PPD/PPA Trigger warning

I am SO thankful for the last 2 years (!!) of being a part of the M/Body community. In the last year, I have struggled with postpartum anxiety & depression. Thanks to prayer, my in person community, therapy, and these amazing healing workouts and community, I am thankful to have made a ton of progress. But growth does not always happen in a straight line. This last weekend (day 2 of the challenge), we almost lost my one year old daughter - she choked and was unable to breathe for long enough that she had gone limp. We prayed, and thank God, she is alive and well. However, it has definitely set me back in my healing process. All this to say - I am SO thankful for this challenge and this healing space, as it truly is so helpful in my mental, emotional, physical and spiritual healing. And if you have struggled with PPD/PPA, you are not alone, and I have seen progress before & I know I will again, and you will too. Whatever life throws at us, I am grateful we are all here for each other. ♥️

Hi fam! I was camping last weekend so I missed the first couple days of the challenge but I am super excited to get started! I’ll be going for 45/60 workouts this time around. This is my 6th challenge!! I cant believe how far I’ve (and the whole global fam!) have come since the first challenge in May of 2020! My super goals for this challenge are:

1. Get to bed on time so I can get up on time to do my workouts!

2. Enjoy/prioritize the shorter workouts! I’m a 60 minute junkie and tend to be an “all or nothing” person (which lately has meant a lot of nothing). A quick trip to the mat is better than no trip to the mat!

3. Work on my push-ups. I lost a lot of ground last winter after injuring my elbow. Time to get some strength back!

Growing up I was always dragged to my brother and sister’s sporting events and my mom kept signing me up for sports I didn’t want to play. I begged to sit the bench, as I had zero self confidence in my abilities. My family always teased me about being the unathletic one in the family. Fast forward to today and I am the one who is the most active and in shape. (Fueled this days by long walks and Mbody!) Just wanted to share that for those mommas who kids don’t want to play sports or for those of you who were like me. What an exciting journey life can be! Xoxo

Posture body Done and a veggie added to every dinner this week. Lunch is never sure here... 😕 but dinner is! Happy meal! What is your favorite meal fam?

Hi! I just ate some Crispers because I consider them to be crackers in the Goldfish category of crackers. I am not touching chips, ie above chip but certainly not on par with Carr’s. I recall that there was a debate if a Crisper is a cracker or a chip. Any comments, please? I feel kind of bad eating Crispers because they may be technically chips and avoiding chips was my goal. Thanks.

Day 2!

Taking a page from Mel and writing my goals down here and sharing with all of you as I want to honour these goals:

1 - Mental - moving my phone outside of reach so I don’t scroll at night or in the morning

2 - Emotional - start journaling in a way that feels meaningful and not forced

3 - Balance - avoid placing so much emphasis on food. I want to take into account how I feel verus preconceived notions of what I should be eating

Happy challenge! This is my 4th challenge!

I’m going for 60 days because I love the routine of making M/BODY a priority. It helps me in all aspects of my life!

❤️

Hello Fam! Catching up at my own pace with the challenge. I’m committing to 30 workouts. Have 2 done so far. Still recovering from a big virus I had last month and working my way up to longer workouts. So glad for all the 20 and 30 minute options on this challenge! High fives to you all!

For some reason my picture didn’t go through on my previous post- here it is! My sweet boys working out with me💙💙

My first challenge and so much looking forward to it!!

Because you never know when it will be sunny again in the UK 😂