a farm in rural Georgia and have lived in Georgia my entire life.

Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey.  It has made me stop and think about things in my life that have been greenlights and then there are some redlights.

My favorite song from my running days is I Gotta Feeling by the Black Eyed Peas.  Eminem and Pitbull are always on my playlist too.

This has been a journey.  My husband got me involved in triathlons and I did triathlons and running races.  I loved cycling, so I became a spin and group fitness instructor.  Wanting to get more involved in health and wellness, I became a personal trainer.  I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and Hashimoto’s 9 years ago and health and wellness became a more important part of my life as I was navigating through all of the challenges that came with living without a thyroid.

My spirit animal would have to be a mama bear.  I take care of my people and am fiercely protective of them.