About Me & My 'WHY'
I have been in the fitness industry longer than I have been a nurse. When I decided to get the highest level of education in nursing, I felt it wise to merge my passions and focus my Doctoral research and quality improvement project on obesity and weight management. During that time, I became a member of the Obesity Medicine Association, and took over 80 hours of education in the management of obesity. Through my ongoing research and education I became extremely passionate about nutrition. I also decided I wanted to keep working with patients long after that 10 week intervention with those 10 participants was complete. I continuously research & educate myself in this area to better serve my patients, and quite frankly, myself and my children.
Real food & movement are MEDICINE.
While I love preventative medicine and my job as a Family Nurse Practitioner, overweight and obesity management are preventative. Prevention of metabolic disease, heart disease, hyperlipidemia, and countless ailments, risks, and complications of obesity.
Through my years of personal training and leading group fitness, I have become increasingly interested in muscle mass and body composition and the role these play in longevity, function, bone health, mental health, sleep quality, and countless mental and physical facets of our day to day lives.
My research and education over the years have continuously fueled my passion for metabolic health. Not only what it can do for my patients, but what it has done for me, personally.
As we age, we are losing muscle mass. Sarcopenia, or muscle wasting is a normal part of aging, and this is NOT common knowledge. Additionally, muscles themselves are the only endocrine organ that WE HAVE CONTROL OVER.
How our body uses food, how we function, how many calories we burn simply sitting, ALL depend on our body composition. The greater amount of lean tissue we have, the more efficient our activity AND inactivity.
I have so much information to share, and I want to make an impact on my community. I want to get people feeling better, growing stronger, and living longer. All of my patients will have endless access to everything from recipes I have to share, to the latest evidence-based information and resources. Additionally, I have invested in one of the most accurate body composition machines available, to give my patients accurate biometric measures so that they may become and stay motivated to improve, maintain, or transform their body compositions.