Love Your Mom Bod

Postpartum body, where do we even begin?  Scrolling through social media you will find moms who after 3 months have already lost their baby weight.  This is amazing for them!  However, this is not exactly how everyone works. The mantra I try to remember when I see all that amazing-ness on social media is, "Every Body is different. " It's true and I'm going to share mine.

Fitness Competition-Nov 2014

 Most of the careers or hobbies I've chosen in my life revolve around my body's appearance.  This, I don't think, was done on purpose. From my pro wrestling days to the present health coaching, people look at you as an example.  In the middle of those crazy years, a huge hobby of mine was competing in fitness competitions.  This means standing on a stage in basically dental floss and asking, yes asking, a group of "judges" to give your body and stage presence value without even speaking to you. I loved the hard work that when into it and honestly, it saved me from a very dangerous life which would be a whole different blog.  Anyway, back to the point.

I am now at a point that my body again will be an example for my clients.  I am 38 years old and our baby isn't, at this point in time, a year old yet and I am rocking this postpartum mom bod.  That's right!  Rocking it!  Is it flawless like when I would step on stage? Absolutely not.  Am I fighting to get back to that body?  Absolutely not.  I am working on this body and whatever shape it wants to be.

Retirement Match

Guess what I've done this summer.  I WORE SHORTS!  That's right!  Shorts!  If you meet me in person, these poor legs of mine are beat up.  I have varicose veins, spider veins and scars from the surgery I had before I got pregnant with Ava to fix those veins.  FYI, ladies, they come back!  No one told me that but it's ok.

Majority of my life I have been called "bottom heavy" or people yell, "Oh my gosh!  Are your legs ok?"  I never was comfortable in shorts.  NEVER!  But this miraculous thing happened and changed my point of view.  I created (of course not by myself) and held life in this body.  Even with these beat up legs!  They carried my and Ava's body around even with the extra weight.  These beat up legs can still deadlift and squat some impressive weight and carry around our gorgeous baby when needed.  And to add to their resume, they can wear the s*&t out of some shorts!

Love Your Mom Bod

Ladies, I know it's hard to embrace and love this body after it's been stretched out and sometimes used as a food source.  You know what?  There is always someone who sees you as the greener grass. Someone will always use you as a measuring stick.

Mommy hugs

You know what else?  Your babies will be looking up to you as an example for self-talk and self-love. How do you want them to see themselves?  How do you want them to talk to themselves?

Lastly, this is your one body.  You do not get a redo.  Why not make it a happy home?  Why not love it so much that it begins to look the way you want?  This is a question I ask all my clients, moms or not.  Once the war of you versus you ends, the sky will clear and you'll see the same beauty everyone else sees.