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33 weeks here. I'm now muchhh larger all of a sudden.

Pregnancy is a funny thing to experience. This photo was from about 33 weeks. I’m now mucccch larger all of a sudden. I’ve never experienced a physical process that involves so many varying opinions (opinions in general) and conflicting “facts”. When I’ve succumbed to the sweet whisperings of Google, I’ve learned: If you can’t sleep, have cramps, feel nauseous, vomit, your wrists and fingers feel like fire and/or your pelvis (or any body part) hurts, congrats, you’re pregnant. You’ll give birth at some point. Stop googling your symptoms and “labor sign?”. If you’re 38+ weeks pregnant, you’ll probably go into labor… View Post

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postpartum recovery

I’m 35 weeks pregnant. (For those of you who don’t know, like I never did, you’re generally pregnant for 40 weeks. AKA I’m about 8 months along.) I know, WHAT?! WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN. I’m already excited about returning to an exercise routine someday and having the ability to train for something. Before you tell me how difficult and different everything is going to be, please save yourself from the wrath of my hormones and just let it go. I understand. I can imagine. I’m working on staying positive over here. ANYWHOODLES, I’ve been researching tips on postpartum recovery and returning to… View Post

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moving to los angeles

When we were living in Los Angeles I couldn’t snap out of my “I <3 NY” phase. Blah blah blah, I love New York, California just isn’t as great because (insert random observation here). I was all holier-than-thou about how great the east coast is. (Which it is, of course.) But I didn’t appreciate how great California was until I left. The curse of being me, wahhh. I’m a very nostalgic person, much to my detriment. Here we are back in New Jersey which is completely different from Southern California and although I lived here for years prior to moving, I’m having… View Post

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marina del rey bike path

Looking back on my past few posts, things have been pretty serious around the ol’ blog lately! Pregnancy has been tough for me mentally, especially with the move and being unemployed…so I want to get back into the fun, fitness-y stuff here! I’m bringing back an old favorite: If we were having coffee, I’d tell you… –My workouts in pregnancy have been low-key. Theres not much to them, but I’m thankful to be able to move now. Running even a minute or two just doesn’t feel right so I’ve been avoiding running and all high impact activity. What I AM… View Post

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Manhattan Beach Running

This past weekend, my brother-in-law married my new sister-in-law. (Hooray for more sisters!) I’ve known them both for about nine years and it was just a perfect, beautiful, fun-filled weekend full of love and I couldn’t stop smiling (except when we woke up on Sunday morning and I learned I had missed the continental breakfast at the hotel). I love them, I love my family, and I love LOVE. (I’m cheesy and I cannot help it.) Whenever I’m lucky enough to get extended time with family, I come home and feel the immediate need to detox and minimalize (whether this… View Post

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hyperemesis meme

**Hi all! I wrote this a few weeks ago, but felt I needed to share. I’m still taking medicine but am feeling MUCH better than I was when I started writing this post originally. I’m currently in week 24 but wrote this first part around week 17, and the second part somewhere around 13. I wrote it in portions because it took me some time to get the nerve (and motivation!) to actually finish and post it.** I’ve always believed we get stronger when we surround ourselves with strong people. I’m telling myself that a lot lately. This very much… View Post

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Hurst Castle Views

Friends, I’m having a little writer’s block. I don’t want to write about pregnancy all the time, and with my limited workout schedule (and absolutely zero running), I’m struggling with what to share with you! The good news: I can finally say I feel pretty good. My “new normal”, I guess you could say, because no matter what you say, when you have an ear-of-corn sized human in your uterus, you just don’t feel “normal” like you used to for the past 30 years of your life. I DID take a TRX class this week! I’ve been so nervous about signing up for classes… View Post

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hormones and no alcohol meme

Did you come back even after my “Why I Disappeared” post? I don’t know why I made the title so dramatic. I’m a little embarrassed that’s what I chose. “Life Updates” probably would have been less weird but I’m not always in sound mind these days. (When people talk about pregnancy hormones they’re not kidding. I feel like that creepy kid in The Exorcist whose head spins around in circles.) ANYWHO, I have some extremely exciting news to report. I took a yoga class yesterday! My first since January. (!!!) It was one hour of extremely gentle yoga and we… View Post