About

My name is Savannah Rose Neveux.

I’m 23 years old, born and raised in Los Angeles.
I grew up riding and competing in horse shows and played club soccer for many years. I also traveled the country playing professional laser tag (I’m a nerd). I was a vegetarian my entire life, until this past year when I started eating fish and chicken. I just graduated with my B.S. in Psychology. I want to get my masters in counseling so I can help girls with eating disorders. (That’s the long-term goal anyway!) =)

Studying Psychology in college (and having furthered that education on my own afterward) gave me a newfound appreciation and understanding of the importance of therapy and mental health counseling. If you or someone you know is suffering from an eating disorder, self-harming or if in general, you feel as though there are things in your life you can no longer handle on your own, I hope you will take a moment to look through the links I have in my help section. There is absolutely NO SHAME in seeking help. It takes courage to reach out!

I get asked practically everyday what I did to get in shape, and how long it took….

During my high school years, I was a straight edge kid. I never drank or got into any serious trouble. I had a pretty healthy view of myself and was actively involved in sports and productive things. Once college hit however, I went a little wild. An unfortunate side effect of too much partying, junk food and an overall unhealthy lifestyle, I became extremely insecure about my body and myself as a person.

I woke up one morning with an incredibly bad hangover. My skin was tingling from dehydration, my head throbbed, the light from my window seared my eyes and the rolls of my beer gut squished together. I realized then and there that I couldn’t continue living my life this way. I immediately got up, threw all the junk food and alcohol away, joined a local gym and started doing research on bodybuilding, nutrition, supplementation and everything to do with fitness.

I stopped complaining about the things I didn’t like and started taking ACTION to fix them.

It took me months of clean eating and heavy weight training to achieve the transformation I achieved. Before that I had tried everything from yoga to kickboxing to pilates… but nothing changed my body as quickly and drastically as weights. Most women are petrified of weight training because of a silly myth about getting “bulky” or “manly”. Women do not have the levels of testosterone necessary to bulk up the way men do.. and I am living proof of that. Those women bodybuilders you see have been eating tons of food, training extremely heavy and consistently and taking steroids for many years to achieve what they have achieved. A physique like that does not happen by accident and it certainly doesn’t happen overnight from picking up a heavy dumbbell!

Through this website, I hope to motivate and inspire as many people as I can transform their lives for the better. With an obesity epidemic across the nation, it is crucial that we all go back to the drawing board and educate ourselves on basic healthy eating and exercise principles! Get healthy & get active! =)

TUMBLR - TWITTER - FACEBOOK - YOUTUBE

My interview with CutandJacked.com

My interview with Muscle & Strength

My interview with TNA Fitness

My interview with Refuel Your Soul

**DISCLAIMER** I am NOT a dietician, counselor, personal trainer, doctor, or any other healthcare related professional. I do not mind giving advice or suggestions, but please keep in mind that I have NOT been trained in these fields. If you ask me a question I will answer it to the best of my ability.

37 thoughts on “About”

  5. What an inspiration you are!! Website looks fabulous! Already did one of your arm workouts and my arms are jello, let me tell ya! :)

  7. I love your website! It’s amazing! And your abs and arms and legs too! LOL! I seriously want some great definition like you have! I need to get back into lifting!

  8. Well done Savannah! I’m such a big supporter of you, I love how consistently generous you are – you always make time to respond to comments and questions. I wish you all the very best!!

  9. I have been following your workout plan for two weeks! Loving every minute of it! Your a true inspiration to myself to get back into it! I would love to eventually get into competing.

  10. I love this website!!! I can see a lot of work went into it. Thank you so much for inspiring so many! I have recently begun my journey. 14 years of blah has made about 40 lbs of yuck on my body, so I’m going to shed it, and all the body abuse! I hope to one day feel the “compete bug” if you will, but not sure I’d actually do it, I’d settle for just a photo shoot! Haha!

  11. Everyday I check up on what you have new on alllll the social websites you have..and now that you have your own website..I couldn’t be happier for you and thank you enough for all of your advice and encouragment!..I’m excited to see results and to continue on my goal!.. :)

  12. Savannah,

    You have been such an inspiration to me! Because of you, I quit my everynight-after dinner-snack of a sweet. I still indulge, but only on occasion. I wasn’t looking to necessarily lose wait, but I joined a gym and now I run a mile everyday. Your tumblr inspired me to do this, so I just wanted to say thank you! An your transformation was AHHHHH-MAZING!!

  16. Savannah

    You have been such an inspiration to me! Because of you, I quit my everynight-after dinner-snack of a sweet. I still indulge, but in moderation lol. I wasn’t looking to necessarily lose weight, but I joined a gym and now I run a mile everyday. Your tumblr inspired me to do this, so I just wanted to say thank you! And your transformation was AHHHHH-MAZING!!

