Family trip to Orlando for Henley’s dance recital🩰 … first stop, universal studios with friends!🪄🧙 And omg, Henley is 6 going on 16—you won’t find her in any of our pics on rides bc she’s too cool to hang with her little bro & parents!🤪
She’s like “no mommy! I want to go with my friends!”😅
No one warns you for the day you plan family events and your kid is too cool to hang out with you.😭😂 I never thought it’d come so soon either…🤦♀️😅
When did your kiddos start becoming more and more independent? I feel like 6 is waaaay too early!😩 is this just a mini phase or does it just keep getting worse? Please don’t tell me it gets worse😭😅
Family trip to Orlando for Henley’s dance recital🩰 … first stop, universal studios with friends!🪄🧙 And omg, Henley is 6 going on 16—you won’t find her in any of our pics on rides bc she’s too cool to hang with her little bro & parents!🤪
She’s like “no mommy! I want to go with my friends!”😅
No one warns you for the day you plan family events and your kid is too cool to hang out with you.😭😂 I never thought it’d come so soon either…🤦♀️😅
When did your kiddos start becoming more and more independent? I feel like 6 is waaaay too early!😩 is this just a mini phase or does it just keep getting worse? Please don’t tell me it gets worse😭😅
Family trip to Orlando for Henley’s dance recital🩰 … first stop, universal studios with friends!🪄🧙 And omg, Henley is 6 going on 16—you won’t find her in any of our pics on rides bc she’s too cool to hang with her little bro & parents!🤪
She’s like “no mommy! I want to go with my friends!”😅
No one warns you for the day you plan family events and your kid is too cool to hang out with you.😭😂 I never thought it’d come so soon either…🤦♀️😅
When did your kiddos start becoming more and more independent? I feel like 6 is waaaay too early!😩 is this just a mini phase or does it just keep getting worse? Please don’t tell me it gets worse😭😅
Family trip to Orlando for Henley’s dance recital🩰 … first stop, universal studios with friends!🪄🧙 And omg, Henley is 6 going on 16—you won’t find her in any of our pics on rides bc she’s too cool to hang with her little bro & parents!🤪
She’s like “no mommy! I want to go with my friends!”😅
No one warns you for the day you plan family events and your kid is too cool to hang out with you.😭😂 I never thought it’d come so soon either…🤦♀️😅
When did your kiddos start becoming more and more independent? I feel like 6 is waaaay too early!😩 is this just a mini phase or does it just keep getting worse? Please don’t tell me it gets worse😭😅
Family trip to Orlando for Henley’s dance recital🩰 … first stop, universal studios with friends!🪄🧙 And omg, Henley is 6 going on 16—you won’t find her in any of our pics on rides bc she’s too cool to hang with her little bro & parents!🤪
She’s like “no mommy! I want to go with my friends!”😅
No one warns you for the day you plan family events and your kid is too cool to hang out with you.😭😂 I never thought it’d come so soon either…🤦♀️😅
When did your kiddos start becoming more and more independent? I feel like 6 is waaaay too early!😩 is this just a mini phase or does it just keep getting worse? Please don’t tell me it gets worse😭😅
I either look like I just rolled outta bed or perfectly pretty & polished—there’s no in between!🤪😆😅
And after having kids, most days I’m walking around lookin’ like a train wreck…luckily he’s stuck with me 😜😝
When the kiddos were babies—all bets were off with what type of person my hubby would be walking with! 🧟♀️😅
But now that they’re a little older and more independent I’m trying to spend more time on ME again.
If you’re a mama with toddlers or babies – hang in there! It does get easier!😘😘😘
And don’t worry about lookin’ like a zombie most days – you definitely aren’t the only one.
In case you haven’t heard this lately-you’re doing GREAT, mama!🥰
The perfect couple is made up of two imperfect people who never give up on each other🫶…almost ten years married & we are never giving up on each other.🙏🏼💕
It’s been CRINGY to re-watch our wedding day from season 1 of married at first sight.😳🫣 I had no poker face🤪😂
But it’s also so sweet knowing we defied all the odds and we’re still married … happier now than we’ve ever been.🙏🏼💕
Just when I think I can’t love him more, we tackle another giant obstacle together and end up on the other side with more trust and love for each other.
