Biking Wellness

If you're coming out of this holiday weekend feeling like you undid all your progress, the scale is up, and you're this close to just giving up on the whole thing, this episode is for you. Because I just had a weekend exactly like that. Three BBQs, a cream puff I wasn't even hungry for, my scale up a few pounds. And I am completely unbothered. I want you to be able to feel that way too. In this ep...

If you've got a holiday weekend or a summer vacation coming up and you're already stressing about the food, the BBQs, the drinks, and how much "damage control" you'll have to do afterward, this episode is for you. Because I just got back from vacation myself, the scale is up a little, and I am completely unbothered. And I want you to feel exactly that same way heading into your weekend. In this ep...

If part of you wants to lose weight this summer and finally feel good and strong in your body, but a louder part keeps insisting you're not ready, you missed your window, or you should just wait until the fall, this episode is for you. Because summer might be the very best time you'll get all year to start, and I want to show you why. In this episode I'm making the case that the only thing standin...

This Saturday I'm doing a 25 mile charity bike ride, and I want to be really honest with you. I have barely ridden more than five or ten miles at a time all winter long. So am I perfectly prepared? Nope, not even close. But I'm going anyway. And today I want to talk about why you do not have to be perfectly ready to do the thing you actually want to do, because I have a feeling there's something y...

I was driving into work the other day and I passed a couple of women out riding their bikes. And my very first thought was not "good for them." It was "must be nice." They looked like they were living the dream, and there I was feeling like summer was already here and I'd completely missed my window to get ready for it. If you have ever had that exact thought, that everyone else has it together an...

You've read the articles. You've downloaded the apps. You've tried the diets. At this point you could probably teach a class on how to lose weight. And yet here you are, still trying to figure out why it isn't working. Today I want to talk about the one thing that changed everything for me, and it's the one thing nobody is selling you, because you can't put it in an app and you can't print it on t...

Over the last few weeks I've been talking about why you already know what to do but can't do it, why you quit every diet by week two, why you've stopped believing it's possible, and how finding movement I love was the real turning point in my weight loss. Today I'm tying all of that together. Because it all points to one thing. And once you see it, you can't unsee it. In this episode I'm getting i...

I've talked about the moment I stood in front of the mirror and decided to lose weight for the last time. But I've been thinking about it, and that wasn't actually when everything changed. The real moment happened a couple of years before that and it had nothing to do with food or dieting or calories. In this episode I'm sharing the story of how my husband buying me a bike for our anniversary was...

If you've tried to lose weight so many times that you've quietly decided you're just not the kind of person who can do it, this episode is for you. I'm sharing what it was like to grow up thinking I just loved food too much, the PowerBar and Powerade lunches in college to look good in a dress, the years of calorie counting and never having enough points, and how I eventually just stopped getting m...

If you have ever started a diet on a Monday, been SO excited about it, kept it up for a week or maybe two, and then completely fallen off and spent the next few months feeling guilty about it before trying again, this episode is for you. I'm sharing what this cycle looked like for me for years, including my very exciting first round of Weight Watchers with the little wallet and the McDonald's poin...

You know what to eat. You know you should be moving your body. You've read the books, you've done the calorie counting, you could probably give someone else advice on how to lose weight. And you still can't make it work for yourself. In this episode I'm getting really honest about the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it. I'm sharing what it used to look like for me standing in fro...

Last week I didn't do a single formal workout. I was exhausted from work, not sleeping well, and barely had the energy to get through the day. But I spent a full day spreading mulch, coached my son's baseball team, and walked the dog a few times. When I looked back I realized it was one of my biggest movement weeks in a while. I just didn't see it because none of it felt like a "real" workout. Thi...

I've been doing a 14 day challenge on Instagram and YouTube where every day I share one thing I stopped doing to lose 50 pounds. We're eight days in and the response has been amazing, so I wanted to bring you into what I've been sharing so far. In this episode I'm walking you through all eight things I've covered, from counting calories to cheat days to hiding McDonald's bags so nobody would know...

