Fit Life Mama

Growing up, we saw June Cleaver as the collected stay at home mom; she had her shit together. I don't really know how I want to introduce this topic so I won't; let's get real. Any official government form I am a homemaker; I always write this, I suppose it sounds more official. I have been made to feel over the last few years of being one, that stay at home moms are less than, the 45 hour a week working mom. Before you get angry, I am not in any way bashing you, working mama! Over the last year we have opened multiple locations of a retail chain, I am back in school at 3/4 time the last, almost year and will be full-time from here on out. We have a very active 3 year old (who's preschooler isn't, right) and she is involved in extracurricular classes and just started 1 day a week of preschool. I am also actively chasing a very personal goal of competing in my first bodybuilding competition. I also struggle with multiple auto immune diseases and illnesses that will...

Setting goals means making progress and having pride in whatever it is you have set out to do. In this journey to competition and certifying as a personal training/ sports nutritionist, I have had really positive experineces. But, have also dealt with set backs & the awful roller coaster of emotions that come along with that. As mothers, no, as women we are expected to fulfill societies definition of "perfect." If we dont, we aren't worthy of love, success, or happiness. I say it's time that we put an end to that. Easier said than done. It is going to start with each and every individual. I vow to do my absolute best every single day. I vow to not beat myself up about an "off" moment or day. Sometimes at the gym I feel like crap. That's okay because I tell myself there is no bad workout and it's true. I get my butt, and my 2 year olds butt to the gym 5 days a week. So if I'm tired every now & then, I'm OK with that. I vow to never com...

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There are many things that nobody tells you when you decide to start your own little family. Many of these I'm sure I will delve into deeper at some point. But today I want to talk about how nobody tells you how terribly hard it is to maintain your own personal entity. I adore my daughter more than life itself, you will discover this the more you get to know me. I love my husband with my everything. It is no one person's fault that I have had to deal with this, I think it is just life. It has to just be '"growing pains." I like that- growing pains. I think that starting a family so young was the best decision I could have made. With that, though, comes figuring out who I want to be as real person. That,  and deciding what kind of mother to be and also, what type of wife. These 3 pieces to the puzzle of life are probably largest and most important to a woman in my position. My Mama raised us 3 girls by herself. She worked all of the time, between multiple jobs and ...