About Laura
✅ Lost 80+ pounds
✅ Reversed Type 2 diabetes
✅ A1c 11.4 → 5.2
✅ Strength training 4x per week
✅ Currently focused on muscle, metabolism & body optimization
For most of my adult life, I struggled with my weight.
I started and stopped more diets than I can count. I’d start on Monday, eat something “bad” and quit. Start again Monday, lose some weight, “be good” for a few weeks or a month or two, go back to old habits, gain it back plus some. I repeated this for years until eventually giving up altogether. Like many women, I spent years believing the answer was simply eating less and trying harder.
It wasn’t.
A few years ago, my health reached a point where I could no longer ignore it. I was approaching 300 pounds, my energy was low, and I was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes with an A1c of 11.4.
I knew something had to change.
This time, I stopped chasing quick fixes and started focusing on my health.
I learned how to nourish my body with better nutrition. I started moving consistently. I focused on habits I could actually maintain.
Over time, those small changes added up.
I lost more than 80 pounds.
I reversed my Type 2 diabetes.
My A1c dropped from 11.4 to 5.2.
Most importantly, I built a lifestyle I could finally sustain.
But something interesting happened along the way.
Like many people who lose a significant amount of weight, I also lost muscle.
After years of focusing on weight loss, I realized there was another goal that mattered just as much: building strength, protecting my metabolism, and improving my body composition.
That’s the phase I’m in today.
I call it Phase 2: Body Optimization.
My focus is no longer just losing weight.
My focus is building and preserving muscle, improving metabolic health, increasing strength, and aging as powerfully as possible.
Because after 45, muscle matters.
It affects metabolism, energy, mobility, balance, bone health, confidence, and our ability to keep doing the things we love as we get older.
That’s why I created Fit Fueled Free.
I share what I’m learning and applying in real life as a woman in midlife who is still on the journey herself.
You’ll find practical information about:
• Building and preserving muscle after 45
• Metabolic health and healthy aging
• Sustainable fat loss
• Protein and nutrition strategies
• Strength training and movement
• Energy, recovery, and lifestyle habits that support long-term health
I’m not interested in perfection.
I’m interested in progress.
I’m not trying to become the smallest version of myself.
I’m working to become the strongest, healthiest, and most capable version of myself.
If you’re a woman who wants to age strong, improve your health, build confidence, and create a lifestyle you can actually enjoy, you’re in the right place.
Welcome. I’m glad you’re here.
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Every week I share practical tips on muscle, metabolism, healthy aging, nutrition, and the lessons I’m learning in my own Phase 2 journey.
Plus, you’ll get my free Midlife Morning Metabolism Reset Checklist.