If you overate this weekend and your brain is telling you that you need to restrict, skip meals, or do an extra hard workout to make up for it, this episode is for you. Because what you do RIGHT NOW matters so much more than what happened over the weekend. I'm sharing exactly what I ate this Easter weekend (it involved three desserts, a Reese's egg, and a ham sandwich on a biscuit at 7 PM), what t...

Summer is about 12 weeks away and I know what you're probably thinking. You're thinking about bathing suits and shorts and sleeveless tops and whether you're going to feel confident in your body. But I want to ask you a totally different question: how do you want to FEEL this summer? In this episode I'm sharing why that one question changed everything for me, including a hike I took this week that...

We are right in the middle of the Spring Weight Loss Kickoff Challenge and it has been SO good. Women are showing up, sharing what they're going through, and having real breakthroughs about why weight loss hasn't been working for them. And if you didn't sign up or you're a couple days behind, this episode is going to catch you up so you can jump right in with us. On Day 1 we talked about three thi...

Feeling defeated because January didn't go as planned? Thinking ahead to summer and wanting to feel more confident in your body? Worried that gaining weight over winter means it'll be harder to get back into your active spring body? You're not alone, and spring is actually the PERFECT time to start losing weight. In this episode, I'm sharing why spring gives you everything you need to finally make...

You're eating better. You're moving your body. You're doing all the things. And the scale won't budge. Or worse, it's going UP. Here's what you need to know: the scale doesn't just measure fat. It measures water, muscle, food in your stomach, swelling, and hormones. So when the scale goes up, it doesn't always mean you gained fat. I just finished weighing myself every single day for 30 days and sa...

Tired of tracking every single calorie? Done with Weight Watchers, MyFitnessPal, and Noom? You're not alone. And here's what the influencers and experts won't tell you: you don't actually need to track your macros and calories to lose weight successfully. I lost 50 pounds in 2020 without tracking a single thing. That was six years ago. I'm now in full blown perimenopause and I haven't gained the w...

February is hard. The January motivation is gone, it's freezing cold, and you're stuck somewhere between "I already failed at my goals" and "spring feels so far away." But here's what I need you to know: spring is six weeks away. And your spring self, the one that will bike, hike, walk, and move, is being built right now. In these small, unglamorous February moments. In five-minute wins. In this e...

Did you start January strong with all the motivation and now it's February and you're exhausted? The New Year's energy is gone and you're wondering if you're already failing at your weight loss goals? You're not.. You just need a plan for when motivation fades. In this episode, I'm giving you a February reality check. Because here's what happens: we make plans for the perfect version of ourselves...

Lying awake at 3 AM staring at the ceiling? Waking up at 4 and can't get back to sleep? Welcome to perimenopause and menopause, where sleep suddenly becomes this impossible thing your body used to do without thinking. I get it. Sleep used to come so easily to me. And then perimenopause hit and suddenly I'm having the most vivid, crazy dreams, or I'm just awake for no reason wondering what is happe...

Standing in your kitchen at 5 PM with absolutely no idea what to eat for dinner. You're exhausted. You've made a million decisions today. And now you have to figure out what to make that will actually fuel your body without derailing your weight loss goals. My friend, I have been there. And today I'm sharing my simplest meal planning strategies when you have zero ideas, zero time, and zero energy...

I'm eight days into weighing myself every single day and sharing my raw, unfiltered thoughts about the number on Instagram. And let me tell you, this has brought up SO much stuff. Shame, comparison, anxiety about the weekend, thoughts I didn't even know I still had. But here's what I'm realizing: it's not the NUMBER that's the problem. It's what we MAKE that number mean about us. In this episode,...

You know what to do. You've set the goal. You're motivated. But then week two hits, motivation fades, life gets busy, and you give up. Sound familiar? In this episode, I'm sharing two very personal stories from my own life. One where I lost 50 pounds completely alone (and why it was SO much harder than it needed to be), and one where I hired a personal trainer for strength training (and everything...