A new chapter

Three years ago today, I shared my very first blog post. It's kind of neat to be able to look back at my journey to better health. Life now certainly looks much different from my life then- I wasn't working so I had plenty of time to write blog posts, meal prep, and go to the gym. Two babies and one job later, I don't have much time to write. Meal prep is a struggle and I haven't set foot in a gym in almost a year. I'm lucky to get a workout in at home after the kids go to bed. However, as different as my life looks, health is still a priority. I want to set a good example for my children and that starts with how they see me take care of myself. 

So why am I writing this post? Well, I'm starting a new chapter in my journey. Before I got pregnant with my son, I was in the best shape of my life. I would work out six days a week and those workouts were pretty high intensity. Cross training, spinning, kettle bells, etc. But now I am basically back at square one. Why? Well, three reasons. First of all, I wasn't able to keep up with those exercises during pregnancy for medical reasons early on. This means that my endurance right now is ZERO. I am going to have to build that up. Second, because my pregnancies were so close together and my son was over 10lbs, I have diastasis recti. This is a separation of the abdominal muscles and right now I have a three finger gap. I'm currently doing an exercise program that will help me close the gap but I have to be cautious of other workouts because  some moves will cause my abs to separate even more. Third, I'm nursing so my overall priority is nourishing my body and resting when necessary so that I can take care of my baby. 

I've missed writing, so I'm going to do my best to keep track of this part of my journey. I can't guarantee that I'll write weekly but I do want to share when I can. 

So here is my current plan:

-nourishing my body with clean, whole

foods and limiting sweets (what is with nursing and craving sweets??!)

-following my postnatal workouts four days a week.

-introducing more cardio.

If you made it this far, thanks for reading and for your support! I'm excited to share with all of you.