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This is tonight’s overnight snack. Breastfeeding releases the hormone prolactin, which induces hunger! I usually nurse Charlotte 3 times a night and definitely can’t make it through the night without eating. I usually have a banana but we’re out so I chose peanuts, raisins, and raw almonds tonight. I usually go to bed around 930/10 and don’t usually eat breakfast until around 8 at which point I’m starving! #nursingmama #midnightsnack #trailmix #veganmama #veganbaby #allthefood #breastfeeding #breastfeedingsnack

Today’s run was just running laps of my driveway. Both girls were asleep but my hubs wasn’t home so I wasn’t comfortable being that far from the monitor so I just did laps so I could check on them often. I ran about 20 times down and back on my driveway. The total was 3 miles!! I actually ran the entire first mile without stopping which is great progress. Second mile I walked for about a minute half way. Third mile I walk ran probably half and half. I am super proud of my progress albeit super slow. Took 34 mins today. My lesson for you is to just start where ever you are. It doesn’t matter if it’s been too long. Or if you feel like you’re too out of shape to even try. The thing is you won’t know until you try. Fitness comes and goes and you can always restart. You can always make a change at any moment that you choose to. You just have to START. Start by walking. Start by doing a video. Start by being more active with your kids or trying out yoga to build some core strength. Just start.

This is a workout someone asked me to make because she has an injured arm. If you’ve only got one arm you can still maintain strength in the other and get to work on lower body exercises! This workout is 45 seconds of each exercise, 15 seconds of rest in between. Meant to keep the heart rate up (do the exercises quickly!) while being low impact as well. 💪🏼swipe to see the 8 exercises.

This is my road. There’s only 4 houses on it and end to end is about .15 of a mile. It’s a bit tedious for running as it’s just back and forth back and forth a bunch of times but I am so thankful that I had the chance to get out for a run by myself today. Both babies were napping and my husband is working from home so I told him to just text me if someone woke up (and no one did!!). How I start running after baby+long hiatus from running: - lots of deep core work, breath work, strength training work, yoga. -run a few laps of just my driveway or yard (only maybe 100’) at a time. -start doing laps of my road with lots of walking. -slowly move up in distance I can run and down in distance I have to walk. -deep core continued throughout. I am 4.5 months postpartum and am just starting back into my run journey. SLOWLY. I have to start super slow if I take a long break from running anyways let alone if I have just had a baby. Cardiovascular fitness is the first thing you feel when you run. “Omg I’m sucking wind” but it’s also the first thing that gets in shape with consistent practice. Next is the muscles “omg my quads/calves are burning” but then they also start to feel better after continued practice. Then the joints and bones and these take a while (up to a year!)to get “in running shape” aka get used to the pounding. And that’s without having any imbalances or alignment issues (which I happen to have tons of 🙄) which is why it is so important to start slow and be consistent. Running pros recommend not increasing your mileage more than 10% of the prior week. Also- pelvic floor health is important here. I’ve been working on regaining my strength in my deep core and pelvic floor and these runs are tests to see how I feel during and after. That’s another reason why I keep them short and close to my house hahaha. Today’s run was: run 2 lengths of my road, 1 one, for 5 rounds. This totals 2.25 miles and it took me 33 minutes. This is a muchhhhhh slower pace then I used to be able to do but I am so proud to be out there and proud of all my body has done and can do. I am proud to start of slow and work my way up to where I want to be and I know I will!

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