07/20/2022
Last night I rode my bike around the campground with my kids!
After I had my daughter I had a really hard time losing the extra weight and getting my energy back.
Was unprepared and felt like I was behind almost all the time. I was too tired to play with my babies, didn’t want to go out (like ever), and took naps all the time.
There came a point when I just knew I couldn’t keep this up.
Who was I becoming?? This wasn’t who I truly was.
Could feel my brain slogging through mud and my blood pumping thickly through my veins.
Felt like a bad mom because I wasn’t showing up for my kids or myself and I didn’t want to be that kind of role model.
I decided that one thing I could control that very same day was how treated myself. Instead of telling myself that I was unworthy and ridiculous, I started doing little things that brought me away from the darkness and into the light.
Started using food to make myself feel better instead of worse. Taking time to plan meals instead of feel behind.
Little by little I could feel my old self returning. Energy flowing back into my body and mind.
A wonderful thing happened! The less I ate terrible food and the more time I spent cooking meals for my family, the better I felt about myself and my relationships with my kids and husband.
Since then I’ve lost all of (and more) of the baby weight and healthier and have more energy to go on adventures in the life I was meant to live.
Decreased my cravings for sweets and junk food, consume less preservatives and chemicals, and increased the energy in my brain and body and it feels amazing!
Now I feel good about riding my bike around, playing in the swimming pool, going to the beach, hiking, and sightseeing in all the new places I go with my family in our RV on the road and there’s nothing in life I’d rather be doing.