Hey!

My name is Faye, and I’m a certified nutrition nerd, fitness freak, and most recently, muscle mommy.

I’ve spent almost two decades learning and practicing everything I can about all of the above in pursuit of a healthy relationship with my body and food. This is what I'm passionate about sharing with you. Like many who find themselves immersed in these realms, my fitness journey began when I decided I was tired of trying to shrink myself to meet some arbitrary aesthetic standard of the "desirable woman."

I wanted to change, but I was afraid of doing something different. I had no role models for another way of being... So, I spent 15 years in a cycle of growing a little, shrinking a lot, over and over and over... until finally, I found bodybuilding and realized OH SHIT! There's another way to do this fitness stuff that's not all about being the smallest you can possibly be without ever actually acquiring strength.

Once I opened the door, I began to feel how tired I was of the you must stay small enough mindset that had been driving my every action. And after wrestling with myself for another six years, I’m finally ready.

SO! This blog is a documentation of my n = 1 experiment. No more shrinking (okay I mean unless we’re summer shredding but that’s just to REVEAL THE MUSCLES.)

ANYWAYYYYYY. Muscle Mommy, here we come.

I'll be sharing the ups and downs and in betweens. Reps. Revelations. Recipes. Training insights... and whatever else wants to come out of my brain during this journey. As is the norm for any trip into the unknown, I'm equal parts inspired and terrified to see where this thing goes. And for the biceps. And glutes. Cus ya know, everything in life is about dat ass. And those biceps.

But seriously. If you're reading this, and you choose to follow along, I'm so grateful and hope that we can grow together — in muscles and hearts and minds — along the way.

p.s. I am super nostalgic for the blogs that existed before instagram when everyone was like woahhhhh this internet stuff is SO COOL and I can share whatever I want so I’m gonna tell you everything like we’re just having a chill convo round the kitchen table squat rack… so that’s the kinda vibe I’m bringing.

You might come for the reps. But if I have anything to do with it, you’ll stay for the revelations.