So I shared yesterday that I'm frustrated with my external progress. I really really am. I'm trying to be patient and lety body figure things out, and tweak and experiment with my calorie intake, but it's really tough to push and push and be tired and sore without the payoff. I've been here before and [...]
Almost three weeks down…
And I have yet to see any change in my physique. I know sometimes it takes awhile for me, and that I'm very swollen from all the hard work, but I feel gross, dumpy, and incredibly frustrated. My performance in cycle class has blown me away so far, and I'm doing far better than expected [...]
Starting JMBR Week 2
I'll be honest, I'm frustrated. I worked out hard and pretty consistently all last month, and I kicked major butt all last week, and I'm not any smaller. My performance is making me really proud, and that's great, but let's be real, it's not what's driving me most. I want to look strong and fit [...]
Recovery tips
Ok, so we know generally about how to eat healthy and exercise, right? (Posts to come on my approach to those!) There's a third important factor that I think we forget all too often, and that's recovery. The soreness we feel after a workout is tiny tears in our muscle tissue, which results in stronger [...]
Starting Body Revolution
Today I started Jillian Michaels' Body Revolution for the fourth time. It was tough, but that's good. I feel like I'm starting at a reasonable level of fitness, and am looking forward to to experiencing lots of progress in performance and I hope hope hope I'll get to see some external transformation over the next [...]
Self Care and Normalcy
Those have been my key words and cravings since Declan has been born, and I think I'm finally almost to where I want to be with both, but boy has it been a battle! Normalcy seemed impossible. Declan's birth took far more of a physical toll on me than Lexi's did, and that started me out a [...]
Three weeks in…
I've been working out consistently for three weeks now, and I am having quite mixed feelings about how it's going.The good: I'm definitely getting stronger! I can do more reps with heavier weights on this second level workout than I could when I first did it a couple weeks ago. I also feel much more [...]
Project Fit Mama-round 2!
I'm back on the fitness horse! I'm not in a groove yet, but I'm making it happen. Starting this week I'm working my way through Jillian Michaels Beginner Shred and going for at least a 2 mile walk every day that I can, wearing Declan and pushing Lexi. I'm hoping to get a better estimate [...]
Declan’s Birth Story
Every child is different, and I guess that starts early. My pregnancy with Declan was different from that with Lexi in as many ways as it was similar, and his labor and birth followed that pattern. Around 9pm on February 28, Scott and I started watching the movie Zardoz, and I think I'll always associate that [...]
My Nephew Peter
So, on September 11, 1982, a baby boy was born who would grow to be the love of my life. How fitting that it was on the same date (32 years later) that another young man who would make my heart swell in ways that were new to even this emotional soul would make his [...]
Mae Breakall 