Welcome to Simply
Stacy, a little corner of the world wide web that I hope is a big resource
in your quest to becoming a healthier & happier you!
Okay, so you may be asking yourself, who is
Simply Stacy? My name is (you guessed
it) … Stacy!
I am a retired IFBB bikini pro, former TV news and entertainment reporter and anchor, who is now just a 40-something-year-old gal trying to remain fit and healthy while working at my day job(s) in Marketing, where I am a Senior SEO Copywriter and Head of PR for a marketing firm, as well as a freelance fractional CMO for a cosmetic dentist.
This page started as a place where I could write outside of TV. It was just a blog of random topics, then around 2014, it turned into more of a health and fitness blog when I fell in love with training back in 2014. Back then, I certainly was NOT an expert. Some of my older content makes me laugh. Today, I'm still not an expert, but I do consider myself extremely knowledgeable. In fact, most of the marketing clients I write for are in the fitness, supplement, and regenerative medicine spaces. So, I spend most of my days researching topics and writing about all things health, fitness, supplements, and functional medicine.
As for my fitness background, I began lifting weights at a young age. My big sister worked at a gym and I loved going to work with her. In high school, I was a cheerleader and athlete. Then, one day after my 18th birthday, I had a car accident that sidelined me. Fitness faded into the background, and during my college years, any type of "fitness" became a "hit or miss" part of my life.
My "addiction" to fitness didn't kick in until 2014. I wanted to see "how fit" I could get at 34 and decided to compete in my first bikini bodybuilding show. I ended up winning my class and overall, which led me to take the next step to Nationals (where you can earn PRO status), and the rest is history. I had my eyes on earning PRO status in the IFBB and didn't stop until it happened.
I am a retired IFBB bikini pro, former TV news and entertainment reporter and anchor, who is now just a 40-something-year-old gal trying to remain fit and healthy while working at my day job(s) in Marketing, where I am a Senior SEO Copywriter and Head of PR for a marketing firm, as well as a freelance fractional CMO for a cosmetic dentist.
This page started as a place where I could write outside of TV. It was just a blog of random topics, then around 2014, it turned into more of a health and fitness blog when I fell in love with training back in 2014. Back then, I certainly was NOT an expert. Some of my older content makes me laugh. Today, I'm still not an expert, but I do consider myself extremely knowledgeable. In fact, most of the marketing clients I write for are in the fitness, supplement, and regenerative medicine spaces. So, I spend most of my days researching topics and writing about all things health, fitness, supplements, and functional medicine.
As for my fitness background, I began lifting weights at a young age. My big sister worked at a gym and I loved going to work with her. In high school, I was a cheerleader and athlete. Then, one day after my 18th birthday, I had a car accident that sidelined me. Fitness faded into the background, and during my college years, any type of "fitness" became a "hit or miss" part of my life.
My "addiction" to fitness didn't kick in until 2014. I wanted to see "how fit" I could get at 34 and decided to compete in my first bikini bodybuilding show. I ended up winning my class and overall, which led me to take the next step to Nationals (where you can earn PRO status), and the rest is history. I had my eyes on earning PRO status in the IFBB and didn't stop until it happened.
After a long stretch of attempts at earning my pro card, the moment came, and I became an IFBB Bikini Pro! I immediately started competing as a pro and had a good run! Numerous top 5 placings, a pro win, and qualified and competed in The Olympia back-to-back years in 2017 and 2018. After that, some personal decisions led me to make the difficult decision to hang up my heels and retire my sparkly suit. I might have retired from the stage, but never from the gym.
Fast forward many years (and radio silence here on this blog), and I'm just a girl in her mid-40s trying to be healthy and fit in what they say are the "prime" years of life. I'm not active here anymore. Maybe I'll get around to blogging again one day (with a shift to 40+ health and fitness), but for now, Instagram is about the only place I post (which has become sporadic these days as well). Find and follow me there @stacymccloud :-)
