“I hate what motherhood has done to me…” I literally uttered those words to my own mom, while I was driving her, and my 6- and 3- year old to a fun little outing to the Butterfly Pavilion. Having stooped down to the level of a toddler, I had just copied my whining 3-year old at the top of my […]
How to Talk About Diet and Exercise Around Your Kids Saying the right thing in any given parenting situation is hard. So hard for me, in fact, I usually get it wrong. It’s actually a huge source of anxiety for me. I’m worried my behavior and word vomit is going to negatively impact my now 6-year old and 3-year old […]
We’ve officially reached the end of what’s likely been the most trying, and quite possibly the oddest year of our lives. 2020, amiright? One for the history books, eh? I could go over the things we’ve all been through and endured this year, but why dwell on the past and make ourselves more depressed than we might already be? LOL. […]
The holiday season is in full swing, and Christmas is THIS WEEK! This year has been all kinds of weird, and the holidays look and feel different. Not traveling, not sitting across the dinner table from loved ones we might only see sparingly as it is, no mall Santas with accessible laps, no company Christmas parties…or any Christmas parties for […]
My Postpartum Fitness Journey with the SWEAT App Two-and-a-half years ago I was a recently postpartum mom to a 3-year old and a newborn. Honestly, so much from that time is a sleep-deprived, tear-fogged blur of nursing around the clock, working through the big sibling transition, and trying to survive. My days…& nights…well, my whole life revolved around the feeding, […]
Halloween Candy and Fitness Goals: You Can Have Both October is officially here, which means fall color, sweater weather, pumpkin patches, and apple cider. It also means that Halloween is upon us. Yay, right? Halloween! Costumes, ghosts, jack o’ lanterns, horror movies, and tricks and…DUN DUN DUNNNNN…treats! EEEEK! If that last part scared the bejeezus out of you more than […]
It’s like the age-old chicken and egg scenario. Which came first: the body or the mind? Am I happier because I look better, or am I taking care of myself physically so I feel better? I’m not sure I’ll ever actually know the answer aside from a little bit of both. I started this basically-defunct-until-recently blog years ago, during my […]
I struggled today. And I’m not just referring to my Chest and Tris workout. But also yes. Worst. Split. Ever. Even so, exercise is supposed to make me feel like Superwoman, right? Pushing through defeat and accepting it all in the same rep…damn, that’s some good stuff. Today I felt strong in the moment, here and there, but only physically. […]
How To Set Fitness Goals and Actually Reach Them Your Goal Can’t Just Be to Lose Weight So, you’ve decided to lose some weight. Cool. You might be patting yourself on the back right now, feeling proud for having such a great, healthy, worthwhile goal. Sorry to burst your bubble, but that goal is bullshit. Sure, losing excess weight is […]
We like to travel. Just this summer we have already had back-to-back camping weekends in June, a road trip over the 4th of July, and this weekend we will be hitting the road again for a week-long Byars Family Summer Vacation. Despite being out of my fitness element and routine for a week, I still plan to keep up with […]