A little bit about me.

Then and now...

I initially started my journey in "health and fitness" because of my personal experience with diet and exercise. During that time (from my late teens to my late 20’s), I was overly consumed with aesthetic goals and often told myself that I was honorably pursuing something in the name of health, but, if I’m being real with myself – and now with you – it was truthfully just to change the way I looked. Hence, my quotes over "health and fitness." I engaged in what I would now call very unhealthy behaviors, including weighing myself multiple times per day, food restriction (we’re talking less than 1,000 calories per day), yo-yo dieting, and obsessive calorie counting, just to name a few. But, I was never truly happy, even when I achieved the arbitrary goal weight I set for myself time and time again.

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Over the past couple of years, I’ve started to reassess my relationship with food, exercise, and my body. Because of how much food and exercise have controlled my life, I've devoted time to reflecting on what health really means to me and why I've felt so much pressure to look a certain way. Through this process, I’ve come to realize that we live in a society where health is often judged based on how someone looks. This explains why my incessant food tracking and deep-seeded fear of sizing- up in clothes felt so normal as a young adult. 

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After beginning to understand the nuances of what has been termed "diet culture," and just how much it has impacted me and those around me, my perspective began to change. Now, I do not believe that body size dictates whether someone is healthy because health is far more nuanced than that. There are also certain aspects of our lives that we cannot control like our genetic makeup and our access to healthier food options. But, there are things that we have greater control over, like our behaviors and habits.  

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Now that I view health as much more complex than a simple BMI score, I am better able to separate physical appearance from the notion of what it means to be healthy. This mindset has allowed me to focus more on what my body can do and what it does for me, rather than on what it looks like or how small it can get.  While I’m not about to shout from the rooftops because I am just so in love with my body now, I am more accepting of my body today than ever before.

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This new perspective has allowed me to slowly let go more and more of the rigid notions I used to hold about diet and exercise. In so doing, I've been able to maintain a more consistent body size and eating pattern; I don’t have the desire to go on big binges anymore because I generally do not restrict myself when it comes to eating; and I now approach exercise with a more flexible attitude, which has allowed me to actually enjoy exercise and movement – something I only ever used to burn calories.

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Am I perfect at this? Hell no! It's something I work on every day. Is my path going to be the same as yours? Also, hell no! But, if your story sounds at all like mine, then I challenge you to start letting go of what I refer to as the diet culture BS. This includes: obsessing over your physical appearance, trying a new fad diet or cutting out entire food groups because TikTok told you this was "good for your health," or exercising a certain way solely to burn calories and change the way you look. 

As you might be able to gather by now – if you’ve made it this far – this is something I am very passionate about and it’s the reason why I decided to start Made for Movement LLC. Prior to starting M4M, I practiced as an attorney for seven years. While I did not find my passion in law as I had originally hoped, my law career taught me so much about  how important movement is for our mental health (lifting weights was a huge factor in getting me through the Bar Exam and those grueling billable hours!) and it reinforced my desire to work with people and serve others. Through M4M, I want to continue to serve others, but in the context of something I care about and that has personal meaning to me. 

If you're looking for someone to conduct regular weigh-ins and take before-and-after photos, this is probably not the place for you. My approach is based on building healthy habits and behaviors and changing the way we think about health, food, exercise, and our bodies, so we can learn to appreciate movement and all that our bodies can do. My goal for my clients is to build strength and confidence by learning to move in a way that feels good without the diet culture BS. If this sounds like something you’re interested in, then PLEASE reach out to me. I’d love to chat with you further and learn more about you and your goals. 

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Credentials

• National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) - Certified Personal Trainer 

• NASM - Certified Nutrition Coach

• NASM - Corrective Exercise Specialist 

• Girls Gone Strong - Certified Pre/Postnatal Coach (in progress)

• CPR/AED Certified 

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