Ok this topic is perfect for today, the first day of my new morning routine! This morning when I had breakfast at 6:10 AM (what?) I wasn’t sure if my vanilla matcha shake was gonna fuel me well enough to keep my energy up and vitamins down while I walked, but it did! Tomorrow, since [...]
November challenge weekend edition, Vol 1
November 4:Thankful for Thighs I am thankful for my thighs. They may not be as lean as I would like, they will never have a gap, but they are strong! They have done thousands of squats and lunges in the past five years, they have biked easily two thousand miles or more in the past [...]
November 3: Give hugs
So, maybe this isn’t much of a writing prompt, but imma do it anyway. Today I’m gonna give virtual hugs to all of you who are reading this. If you’re here, you’re either my friend/family member, or you have some of the same struggles I do and if that’s the case you really need a [...]
I am not my tummy, and other mid fall reflections.
I am not my squishy tummy...However. I’ve written a lot about body image and about learning not to demand perfection or someone else’s body from it. I know I’ve written about how I need my goals to be attainable and maintainable. All that is still true, and I’m still very passionate about it. But I’m [...]
Momming with Mental Illness: Holidays and Traditions
So, the holidays are a time with tons of activities and lots of people time, right? Well, ideally, but I am not anywhere close to an ideal place right now, and I still want to give my family an amazing season full of memories without setting myself back. Here’s how I have been working on [...]
November Challenge (Days 1 & 2)
So, one of the fitness accounts i follow on Insta is doing a November Challenge, and I decided to use it as writing prompts for this site. (Hopefully in addition to all the other wonderful things I'll be sharing this month. ) November 1 Goals and Gratitude- Awesome place to start. Okay, what are my [...]
Fall Health Overhaul Wrap Up
Well, I finished my six week refresh on whole self health and self care, and I feel really good about it, and where I am going next. Successful: created lots of healthy habits did really well dialing in nutrition and supplements was very consistent with exercise became much more consistent with meditation and general self [...]
The next leg of my fitness journey
What’s the next stretch of my fitness journey look like? Well, we all know Sumner bodies are made in winter, right? I’m going to spend the rest of my Fall getting a head start on that, buuuut with a hefty dose of self care. The big news, however, is that I’m going to make a [...]
It’s like this right now
I have probably mentioned that I use the Calm app for mindfulness, meditation, deep breathing, and help falling asleep. There is a feature called the Daily Calm, which is a 10-15 minute meditation that is new each day, and, oh my stars, y’all, today’s was perfect. Last night I was talking with E about how [...]
So what comes after the “goal date”?
A week from yesterday this six week period I set up to really focus on pursuing whole self health and healing will have come to a close. What comes next? Are the habits part of me? What major changes do I see? Where do I feel like I still need improvement? Where am I going [...]
Mae Breakall 