I always wondered how people find true, everlasting love. Now I know it isn’t found – you have to work for it and never, ever stop working for it.💜
What’s your favorite way to celebrate your anniversary? I need ideas (nothing extravagant – more low-key) bc we won’t be renewing our vows until this summer and I def wanna celebrate this huge milestone before then!👰♀️ 💕🤵♂️
I started going to the gym exactly a year ago this month.🥳💪👏🏻 I wanted to be able to lift my son up without pulling a hammy 😆 and keep up w my daughter!🥰
A yr ago I could barely pick up my 30 pounder toddler & carry him without getting winded🤪
I wanted to embrace my mom bod, but I also wanted to be able to play w my kids without falling on the ground huffin’ & puffin’ trying to catch my breath😅
I was 186 pounds at my heaviest and the strange thing is – the more weight I gained the less I cared bc I finally felt FREE in my skin.🙏🏻
Instead of trying to “bounce back” after I had my second baby, I learned to accept & lovemyself.🙌 I stopped weighing myself every single day, several times a day.🙅🏼♀️
I practically rebelled against the beauty standards I grew up with. I celebrated (and still do) skin that rolls, bellies that jiggle & thighs that have dimples.🙌
Why? Because It’s normal.🫶🏻
Stretch marks, freckles, scars – all these things society tells us are ugly are actually just HUMAN. It’s friggin NORMAL. We aren’t flawed bc of these.
After becoming body positive, did I love my body every single day? No. But I loved it way more than I ever did when I was constantly on the hamster wheel of binging and then dieting and over exercising!💯
I was so over the constant battle of always trying to lose more weight. I used to punish myself with extra miles to run if I ate a friggin slice of pizza.🍕
…But then I found myself 186 pounds w high cholesterol & feeling weak & tired. We’d been trying to conceive for months w no success. The straw that broke the camels back for me was when I was barely able to help my daughter learn to ride her bike bc I couldn’t keep up.🤪 I knew I needed to change my lifestyle.
I was scared to start a consistent workout routine. I worried I was going to go back to the bad habits of obsessing over my weight & what I ate & overly judging myself. I used to be so mean to myself.🤦♀️
But I haven’t.🙏🏻❤️
I’ve learned how to love my body while also taking care of it. And I’ve gotta tell ya, if I can do it – you can too! Just go for it! If you need help, I’m here for ya!💯👏🏻❤️
I teared up watching this.🥺 Look at her face at the end 🥹🙏🏼💕 I’m so thankful my daughter never has to grow up wondering who her daddy is and whether or not he loves her.🙏🏼❤️
When I was my daughters age I took a paternity test to try to find my father. The result was negative.😢 I was heartbroken.💔 I found out who my father was at 33. By then, it was too late. He had just passed about two months prior.😇🙏🏼❤️
Sometimes I just sit back and watch my husband be the best father to our children. I truly wonder how I got so lucky to marry a complete stranger who is everything I’ve ever wanted in a man.👏
He LOVES our children.🥰
He doesn’t belittle or abuse me.🙏🏼
He supports me and my dreams.💕
There is literally nothing that he wouldn’t do for our family.🥹
I know to some this seems like the minimum and average of what a man should be to his family, but I grew up with men who physically & emotionally abused my mom. Men who didn’t stay after they had babies. Men who would belittle and berate women on the daily.
What a breath of fresh air to know there really are men out there who aren’t like that. There are men who actually ENJOY being in their children’s lives.
