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  • Kettlebell swings Baby bumps Salty but sweet almost 3 year olds. These are a few of my favorite things.
  • Yesterday's workout was simple, quick, and I did it in Birkinstocks. 🤷#notashamed ⠀ ⠀ Consisted of: ⠀ ⠀ 4 sets of: ⠀ ⠀ 5 Light barbell back squats to a bench ⠀ 10 Bench Dips ⠀ 10 KB Deadlifts ⠀ 5/Side Single Arm Lateral Raises ⠀ ⠀ 2.5 weeks out from my due date and workouts are looking a wee bit different these days. At this point in pregnancy I'm training for: ⠀ ⠀ 1️⃣ Enjoyment. I like it. No justification necessary. ⠀ 2️⃣ Less aches and pains. I actually feel better when I'm moving as opposed to sitting. ⠀ 3️⃣ To quiet my mind. I've been anxious lately. Its hard to be overthinking life when your body is in motion. A little bit of that is helpful for me. ⠀ ⠀ It's not about keeping up with anyone, exercising the baby out, controlling weight gain, or proving that I can. I'm not training for birth because lets be real for a second, women have been giving birth just fine for hundreds of years without keeping up with deadlifts or crossfit during their pregnancy. ⠀ ⠀ It's really easy to lose track of the why behind training in pregnancy and postpartum which is why someone like me needs to constantly check in with myself. Otherwise, when left alone with my thoughts they wander to places of fear and anxiety. ⠀ ⠀ Fear of the loss of strength (and probably aesthetics if I'm being totally honest) ⠀ Anxiety/Eagerness to have a "normal" body again. ⠀ ⠀ Like you, I feel all of these things strongly, but this time I’m doing things differently. Instead of letting the fear, anxiety, and eagerness guide my decisions I’m letting education, patience, and experience be my guide. Checking in with myself, like all the damn time, helps make that possible. ⠀ ⠀ Ya dig it?
  • Just a quick note to let you know that it's perfectly normal to rip the thighs out of your pants when you're pregnant. 🤷⠀ ⠀ Currently, I'm being targeted on FB, IG, and Pinterest by some questionable "fitness professionals" with their bullshit "healthy pregnancy" advice. ⠀ ⠀ My favorite, or the one that makes me barf the most is the "How to have a belly only pregnancy" ads. Newsflash, you can do "all the right things" (lets not get started on that one) and still not have control of the amount of fluid you retain or where your body decides to store fat when you're pregnant. ⠀ ⠀ Several strangers a day like to tell me that "I'm only carrying in my belly" which as you can see by the state of my pants, is not true. ⠀ ⠀ I am a HUGE advocate for nutritious eating and regular exercise in pregnancy (obviously). The benefits to mom and baby are tremendous, but let's keep it real for a minute.... You're going to gain weight in pregnancy, its not all going to be in your belly, this may be a struggle for you at times (that's ok too), but its all going to be ok. ⠀ ⠀ Pants can be repaired. ⠀ Bodies can be rehabbed and strengthened (several times actually) ⠀ Weight can be lost if that's what you're wanting⠀ ⠀ But your mental health? Well...That's a little more fragile. So can you make it your job to preserve it? A few ideas to help you out: ⠀ ⠀ ❎Unfollow pages, people, blogs, ads, that leave you feeling bad about yourself or like you're a mess. ⠀ ✅Follow more pages of people who make you laugh and feel good about yourself. Some of my favorites include: @pregnant.postpartum.athlete⠀ @jessiemundell⠀ @anniebrees⠀ @jennakutcher⠀ @chelseahandler (the funniest)⠀ @mytherapistsays⠀ @glennondoyle⠀ ✅If you're feeling like your mental health is struggling seek out therapy. Even if its just a few sessions. I go every single week and it has changed my life. ⠀ ✅If your clothes aren't fitting right, buy new clothes. It really can be that easy. ⠀ ✅Repeat after me: "This is temporary, this is temporary"⠀ ⠀ Keep going mama and if you want to give me a slow clap for being able to lift my leg up high enough to show you the hole in my pants I'm not going to stop you.
  • PSA.... If you're not using your 3rd trimester belly as a shelf for salads, cereal, or anything else you can put in a bowl then I'm sorry to inform you that you're doing it wrong. 🤷🏼‍♀️ ⠀ On a less sarcastic note I blew my own mind with this BBQ Chicken salad from @joyfulhealthyeats and I'm pretty certain you need to eat it (on your belly shelf or not) right away. ⠀ ⠀ I'll be linking to it in my Friday Fix email this week (which has been on a brief hiatus but returns this week) along with the rest of the meals I'm planning for next week (lower your expectations though because I'm 9 months pregnant). Use the link in my bio 👆🏻to sign up for that if you're not already on the list. ⠀ ⠀ Shirt from @pebbyforevee and yes... Its a maternity shirt and it totally got me out of a speeding ticket a few weeks ago. 😂⠀ ⠀ #thirdtrimester #pregnancyhomestretch #whatsfordinner #momlife #maternitystyle #pregnancyhumor
  • This is Josh and today would have been his 36th birthday.⠀ ⠀ However, 12.5 years ago he died when the plane he and his co-workers were traveling on crashed into a cornfield in Indiana. He was 23.⠀ ⠀ We were engaged, 6 months out from our wedding, when I answered a phone call that would alter the course of my life entirely. ⠀ ⠀ Talk about a bomb getting thrown into your life. One day you're a 23 year old living your best life, thinking you know everything, and then BAM, everything changes in an instant. ⠀ ⠀ Death is a funny thing. As the years compound one after another. I sometimes find myself feeling like Josh, and the life we had, was a story I read in a book. Other days it feels so fresh, so raw, that I think of him and lose my shit like it happened yesterday. ⠀ ⠀ From time to time I catch myself wondering, would he and I still be together? Still be happy? Because when I remember him, I remember the 23 year old version of him. He's forever 23, but me? Well I've grown, changed, evolved in a way that one does over the course of 12 years. Had he lived he would have grown as well, but he didn't and that is heartbreaking. ⠀ ⠀ Since Josh's death my life has been blessed with many silver linings. A career that pulled me back from the brink of despair (real estate), a second career that allows me to live my passion (fitness for moms), children that light up my life, and Tyler. There are no words to properly pay respect to Tyler and the unconditional love, respect, and understanding he has had for me and this situation from day 1. ⠀ ⠀ Tyler didn't save me, but Tyler gave me hope. Hope that maybe there could be joy in my life again. That hope was just enough to get me to save myself. ⠀ ⠀ Pain and trauma stick with you for life. Time can pass, you can heal, but some of it is always there. I've learned no one person or thing can save you, but therapy.... well it took me years to get myself there, but it's changed my life. That experience is another post (or 10) in and of itself. ⠀ ⠀ Today though, I wish a Happy Birthday to a man I had the joy of spending just a few years with, but who is in my heart always.

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