Birthday: 2-15-70
Height: 5'5
Weight off-season 130 on season 125
Measurements:
Bust 36 ½ DD
Waist 26
Hips 36 ½

Sign: Aquarius
Favorite foods: My favorite food is sushi and egg white omelets with avocado. For cheat foods, I enjoy Mexican food and the occasional krispy crème donut.

Diet: I tend not to stray away far from my on season diet. I know myself and this is something that is incredibly important! I have never been naturally thin, so not sticking with my strict regimen can be harmful for me. I work very hard at keeping my body at an optimum weight. So please do not think that this comes easy to me. When I am not getting ready for a competition or shoot, I allow myself one cheat meal a week. That helps to keep me sane.

Here is a typical day in my world. In looking at this meal plan, you can see that the portion sizes change depending on how close I am to and up coming event. Closer I get, the smaller the portions and I then eliminate my cheat meal and usually fruit/sugar carbohydrates from my diet.

BREAKFAST: 2-6 egg whites, ¼ - 1 cup oatmeal, 1 cup Special K cereal, or an egg white omelets with avocado.

LUNCH: 2 -4 oz of chicken or ground turkey, and ¼ to ½ cup of whole grain rice.

DINNER: 4 - 6 oz of white fish, chicken, tofu or 1 veggie patty, and 1-2 cups of vegetables. I like to have green beans, broccoli or any kind of bell pepper.

SNACK: Usually for a snack I will have 1-2 scoops of whey protein 2x daily with ½ a banana in each shake. Mix this only with water.

Accomplishments
Banana Muffin Recipe

I was raised in L. A., California. I am what you would call, a true valley girl. I moved to Orange County in 1990 to pursue a career in nursing. With that I also began a career in personal training and women's health. I have been working in the field of nursing, personal training and women's health advisory for some 14 years now. I enjoy working with women to help them in this journey of becoming healthy, strong, and to reach the potential that lies inside of us all. I believe that this way of life has been in my blood since birth. I had always been an active kid, although a bit chubby. So when I hit the teen years, I began running and going to the gym because I was so intrigued by women that had muscle, looked strong, yet also had a very sexy physique. At that time, none of the girls my age even cared at all about stepping foot into a gym, let alone run down the street! It was then that I knew there was something inside of me that wanted more for myself. I idolized women in the industry like, Cory Everson and Kiana Tom. I watched all of their shows on TV and tried every move at the gym in order to look just like them. So if you ask have I always been this way? Yes, I absolutely love this crazy world of muscles, eating healthy and maintaining a strong body. Who wouldn't? It takes much dedication and hard work to be healthy, but everything in life that is good takes time and work. The competing and modeling are just an added plus to show off my hard work, but I live like this every day and teach women each and every day that they too can also have the great feeling I do when I get up in the morning. A healthy body leads to a healthy mind, a good attitude, an undeniable self-confidence, and a long life with the energy and strength to keep up with daily living. There are many rewards along the road of this journey, but I feel that it is all worth it. In my nursing, I see many women of all ages and I know that I want to be that women who never sees a wheelchair or has to have someone else take care of me because I was too lazy to work on my health throughout the years! QUANTITY OF LIFE IS NO GOOD WITHOUT QUALITY.

I also have a family and 2 gorgeous boys, whom are also active. We spend a lot of time as a family, playing sports and maintaining and active lifestyle. If I show my boys how to stay healthy and strong I can only hope that this will make their lives more fulfilling. They are my strength and I do this for all of us. I can't help but to be my best for them always. I teach them to climb every mountain and to "NEVER SAY CAN'T."

I am currently working on my master's degree as a Nurse Practitioner full time and continuing my career in the fitness industry. So you will see me around for years to come. Hold on and enjoy the ride!