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Tracking calories and macronutrients has become wildly popular in recent years. Most people view it as a method to lose weight and/or alter their appearance, assuming those to be the only advantages. While it can certainly be an aid in achieving those goals, there are many other benefits.

The moment I stepped off the WNBF World stage in 2018, my goal was to come back in 2021 with an improved physique, a better placing and a routine that I could be proud of. This is my journey of my 2021 contest prep.

I am fairly often asked how my nutrition differs between my improvement season (“offseason”) and competition prep. Truth be told, there isn’t a huge shift from black to white as most people tend to assume.

Many people come to me looking for the same thing: they want to go on a diet to lose weight and reveal a firm and toned physique. Let’s stop and make a few distinctions here. ‍Your “diet” is, by definition, what you eat habitually.

I’ve seen athletes with stellar physiques fall short of first place because they weren’t able to display their gifts and I’ve also seen athletes with less-than-ideal genetics beat out the former because they really knew how to pose.