How did I get so blessed to get one of them 🙏🏼💕🙏🏼
@doughehner thanks for choosing us every single day. And thanks for making sure our daughter never has to grow up wondering who her daddy is & if he’d love her!🙏🏼 You tell her and SHOW her every single day.❤️
I’m not sure if I should be offended bc my belly looks pregnant🤰🏼 or hopeful since we’ve been trying to conceive😂
We don’t talk about the fact that we’re trying to get pregnant in front of our kids, but Henley came into my bathroom and saw my ovulation sticks lined up on the floor and said “MOMMY ARE YOU PREGNANT?!” … how on earth she even knew what a pregnancy test looks like is beyond me. Where do kids pick up on these things?!😂
What is the oddest/funniest/cutest thing you’ve heard a kid says or do? I can’t wait to read these comments!🤣 I could use a good laugh😆
Doesn’t matter how many times I get on her bad side though bc I know how to charm her back … time to teach Hendrix daddy’s secrets to making mommy laugh.😎
#dadlife #momlife #parenting #dadsofinstagram #toddlerlife #funny #smilemore #marriedatfirstsight #marriedlife #stayathomedad #positivevibes
We just started watching our season of Married At First Sight for the first time in almost 10 years and it makes us laugh!😂 Me saying “I’m not kissing him” on our wedding day.🤪😅 And my new stranger groom—the man who just became my legal husband—winking outta both eyes knowing he’ll end up getting his bride to kiss him!😂
This reel would last forever if I shared all the times I’ve kissed him over the last 9 1/2 years.😘
I’ll spare ya the gazillion pics of us kissing, but I gotta tell ya the story behind why I said “I’m not kissing him.”
If you’re wondering who I was talking to – it was the producer.
I went into this scientifically arranged marriage with a hopeful heart that we’d have instant chemistry & attraction. When it wasn’t there I didn’t wanna have to pretend it just bc we were filming it for all of America to see.
The photographer and producers were kinda posing us for our wedding photos. They asked me to sit on his lap. I thought they were trying to get me to pretend like I was this happily married bride. I wasn’t going to fake it just because we were making a tv show. I couldn’t have phoned it in if I’d tried.🤦🏼♀️🤪😅
I was honestly terrified that I’d just made a huge mistake by marrying a stranger. A friend told me that getting married at first sight would make a mockery of marriage & when there was no initial spark I felt like “oh no!” They’re right! I am making a mockery of marriage!”😢
While the whole world hated me for my reaction to my sweet hubby, @doughehner told me that my brutal honesty was actually what drew me to him. He *liked* that I wasn’t hamming it up & pretending for the cameras. He said he knew then that I was “there for the right reasons”
God works in mysterious ways bc I don’t know any other man who would look at it like that. Most would’ve taken it as a huge blow to their ego. But Doug’s the most patient, confident man.🙏🏼❤️
We haven’t watched our season of MAFS in so long! But we figured since our 10 year is coming up we gotta re-watch it together now.
Who would’ve thought we’d make it together all these years later.💕
Have you ever watched how my hubby and I got married? Dare I ask-what were your thoughts?🫣
But why is this so accurate when you’re trying to conceive?!😂
At some point you have to let it all go & just focus on having *fun* together while trying to get pregnant🤰🏼👶🏼💕 I feel like we lost that for a while, but it feels so good to get it back.🫶
The baby may or may not come – but the time you have together (and for us, with the children we already have) is precious.❤️
With every negative test we get I literally pray and *THANK GOD* for the two beautiful blessings we already have. I remember a time when I got those negatives and we didn’t have any children to snuggle at home. That was the worst.😞
I wouldn’t wish infertility or secondary infertility on anyone…it’s wild to think of how many people can just look at someone and get pregnant and then those of us who are working towards it every month struggle.
I’ve learned to let that go too though. God has a plan. I know in my heart we have more children coming to us, but it will only happen in his perfect timing. So I’m trying my best not to stress it.
