Happy Birthday to all my November babies and my fellow Scorpios! 🦂 Happy Birthday month to ME — November 15th! 🎂🥳 And to @Valerie Frey too! ❤️ You already know how I operate… I don’t celebrate a birthday DAY. I celebrate the WHOLE MONTH. 😂 Those are the rules. I made them. My family just has to accept that November means extra TLC for me. 🤣💅🏻🎁 ♏️ Since it’s Scorpio season… we’re known for being passionate, loyal, determined, resilient, maybe a little stubborn 😂, and when we care about our people — we care DEEPLY. This November feels different, though. It’s going to be a month of celebrating the wins, walking through the struggles, creating memories, and reminding myself to keep moving forward. One of my biggest things I’m looking forward to is finally meeting Valerie in person for the first time! 🥹❤️ Without BBB and this Skool community, we probably would have never crossed paths. I’ve already had the blessing of meeting three people from this community who visited Southern California and chose to spend some of their time with me. That means so much. Time is something money cannot buy. When someone chooses to give you their time…part of their day, vacation, or life that is one of the most meaningful gifts someone can give. ❤️ November is also going to challenge me emotionally. My mom will be having surgery on November 23rd, and while I’m trying to stay strong and keep moving forward for my family, I also know I’m human. There are moments when I’m strong. There are moments when I’m worried. There are moments when I just have to feel what I’m feeling…and then keep going. ❤️ I’m learning that being strong doesn’t mean pretending everything is okay all the time. Sometimes strength is simply showing up, loving your people, taking care of yourself, and continuing forward one day at a time. And somewhere in all of this… 🔥 I AM ONE MONTH AWAY FROM HYROX! 🔥 Now THAT is starting to feel very real. 😳😂 These past few months I have trained HARD with an incredible F45 studio, coaches, teammates, my family and this Skool community behind me.

Sunday was one of those wholesome days that reminded me how special this community can be. 🥹 After knowing @Valerie Frey online, I finally got to meet her in person for the very first time and somehow it didn’t even feel like a first meeting. We clicked right away, like we had already known each other forever. ❤️ What made this visit even more special is that Valerie and I share the same birthday month, and she had planned this trip monnnnttthhhhssss in advance just so we could finally meet. That honestly meant so much to me. I felt incredibly honored that she would put that much thought, planning, and effort into making this happen. So naturally, I wanted to do my part and make her feel welcomed. 🥰 She got to meet the Mister (Mario) and my Mini Me (Evelynne) and then we kicked off our first evening together with dinner at Kaju Tofu House. Valerie ordered the small tofu intestine soup and spicy chicken. It was her FIRST time trying intestine tofu soup…and she actually liked it! 😂👏🏼 I was like, YASSSSS we’re already expanding the food adventures! After dinner, we headed over to Downtown Disney and World of Disney to do a little shopping for our Tuesday Disney adventure. Since the Halloween decorations were still up, I also wanted to show her around and let her soak in a little Disney Halloween magic. 🎃✨ And because anyone who comes to visit me apparently gets the full Lena treatment 😂. If we have workouts planned, I make a little fuel packet for beforehand and a recovery packet for the aftermath. You come visit me, I’m going to feed you, fuel you, recover you, and make sure you leave with memories. 🤣💪🏼❤️ What I loved most about this night wasn’t really the food, shopping, or Disney decorations. It was the fact that sometimes you meet someone through a screen, share little pieces of your life over time, encourage one another…and one day that online friendship becomes a hug, dinner together, laughter with your family, and actual memories being made.

👉 Last Sunday: 6.26 miles at 15:08/mi 👉 Today: 4 miles at 12:33/mi Today I didn’t focus on Zone 2. I just ran at a pace that felt comfortable and wanted to see how my body responded. My biggest win wasn’t even the faster pace. I ran 4 miles straight without stopping, and this time my knees and feet didn’t hurt. 🙌🏼 That tells me my body is starting to adapt to the running volume and training. 2:35 faster per mile, nonstop, and feeling good afterward. I’ll take that Sunday win. 💪🏼🔥

Sooo hungry the last couple of days!!! I’m struggling!

On Saturday, I was doing my goblet squats when Sam, a PT at the gym I train and a friend, commented on how much weight I’ve lost and how noticeable the difference is! 🥹 And honestly? That meant so much to me! ❤️ Sometimes we get so caught up in chasing the next goal that we forget to stop and appreciate how far we’ve already come. The workouts, the nutrition, the consistency, the days when motivation is nowhere to be found but we show up anyway… it’s all adding up! 🔥 This journey isn’t always easy, and I’m still a work in progress, but having someone notice the changes you’ve been working so hard for is such a powerful reminder that the effort you put in when nobody’s watching really does matter. 🙌 I’m not where I want to be just yet, but I’m certainly not where I started! And that’s something worth being proud of. 🥹💪 Keep showing up. Keep putting in the work. Trust the process. Your progress might be happening before you fully see it yourself! ❤️🔥 It's also given me the fire to just keep progressing and dial it right back taking it a day at a time. #FitnessJourney #ProgressNotPerfection #ConsistencyIsKey #TrustTheProcess