I have been extremely busy yall! From check-ups with my little beanie baby every two weeks, mentally and emotionally preparing myself, even though I have time but for those who know me, I am super healthy OCD lol and, I like to do my research ahead of time, so I can be as ready as possible when December arrives.
I'm telling you folks, December may seem so far away right now but time is moving so rapidly, crazy to think July is Wednesday! Tuesday I will be 16 weeks. It's been amazing to see how my body has changed within finding out up until now. Right now I'm 15 weeks and 5 days! When I finally entered into the second trimester I was so shocked by how much time passed on!! I don't look super preggo yet, just really bloated lol, but I can't wait until my belly just pops!
In the beginning of my pregnancy before my body decided to pull a 180 on me, I have been stressed out thinking will I ever look the same after I give birth? What will I look like? Will I be able to keep my same intense workout regime? So many thoughts were rushing through my head! Not to mention, I had a check-up a few days back before vacation, and the doctor told me I need to gain a few pounds!! I looked at him in disbelief! He had asked me if I was eating okay since I've been the same weight for a few weeks now, I couldn't believe it!
If only he knew how much I had been chowing down every day, but still maintaining a moderate exercise routine (lots of cardio mommy or mommies to be!). I don't eat 3 meals like I should, I fasted for a few years up until I had found out so my stomach had shrunk, I couldn't eat anything until around 1 pm, or else I would feel so sick, but slowly I notice my hunger is coming on earlier in the day.
It was definitely hard to accept at the beginning that I had to switch up my routine when it came to eating, and definitely my intense workouts, but I guess thank god gyms aren't open yet in NYC, and I don't have a lot of equipment at home other than resistance bands to keep me afloat but it definitely has been an eye-opener!
With all this rambling I wanted to share about accepting and loving ourselves and our bodies! With me physically, emotionally, and mentally transforming by the day, I felt this was such a perfect topic to discuss.
Ask yourself this question... On a scale of 1-10, how much do you love the body that you are in? Maybe you want to gain some weight or lose some pounds and that's been on your docket but right now, at this moment how are you feeling towards yourself? When you look in the mirror, do you love your curves, or your pecks my fellow man hoomans, or are you squeezing your cute rolls in disgust? Well whatever your answer is to my questions, remember you can always change how you look.
If you want to become healthier, thank god for the internet and free guidelines that will help you accomplish your goal. Or the opposite, you want to gain some weight, again youtube and google are your masters. Or! Last but not least you love and accept your body! Whatever position you are in at the moment, fully embrace it. Your body loves you believe it or not! You can jump, run, walk, see, smell, you catch my drift.
Our bodies do so much for us on the inside its amazing! I honestly never thought about these things in depth until now! Kind of sad I know lol, but the fact my body is making a baby right now, every sip of a drink and every food I intake, my little bean is sharing that with me!! It's so amazing!! At first, I was very self-conscious asking myself, will my partner still think I'm beautiful? Do I still think I'm beautiful?
I have a lot of stretch marks but I had to remember those are from my body literally making room for another life to come and join! I think moms or moms to be like myself, we tend to be our worst critic on these things, but I think and hope at some point we realize how capable our bodies are of making this beautiful blessing inside.
Who cares if you have so many stretch marks, or you have some loose skin here and there, we all are beautiful on the outside but most importantly our beauty comes from within! How we treat ourselves and the people around us. Our bodies, we can change anything about it! But remember in the end, what matters the most is how we love ourselves, what we're feeding our minds and souls.
I encourage you all to write down 5 things that you absolutely love about your body! Whether it be your favorite body part, your curves, your abs, etc. Whatever the 5 things you love, write it down and look in the mirror and just admire yourself.
Next, I would like you to write down 5 things you would like to change, whether it be to lose or gain weight, maybe gain more muscle mass, write those down and envision yourself, how do you feel? Do you feel proud of your accomplishment on your body? Are you prideful? When we can envision changing whatever it is we want to change, it makes it easier for it to become reality. What you see, you can be!
Try this exercise every 6 months and see the transformation before your own eyes, but remember you are perfect the way you are! :)
"Own who you are."
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