Who says 37 is too old to make babies anyway??? Geriatric pregnancy what???👵🏼 Give me my cane & reading glasses! 👵🏼🤰🏼😂
If you’re on the trying to conceive struggle bus too I’m sending you so much love! 🫶
9 years ago today we renewed our wedding vows.👰♀️❤️🤵🏼♂️ This video is from right after we said “I do” to each other again.😍 But this time (& for the first time in our marriage) we said “I do” with full commitment!🥰 We chose each other. At our Married At First Sight wedding we didn’t get to choose each other. We didn’t even know each other’s names.🤪😅
There’s something about renewing your vows and recommitting to each other. It’s so meaningful & it really pulls you back in as a couple.🙏🏻❤️
We’ll be celebrating TEN YEARS MARRIED in March.👏🏻 🥳
To be very honest, our marriage was *rocky* the first few years… even at our 9 year anniversary there were things my husband had still been keeping secret from me.😩
I guess it’s a given that your spouse will have secrets when you marry as complete strangers. There was no dating at all. So after you’re married, when is the right time to spill all your secrets?? I don’t know.🤷♀️
One thing I do know is that I’m not the same woman my husband married nearly 10 years ago and he’s not the same man.
We are planning our 10 year vow renewal because, in a lot of ways, it will be like us getting to have a fresh start with each other.
I guess normal people would get through all those hard times while dating and then choose to get married & commit their lives to each other after.
We did it completely backwards.🤪😅
If I could go back and do any of this over, I wouldn’t. This is our love story & even though it’s wildly different than most — it’s ours.🫶🏻
If you’re still reading my long azz caption (I love you!!😘) im kinda curious … Would you marry a complete stranger if a few experts said you are the “perfect match”??? …You already know my answer!😜
We just went on the world’s largest cruise ship & we figured out the SECRET to family vacations that are *actually relaxing* for us parents – you gotta make sure there’s a kids club!💯👏🏻😆
We have never been on a cruise before so we had NO IDEA what to expect. We went on @royalcaribbean brand new #IconOfTheSeas and it had everything you can imagine, plus some! I mean, it has 7 pools – 2 are infinity🤩, 22 restaurants (with more eatery spots throughout), and the largest water park at sea filled with water slides & hot tubs along with relaxing cabanas too.🥰
That would’ve been plenty enough to keep us having fun, but it also has a sports complex so we decided to play pickleball too ..bc why not! It was pretty cool playing at sea and not even feeling the boat move!👏🏻
It has a casino (I wouldn’t let my hubby gamble all our $ away though😜) & even broadway shows (we saw Wizard of Oz and it was truly spectacular-Dorothy and the witches fly😱).
I mean, there’s so much to do on this ship but ironically my kids LOVED the kids club!👏🏻🥳 Which of course we loved bc we were able to sneak away and have mini dates without having to bring a babysitter or family to watch the kids!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
We only went for 3 nights but we could easily stay for a month without feeling bored on this ship! There’s just so much to do & see for everyone in the family!
It’s so funny to look back and see Henley say she was scared she was gonna be bored🤦♀️… she had no idea how much fun she was about to have!🤣 Now we wanna plan another cruise asap!!!
Seriously – best thing I learned from this was that any vacay we plan from here on out is gonna have to have a super fun kids center!🎯 That’s KEY for us parents getting any relaxing time while on vacation!💯🫶🏻
We are planning our 10 year bow renewal and I’m beginning to think it should be on a cruise ship! How fun & unique would that be?! 🥳🥳🥳
My kids and I are experiencing a first together.☺️ It’s our first cruise ever!🛳️ 👙Core memories are def being made.🥰My mommy-heart is so full!🥹
Ok, I never knew how much I’ve been missing out for so long!💯 I can’t believe it’s taken me 37 years to discover how much fun cruises are!!!
We are on @royalcaribbean Icon of the Seas and this bad boy is INSANE!🤩 Today we spent a “perfect day at coco cay” and aside from it being SUPER WINDY 💨 it really was perfect!🌴
Doug and I relaxed in a cabana while the kiddos played in the water … it was mid 70’s but with the clouds and wind it felt like the 60’s … our kiddos WENT FOR IT anyway!🤪 I don’t know how kids can swim & play in the water when it’s so darn cold!🥶😂
Experiencing something for the very first time with my kids has become my favorite thing to do with them! This whole cruise has just been so fun for us!🤗 Now I wanna find more “firsts” for all of us to get to experience together. What an amazing way to bond!🥰
Have you ever cruised before?
