Love the Process

Having a baby changes your body. I have stretch marks that look like a map all over my tummy. I have diastasis recti where my muscles separated while I was pregnant because I had a pretty unhealthy pregnancy with undiagnosed gestational diabetes and gained probably sixty pounds instead of the recommended 35.  And saggy skin, which gets more droopy as I find some pounds and inches melting off. 

I remember after having Matthew I would just sit in the bathroom and look at the war zone that was my body. I was in awe of the difference that having a child makes on your life, emotions, and body. For a long time there I was disappointed in who I was and how I looked. I was never going to be the girl I was before Matthew. But today, I’m damn proud of the progress I have made both physically and internally.

I’ll never have rock hard abs and I’ll probably always have a roll over my jeans. But WHO CARES! I certainly have gotten to a point where I don’t because I am in such a better place than I ever was. When the focus is on the RESULTS you desire, then the changes you’ve made to get those results don’t seem to last. However, when you really focus on the changes you are making, and WHY you are making them – the process of getting healthy, that’s when those results stick for the long term. If I can do this, you can, too. You just have to make a decision and never look back.

Getting healthy is HARD, but being unhealthy is hard, too. YOU have to decide which hard you want in your life.  I will say for certain that the small (and sometimes large!) joys on the hard journey to getting healthy are much more rewarding than feeling trapped in a body and mind you don’t love. Have FAITH in yourself and your ability to be who YOU want to be! Never EVER give up on yourself. YOU are worth the investment.