Lightweight

When I started on my journey to lose weight, I never envisioned how far I would come, and how successful I would be. Similarly, when I started writing Piquant Prose, I had no idea how big a role exercise would play in my life.

In the past months, I have found my writing, and my life, dealing more and more with fueling for exercise and the exercise itself. Many times, I felt as if my posts betrayed the original intent of the blog--writing about food for food's sake.

And so, Lightweight Eats was born. As the name suggests, food will still be a theme. This time though, the focus will be on fueling myself for a grueling athletic schedule while also maintaining my status as a lightweight, under 130 pounds. I will chronicle my weekly training schedule, my progress towards my ultimate goal of representing the U.S. in the 2016 Olympic games, and how food is helping me reach that journey.

My team uniform.

Expect to read about exercise, eating, sleeping and the general trials and tribulations of being a full time unpaid athlete with a big dream.