As a mom I gotta tell ya – this may be our new fav way to vacay bc there’s a “kids club” (aka free daycare on the ship!) My kids have been begging to go to the kids center every second of every day …. Which is amazing bc mommy and daddy got some alone time😉 while on a family vacation which NEVER happens!
Now I see why all my mommy friends love cruising! 😉😉😉
Name the truth and the lie🤥 It’s not hard if you know us😂 …WE’RE GOING ON OUR VERY FIRST CRUISE! 🚢 AHHH, I’m so excited!!! 🎉
In all seriousness, I’m so thankful to have married a man who isn’t scared to change a diaper & push a stroller.👏
I feel blessed our children have a daddy who really *enjoy* being with them. He genuinely has just as much fun at home hanging with them as when we are out on a date night.🙏🏼❤️
…We just got on the ship and it’s unlike anything I’ve experienced!🤗 (We’re on @royalcaribbean #iconoftheseas – if you’re on the same ship & see us please say hi! We live meeting you!!💕)
Holy moly, this ship is like a mini city/amusement park floating on water!🛥️ It is NUTTY!🤩 It has a huge water park, zip lines, live shows, several pools, … everything you can think of you can find … but we will most likely be at the kiddie splash pad the whole time knowing my kiddos.😝 I’ll of course share everything on stories bc this thing is epic!🙌
Have you ever been on a cruise before?? I have a feeling we are going to LOVE this experience! 🎉I packed Dramamine juuuust in case, but I’m hoping none of us need it!🤞🏼😅
For a long time I was ashamed of my past and where I came from. There were times I didn’t see a way out of the trailer park, domestic vi0lence, and welfare lifestyle I had been raised in.
I was looking for approval and wanted everyone to love me. I made compromises, sacrifices, & I’d do anything I could to be seen as “somebody” & to feel important — not just a trailer park girl with no family who cares to come around.
I knew I grew up in a toxic environment but how do you break that cycle when it’s all you know?
What I didn’t know then was that I already was “somebody” who was important.💯🙏🏻
We are not defined by our family or their mistakes.
We do not have to be a product of our environments.
We are worthy and important whether we live in a trailer w leaky ceilings or in a mansion by water.
It wasn’t until I had a little inkling of belief in myself while living in that run-down trailer that my life began changing. I realized I did a decent job raising my siblings and I graduated from nursing school with honors … it showed me I was strong and smart and capable.
I began believing I was meant for more. I put it out in the universe, and I prayed to God…and then doors started to open. Opportunities came my way.
I was scared, but I said “yes” to every opportunity that showed up. Some were a success (going on season 1 of married at first sight & meeting my hubby !) and others not so much (being the most awkward contestant ever to be on the bachelor)🤪😅
I’ve learned a lot since I’ve left the trailer park. My favorite lesson is knowing now that my struggles and pain from my past are what gives me the strength I have today. It’s made me who I am. I learned to be grateful…even for the hard times.
If you feel stuck where you’re at & don’t believe you can overcome the obstacle in your way, then you won’t. If you continue to believe that you won’t make it, you never will.
But imagine if you just start believing in yourself – where could you be one year from today? Envision yourself where you want to be. Thank God for all that you already have.
You are worthy and beautiful…you have it in you to see your dreams come true.💯I believe in you.🫶🏻
A couple years ago I was slouched over on my therapists couch crying when she said to me, “Jamie, you’ve gotta go find your people. You haven’t found them yet.” I thought that was kinda odd bc I assumed “my people” were obviously the family & the friends I had.
She had asked me a few questions about who was there to support me when X happened. When I had trouble coming up with anyone who reached out or who checked in she told me I need a better support system.
That conversation opened my eyes to the way certain friends were treating me and how some family made me feel.
I’m so thankful for my therapist bc she was the first person to teach me about boundaries & healthy relationships.
I was scared to set boundaries at first. I didn’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings. …meanwhile I felt like mine were being trampled on.
