Workout Wednesday: Yoga and Kettlebells.

February 25, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

My fit pregnancy came to an end on Valentine’s Day, and I’m making the transition now to fit momma. Not yet though, I’m enjoying lots of baby snuggles and some time off from my day job right now. But I’ll get there… If you’ve been following my journey, and reading my posts, you know that […]

A Baby Story

February 21, 2015.Reading time 9 minutes.

What a few weeks this month of February has been. It was, to start, just another month, the countdown to baby was on… Then chaos set in. On the 12th, because of baby size and health factors of mine, a c-section was officially decided on. The date was set for the following Tuesday. Just a […]

Manic Monday?

February 2, 2015.Reading time 5 minutes.

Apparently, to think that I’d get a little time to myself to just chill out, de-stress and get ready for the arrival of Baby Rebel… was like asking for that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Or for Dunkin Donuts to start delivering. At 37-weeks, things are still just as full steam […]

Workout Wednesday: Still going & post baby goals.

January 21, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

It’s happened. Baby Rebel has decided to start dropping, and tugging my belly down along with him, so I had to do it. I had to buy a maternity band. It helps. Some. It doesn’t provide full relief, especially on my round ligaments, but it is better than nothing. The count down is on, he’s […]

Winter Scales. Stretch Marks. Happy Skin.

January 13, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

I live in the frigid white north (AKA, Maine). A mile from the water, so we get all of those “warm” and “lovely” sea breezes. So winter time is particularly joyful. I know, you’re all reading this “from away” saying: But it’s so pretty! Sure it is. But it gets really old after awhile. It […]

I am fearful.

January 10, 2015.Reading time 7 minutes.

I feel that this posting needs to start off with a few things before we get into the “dirt” of it… First, I’m not religious. By any means. For the longest time, just to get my paternal grandfather riled up, I’d say I was “anti organized religion”. Eventually, I just became a “non practicing Catholic”. […]

Looking back: 2014.

December 31, 2014.Reading time 8 minutes.

Oh 2014 has certainly been a year. And looking back on it today, I found myself having a “moment”. Of course, I was having my most reflective moment of the year about 10 minutes before finishing my last workout in my gym, not for 2014, but forever. I found myself a little nostalgic as I […]

WW: Double Lift Weights Faster.

November 26, 2014.Reading time 3 minutes.

I have felt very heavy today. It seems that Baby Rebel has decided to lay at the bottom of my stomach all day long, giving me the feeling that I’m carrying around a 50-pound stone. To top it off, it’s snowing, heavily, my gym closed early today like they do the day before EVERY holiday, […]

Transformation Tuesday: Not what you expect.

November 25, 2014.Reading time 6 minutes.

This is a different kind of Transformation Tuesday post. And in it, weight isn’t going to be discussed. First, because for me, it’s never been about the number on the scale. It’s been about what I see in the mirror, how I feel every day. Even before pregnancy. I also hate that once a woman […]

Workout Wednesday: Classes, LWF, and Cardio.

November 19, 2014.Reading time 5 minutes.

I did something I haven’t done in awhile this past Sunday – I worked out with my class. Right there, alongside them, for all five rounds. Typically, since getting pregnant and having that sluggish touch-and-go energy, I will demonstrate the full out exercise, a rep or two and give the modified versions of each, then […]