09/24/2025
✨This “rule” changed my life✨
As many of you know, I don’t follow a rigid diet, deprive myself, count calories or carbs, and I don’t believe in extremes. Instead, I do my best to follow the 80/20 rule.
👉 Eat well for health 80% of the time, and the other 20% can be saved for fun foods—without the guilt.
Some months look more like 70/30, some days 20/80 😆 … but you get the point!
I’ve been following this rule for years, and it’s given me the freedom to feel great in my body and mind while still enjoying one of my favorite things in life: FOOD.
There was a time I had no clue what I was doing. I tried all sorts of diets when I gained weight in college—Slimfast, Suzanne Somers Food Combining, the Grapenuts diet, even Metabolife 😳 (I’ll never forget being on the bus sophomore year with my heart racing so fast I thought it was going to jump out of my chest). That moment scared the shiitake mushrooms out of me and I never looked back.
Over the years, I taught myself how to cook delicious, healthy meals and look at food as fuel—tasty fuel of course 😋. That’s been a game-changer and helped me learn how to listen to my body. Today, people call that intuitive eating, and I realize I’ve been practicing it for years.
And now that I’m in perimenopause, things have shifted yet again. What worked in my 20s and 30s isn’t quite the same now. I have to be more intentional about balancing my blood sugar and hormones so I can keep my energy up, sleep better, and avoid those roller-coaster cravings AND do my best to keep my an muscle mass 🥴
That’s exactly why I created my Begin to Thrive program 💫
It’s designed to help women (whether you’re in perimenopause or not) ditch extremes, simplify healthy living, and feel amazing in their bodies—without waiting until January to “start over.”
💌 Want to stop stressing about food & finally feel good in your body & mind without a crazy intense diet or rigid program?
Comment “THRIVE” and let’s chat— I will show you how I’ve helped other busy moms do the exact same without losing their minds 😆