I just kept with the same friends and family bc it was all I knew. And it felt wrong to “cut them out.”
It took me having children to realize that I’d never want my kids to continue to try to please “friends” or “family” if those friends and family just poke fun at them or say mean things about them behind their back.
Our kids grow up watching us and learning from us. I realize that what my kids see me “deal with” is what they will be willing to deal with in the future.
That hits differently.
I want my kids to see their mommy have super healthy relationships and accept nothing less for themselves.💯
I knew I needed to change who I surrounded myself with.
I needed to let go of friends who secretly just wanted to see me lose…even if we’re in the same circle and we’ve been “friends” for years.
I also knew I needed stricter boundaries with family. Just because someone is family doesn’t mean you have to be around them if they make you feel bad.
This is hard, but setting those boundaries has truly helped me get back to living a healthier and happier life.
If you FEEL this, I highly recommend the book Boundaries. It’s a lil religious but if you don’t like that just skip over those parts. It was a genuine game changer for me.💯👏❤️
PS God bless all the therapists out there who truly listen and care.🫶
Somehow we always end up carrying the kids & pushing the stroller!😆 But we still bring that stroller bc it holds all of our stuff!💯 BTW….
🚢🎉WE ARE GOING ON OUR VERY FIRST CRUISE THIS WEEKEND!!!🎉🚢 Do you need to bring your stroller on a cruise??🤔
Our kids are 3 & 6 and I still find myself using the double stroller on big trips like when we are flying or going to theme parks.🙋🏼♀️ I love having a place for them to sit(when they will sit in it) and I really, really love the extra storage.👏🏻
…but is it too much for a cruise ship?🤷🏼♀️
I was gonna ask youwhen it’s considered socially unacceptable to put your kids in a stroller, but honestly – I don’t even wanna know the answer.🫣😅
I’m gonna keep on using our stroller as long as I can!🤣
Today was rainy and Hendrix has needed a hair cut so I showed him a few options and let him choose any style! It’s his first time really choosing for himself! He was adamant he wanted a Mohawk.😎
I tried using the number 8 on the shaver thing bc that’s the largest one I have, but it was still way too short.🤦🏼♀️ there was no going back after the first buzz though😑
I gooped up all the gel I could and I smooshed that little bit of hair he has left into a Mohawk!🤪😅
I absolutely love making these memories with my baby boy.🙏🏼❤️ One day he won’t want his mommy cutting his hair, but he doesn’t mind now & I loooove doing it for him.🤗
Usually I do a decent job, but I don’t love the way i cut it today.😬🙈 Thank goodness Hendrix likes it!👏
I know it’s just hair and it’ll grow back but he looks so much older with that hair style and as much as I love watching my baby grow it also hurts to think he’s closer to FOUR than three and it has me in my feelings.😭
My baby is almost out of his toddler years & I don’t know if we’ll be blessed with another baby … HOW did the last few years go by so fast?!🥺
I’m soaking up every moment I can with my precious babies… I’m so thankful for all the moms who remind me not to “blink” or I’ll miss it. It reminds me to enjoy even the hard moments in parenting.🙏🏼❤️
SO thankful to have a hubby who is 100% on the same page as me when it comes to growing our fam. I know infertility can destroy relationships, but @Doughehner has been by my side through all of the emotions, disappointment, & lifestyle changes.🙏🏻❤️
We joke and make light of this, but man! I wish our healthcare system offered more support for women trying to conceive. Our insurance won’t cover acupuncture or fertility. It’s EXPENSIVE!
We are putting our home renovation on hold until we get pregnant bc the money we saved to Reno we may end up needing to use to grow our family.
Someone recently said to me to stop spending so much time trying to make a baby and focus on making my new house more of a home. We don’t have furniture in one area and a lot of the decor is super out-dated.
All I have to say to that is that my house is just as much HOME as any house we’ve ever lived in…it has nothing to do with the way it looks.
Doug and my relationship is stronger than ever (Thank God!) Our kiddos running around and riding their little ponies throughout our house makes it more of a HOME than any fancy decor ever could.
