Lacey Baier first shared her weight loss story (and struggle!) on her blog, A Sweet Pea Chef and YouTube Channel in 2009 after having her first child, Jordan Lily. 

What first started as a recipe collection of simple, delicious, home-made recipes turned into an opportunity to use clean ingredients to still enjoy the foods you love.

After years of heartache and disappointment with her own weight loss journey, Lacey learned how to stop battling with her food, love who she is, and enjoy life in the process. Along the way, she lost over 250+ pounds and learned how to enjoy the foods I love, but without any of the guilt. 

Lacey has drawn on her own struggle with a healthy relationship with her food, reducing her inflammation, and improving her own health and mindset to help others who currently feel trapped in their own bodies, unsure of where to even get started.

She also learned the extreme value of strength training, and focusing on a high-protein, mostly clean eating diet, which is how she came up with the concept of “cleanish.” 

Lacey recognized the importance of prioritizing nutrition as part of a healthy lifestyle, but still enjoying the “ish” in order to stay balanced, successful, and ultimately happy.