  17. I am slowly gaining muscle, but mainly I wanted my layer of fat gone!! Haha, I want my body to be like yours!

  18. I joined pintrest and somehow stumbled onto your blog, and now your new website. I just want you to know how much I appreciate you. I have been trying to educate myself on health, nutrition and fitness for a while now. It has been very confusing to muddle through all the information out there and the differing opinions on how to get in shape and what foods to eat. I haven’t made a serious effort to lose weight and get fit because of all the misinformation. I don’t want to get involved in an eating plan, put my whole heart into it only to fail months later and be disappointed. I wanted to find the right path and stick to it and acheive my goals. I am certain I have found it in your information. Five years ago after my marriage fell apart, I met a wonderful man. He is a fencebuilder by trade and I was able to go and help him with his work….all alone. That type of work is very physical. I lost 65 lbs. in about 5 months. I remeber at one point carrying two 80 lbs. of concrete on my shoulders and dragging a big wooden fence post about 300 feet. It was awesome….great free workout in mother nature. My pants literally were falling off of me while I was trying to work. I did it effortlessly, it seemed. So, with that long story told, I love lifting weights and pushing my body. I have been wasting too much time and simply need to go back to the basics and what is natural. I am grateful for all the helpful advice and information and am ready to get healty. Very excited.

  19. Your site looks great! I have been a super fan of yours for a while now. You are really a great inspiration for me to hit the weights hard and be the best that I can be. Keep up the great work!

  22. Hi! I wonder if you can add how a normal week looks for you, what do you eat each day in a week? What and how do you work out in a week?
    Love your website!
    /Sandra

  23. I just stumbled upon your tumblr and new website and i think you are incredibly inspirational and really amazing! You ROCK!!!! Btw love your new site, it’s easy to navigate and super cute!

  25. Congratulations on your site, you’ve done a great job! I stumbled across your Tumblr and since then I’ve looked to your posts for great tips and inspiration. Savannah, you are a true inspiration, beautiful inside and out. I admire your dedication and sense of responsibility as far as paying it forward and looking for ways to help other girls. I believe you will reach all of your goals and I hope you continue to reach new heights constantly! Anyway, I’m rambling now lol.

    You must already know this but your insight and positive messages are a true blessing and it bears repeating, thank you!

    -Brenda
    @bsg__

  26. Congratulations on your site, you’ve done a great job! I stumbled across your Tumblr and since then I’ve looked to your posts for great tips and inspiration. Savannah, you are a true inspiration, beautiful inside and out. I admire your dedication and sense of responsibility as far as paying it forward and looking for ways to help other girls. I believe you will reach all of your goals and I hope you continue to reach new heights constantly! Anyway, I’m rambling now lol.

    You must already know this but your insight and positive messages are a true blessing and it bears repeating, thank you!

    -Brenda
    @bsg__

  29. Omg!! Ever since I found your tumbler I’ve been following it and now you got your website it’s so awesome! Your are truly an inspiration to everyone. If you can we all can and this is why I have started back up again getting back on track with nutrition and work outs. We all have time we just gotta make time THANKS for giving and teaching your knowledge keep up the great work you have been doing :)

  32. I truly love what you are doing. Once I came across your blog a few months back, I felt the motivation to head to the gym and start living the healthy lifestyle. I do start losing hope sometimes, but I always look back at your blog, which brings me back on track! Now that you have a website,it’s even better. I’m even starting to try becoming vegetarian because of you! Keep doing what you are doing, you’re inspiring thousands of people to be healthy! <3

  33. I am so inspired by you..I have been a broadway dancer for most of my life so I have always been lean and never had to diet. But since retiring from stage a few years ago, and having a baby, I have put on weight and I am very unhappy with it. I am so overwhelmed by
    all of the different approaches out there, that I get confused by it all and I just give up and don’t bother..Too much information out there. I just want someone to tell me exactly what to eat and when and what to do in a workout..your tumblr link (above)…

  34. I just found you and so glad I did. looking for some inspiration and found you! Keep it up and thanks again!

  35. I found you today on Pinterest. Your blog and story are very inspiring. I struggle a lot with the diet/nutrition side of weight loss and have been having a hard time abstaining from alcohol. Thanks for all the great hints, tips, and advice!

  36. I also just found you on Pinterest! I am a soon-to-be a freshman in college, and like you I was active and skinny in high school, but I’m am so out of shape. Seeing your story has inspired to start being healthy NOW instead of going crazy in college. It will be a little hard considering I won’t have a kitchen and will be living off my college meal plan (yuck!), but I’m gonna try! Thank you so much, good luck to everything that you wish to achieve!

  37. Wow.. you are such an inspiration to a lot of women! I am a 40 year old mother of three girls, 7, 5 and 3 and consider myself to be in shape. After reading your blogs and FB posts and articles, I realize how much better I can be. Thank you for your dedication and sharing all you have. Keep up the awesome work!!

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