The first ever winner of the Stack Fitness Games is.... (added empty lines for drama :) Rena Johnson! Way to go Rena... 🙌🏽 Send me your receipt or proof of gym membership payment and someone from my team will send over a Venmo. Congrats on being active in the community and inspiring others along the way. We're lucky to have you in our community. Alone we are strong. Together we are unbeatable. Details on how to win the next SFG is coming later today. 💪🏽 Drop a comment here to congratulate her.

26 Oct - didn’t actually weigh in this week. But checking in (late) and the check in is my weigh in. Mentally feeling better about progress even if physically I’m not there yet. Finishing out this month I know what I need to focus on and how to keep the progress going.

Had a great leg day and feel tired but good from it. It was a stressful Monday so making it to the gym tonight was a win! Going to try close this last week out strong and sticking my weekly goals.

Totally missed check in yesterday, but I am still stacking! Feeling great and pushing through old barriers.

Being totally real here, after extremely strict diets training for my bikini competitions, finding a new normal has been tough. What used to work for me, doesn’t seem to work anymore or as well. Part of that is my age and beginning to enter perimenopause. So, I’ve been educating myself on what supplements are best, what approach to my diet, and movement. I’ve been really hard on myself for not being at my peak because I supposedly “know” what to do. But, I feel like I’m navigating in a new body with new rules. So the good news is, I’m figuring it out because I refuse to give in to the story that this is just how it’s going to be now, that as we get older we just change. The book by Dr. Haver “The New Menopause” has been super helpful for supplements and she also suggests intermittent fasting to help regulate hormones and insulin spikes. I’m excited to have a new approach to my health and fitness and nothing is ever the same, but if we are willing to figure it out, there is a way to wellness.