So yeah, I’m ok with leaving 1/4 of the house empty. I’m ok with not renovating it to meet all my home decor goals.
For us, bringing a baby into our home would make it more “homier” than any new furniture or updating ever could.
I have FAITH that God’s will is being done in our lives. It will all happen in his perfect timing.
And I’ve gotta tell ya, I am also so grateful for each of YOU who continue to send us positive vibes! 🙌
Each recommendation, each message of support, each comment does not go unnoticed. I believe that a community can carry you through the hardest of times, and I certainly have the best community with YOU!
You have stuck with me with each roller coaster of emotions throughout so many different journeys I’ve been on.
Thank YOU! 🥰❤️🥰
As always, if you’re on this same journey, struggling with infertility or secondary infertility, know you’re not alone. It’s such a hard journey filled with so many emotions…sometimes it feels super isolating but we are in this together gilfran. 2024 is our year, God willing!
A year ago today I was depressed & didn’t wanna get outta bed. If you would’ve told me a year later I’d be going to the gym consistently & actually *enjoying* it, forget it! I would’ve laughed at ya!😂 But here I am!🙏🏼❤️
For a while there I stopped working out and taking care of myself. I wanted to embrace my “mom bod” and accept my softer, squishier belly after having babies.💯
I rebelled against diet culture bc I was so sick of the narrative that women had to bounce back after pregnancy or else they were just fat, lazy, and unattractive.🙄
I wanted to prove to them that just because I didn’t go back to my size 6 body after having my second child, it didn’t mean I was any less worthy or beautiful.
…or maybe I just wanted to prove it to myself after years of thinking I’d be unattractive and unwanted if I gained weight.
I spent my whole life trying to diet and exercise and lose weight and look good. I just wanted to STOP. 🛑
And stop I did. I didn’t go to the gym or work out at all. I ate all the cookies and ice cream I wanted.😋
It felt so good and so FREEING to just stop worrying about calories and fat consumption and my Jean size!👏🙏🏼
I’m so glad I learned how to love my cellulite, fat, and MYSELF … but in the process I became so unhealthy.
My cholesterol went through the roof.😬
My depression and anxiety got worst.🤦🏼♀️
My energy levels were at an all time low.😑
The kicker for me was that I was diagnosed with “unexplained” secondary infertility.😭
I knew I needed to change my lifestyle so I sloooowly began incorporating healthier food options and moving my body again.
Gosh, I really missed those endorphins that come right after a good work out sesh!💪
I’m on a journey to get my mind and body as healthy and strong as possible…to work out for strength and health rather than my appearance.
I’m finally at a place where I’m able to go to the gym and ENJOY IT bc it isn’t just punishment for eating too much.
I’ve always wanted to support women. We really do need to champion each other! If you struggle feeling enough as you are, I hope this encourages you to love yourself right where you’re at.❤️
I don’t blame people for doubting our arranged marriage on the first season of Married At First Sight. I mean, who legally marries a complete stranger?!🙋🏼♀️ I wasn’t sure it’d work out myself. Not my hubby though. He said he KNEW right from the first time he saw me on our wedding day that we were meant for each other.🥹🙏🏼❤️
I’m so glad @doughehner proved us all wrong. 😜😘🤗❤️
I’m beginning to plan our 10 year vow renewal! (I know most would have started a year ago but that’s not how we roll around here.)😅
We only had two weeks to get ready to marry a complete stranger, I think a few months to plan a vow renewal will be plenty of time!🤪😜😆
Any tips for anyone who has done this before? I think we wanna include the kiddos this time. Where would you go? How would you do it?
I wanna find a way to invite some girlfrans bc we truly LOVE you. You’ve been so supportive and loving towards us for SO LONG and it’d be like the cherry on top to have you at our vow renewal! (I gotta figure this part out – not making promises … yet.)👯♀️🥳🍾🎉
If I was able to pull off something where you could come be a guest at our vow renewal, would you wanna come?? 👰🏼🤵🏼
