About Me

I started paying attention to my diet when I was about 12. That's when my father introduced me to working out, and I got into wrestling and fitness around the same time. Once I started training seriously, I saw how important nutrition actually was for reaching my goals, it wasn't just about the work I put in at the gym. Once I started paying attention to what actually went into my food, I realized how unhealthy most of my other options were, home cooked meals included, not just fast food. That realization drove me to start cooking for myself.

For the next four years, I stayed consistent. Cooking for myself became less of a phase and more of a routine, almost every meal I ate was something I made myself. Wrestling meant I had to stay disciplined about keeping my weight consistent, so tracking my food and cooking it myself wasn't optional, it was necessary. That's how my cooking journey really started. Cooking so much for myself helped me develop a real feel for how different foods actually taste, and over time I learned to take the foods I loved and rebuild them in a calorie conscious, macro conscious way, blending the flavor I wanted with the health I needed. In doing that, I also learned a lot about how those foods are actually made from the ground up. That's how my cooking really got good. Good enough to where when me and my brother joined the California State Fair Cooking Competition placed first , beating out the competition in both taste and skill.

Eventually, I started cooking that same way for the people around me, starting with my mom, my dad, and her friends who wanted to eat healthier but didn't have the time or the know-how to do it themselves. Seeing how much that helped them made me want to do the same for more people, and that's how Woodland Meal Preps started. That same approach goes into every meal I prep now: real food, real macros, made with care.