People only see the final product of a transformation…

But I think it’s important to share

the full journey…

2014. Ya girl was NOT on a fitness journey.

My main focus was showing the world that I had a place in theater.

I booked my first National tour, and I was living my best life…. But it was the first moment that people around me saw me as the “thicker black dancer”

2015 & 2016. After lots of auditions, and lots of NO’s, someone saw me for the dancer I was and allowed me to dance on a musical theater stage. I was booking. West Side Story; The Prom; Sacramento Music Circus.

I was the happiest I had been at this point because my dreams started to become a reality.

But even with booking lots of gigs; I didn’t feel completely secure In my body. I was being told by multiple producers, casting & choreographers that I was “too fat” to ever grace a broadway stage or a cruise ship.

I wanted to grow more in my career but at this point, I knew my career wasn’t going to excel if I didn’t change…

I tried the fad diets.

I tried going to the gym.

I tried it all, but nothing was working.

I found myself crying to my family that I didn’t think I was going to make it in this career because of my size…

I didn’t feel happy in my body.

I felt sluggish. I didn’t feel strong. I felt tired all the time, even with dancing eight shows a week…

2018; I’m on tour with Aladdin.

I had an epiphany.

I wanted to try something that was

greater than me.

But I wanted to do it on my terms.

Not because theater wanted me to be skinner, or I wasn’t getting jobs, but I wanted to do fitness for me…

I joined Orange Theory Fitness and man did I love it! I went at least 5-6x’s a week and I was committed to doing it until the Aladdin tour was complete.

It’s A LOT of cardio and I was running miles that I had never run before.

Mid 2020 (pandemic time) I started to plateau.

I was getting frustrated. I didn’t know why I wasn’t seeing the progress that I was before.

2018 - Joined Orange Theory

September 2020 - My Plateau

After tons of research, and personal trainer & nutritional certifications, I learned;

1. How to break my plateau. My body started to change again and I did it all by myself.

2. Every single thing the entertainment and diet culture industry has ever told us about being lean and fit was a lie…

Our society makes it so damn complicated to reach a goal. When truly It was so simple.