Meet the Founder of Motivated Women Weekly
I'm not a fitness influencer.
I'm a woman who has cried in a parking lot, talked herself out of the gym, and started over from scratch. More than once.
And I built the support system I desperately wish existed when I started so other women don’t have to struggle.
I've lost almost 80 pounds naturally. No extreme diets, no perfect schedule, and no giving up my real life to do it.
But here's what I don't usually lead with: I lost 60 of those pounds, got pregnant, had two babies 18 months apart, struggled through the darkest postpartum depression, and came home from the hospital with my second baby back at my starting weight.
All of my progress. Gone.
And then I started again anyway.
The Real Story
I grew up believing some things that took years to unlearn.
That women were supposed to hate their bodies. That exercise was punishment for not looking a certain way. That self-worth lived in a number on a scale.
Those beliefs didn't disappear overnight. But in May 2021, something shifted.
I lost someone close to me—a relative whose health complications were a mirror I couldn't look away from. I knew who I wanted to be as a woman and as a mom someday, and she wasn't who I was showing up as.
So I started. Quietly. Just a simple calorie deficit. Then a stationary bike in the house because I was too scared to walk into a gym. One day, I walked up a flight of stairs and wasn't winded and I thought, I didn't know my body could feel like this.
Just as I was feeling really good, I got pregnant. Back to back, each followed by postpartum depression that I can only describe as raw survival mode. Between having babies and coping in unhealthy ways, I felt like my body wasn't truly mine anymore.
When I got home from the hospital with my second baby, I stepped on the scale. I was back where I'd started. Every pound. Every inch.
I will not sugarcoat what that felt like.
But I also knew something I didn't know the first time around: how worth it it is to feel good in my body. I’d done it before, and I knew how to do it again. So eight weeks postpartum, I laced up, logged my food, and drove to the gym (crying and singing at the top of my lungs the whole way there—If you saw me, no you didn't.)
That was the real beginning.
The Philosophy
Here's what I know now that I wish someone had told me sooner:
Weight loss motivation isn't about willpower. It's not about discipline or deprivation or doing everything right.
It's about becoming a woman you can count on—one who loves herself enough to keep showing up (like you do for everyone except yourself), even when life is heavy. Especially when life is heavy.
That's not a fitness tip. That's an identity shift. And it changes everything.
The way I approach motivation isn't built on restriction or strict rules. It's built on:
Real life first. Not the life you'll have someday. The one you have right now, with the kids, the job, the exhaustion, the chaos.
Mindset over willpower. Because willpower is finite. Your identity isn't.
Consistency over perfection. Starting over several times isn’t failure. That’s just part of the journey. When we think of them as speed bumps instead of stop signs, it’s much easier to continue forward.
Emotional support over tough love. You don't need someone to tell you to try harder. You need someone in your corner.
Why Motivated Women Weekly Exists
One evening, I found myself reflecting on years of journals—motivational quotes I'd collected, research I'd done, hard lessons from the low days. and I thought:
What if I didn't have to figure all of this out alone? What if none of us did?
Motivated Women Weekly exists because there are too many women restarting on Monday, white-knuckling through another plan, and believing the problem is them.
The problem isn’t you.
The problem is doing it without support.
This is the space I built so you don't have to do it alone. Weekly motivation, practical tools, real resources, and a community of women who get it because they're living it too.
We carry the weight of the world. It's time someone helped carry us.
You are worthy of the results that come from being the best version of yourself.
That version of you is already there — waiting at the finish line, cheering you on.
Let's get you there.
I mean, I’ll tell you, but no promises that it’s entertaining enough to write a screenplay about.
Here’s a few rapid-fire facts if you really want to know:
Born and raised in Northern California ☀️
Graphic design degree from San Diego State
Married my high school sweetheart (Small town? No. Just lucky.)
Moved to Indianapolis for what was supposed to only be two years. Bought a house six months later.
Left corporate in 2019 to build my design business
Started my weight loss journey in 2021
Got pregnant after losing 60 lbs
Two babies, 18 months apart. Major PPD and survival mode. Back to square one
Restarted 8 weeks postpartum and never looked back
80 lbs down. 20 to go. And the best is still ahead!