Hi, guys!
I’m trainer Amy Jo, with ATHLEANXX for Women.
Welcome me back, right?
I just had little Jett, my third boy, and I wanted to discuss today, a little about
how I’m attacking getting my physique back.
The face of frustration.
Let me tell you.
It is hard.
It is tough, and I will be completely honest; it’s a lot of juggling and trying to find
balance, once again, after having two, and then you go to three.
Now you’re outnumbered.
So, any mom trying to come back.
I think it’s – number one, what I had to do was really set my mindset to be patient.
Also, I realized that baby and your family, that does come first.
So, if you’re focusing too much on what you need to do for your physique and how you
need to be eating, and ‘no, I didn’t get to the gym today’; other things sometimes
do take precedent.
I think if you start with that mindset, even when you’re still pregnant or an individual
who’s trying to get weight off and you’ve got a large family to feed and take care of,
and you’ve got a husband at home, and a fulltime job; give yourself some grace.
Also, at the same time, we do have to carve out time for ourselves.
So, I really set a goal at the beginning of my comeback.
It’s to say “Okay, if I can get 30 minutes in today”, or “If I can get 20 minutes
in” that’s great.
I’m going to feel better, I’m going to feel more energized, and I am.
Every, single time.
I’m a better mom after I’ve exercised.
I’m a better wife.
And I’m even kinder to myself and my own thoughts.
I think one of the biggest things has to start there.
It has to start in your mentality.
I’m giving you all these other tips about eating vegetables and drinking water, that’s
not going to compare to understanding that life is much more than just your physique.
So, I just wanted to lay that out first and give a little heart-to-heart for those moms,
or anybody out there that’s struggling and combatting finding that balance.
Finding that time for yourself.
It doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t still be digging your heels in and trying to carve
that time out for yourself because you do deserve it.
Moving on.
Number one: one of the things that I have felt like I’ve been pretty successful at,
that has helped me drop some fat already is, every night I think “I want to finish dinner
and visualize wanting a little more food”, but not.
So, I don’t engage in that thought.
But I do have that thought.
And I’m like “That’s really been working for me.”
So, I like to eat a substantial dinner with lots of vegetables.
I eat about 4oz to 5oz of protein, usually a healthy fat with it, and then I’m like
“I could definitely have something else right now”.
But I don’t.
That thought crossed my mind.
I thought “Hmm, that’s something that’s worked really well for me”, based off how
I’m feeling.
Not necessarily calculating what my dinner consisted of.
Just that thought there and going to bed saying “Hmm, I could have had something else, but
I didn’t.”
So that’s one thing that’s worked.
Another thing that’s really worked for me is to set my mind on “I’m just going to
lift weights.
I’m not going to do any cardio.”
I’ve been pregnant for nine months now, I’m recovering for six, and you lose a lot
of muscle mass.
You’re not able to lift as heavy because we don’t have as much energy.
You’re not able to go as deep range of motion and you’re not able to get the consistency
either.
So, I definitely said “I need to just lift.
I need to get back my muscle mass, and I need to put cardio aside.”
Number three: I do believe in using fish oil and I think that’s a big thing for me.
Supplements, and vitamins, and minerals.
The number one thing is, what do you need personally?
Because it has to be customized.
Everybody needs something different.
But I really feel like, for me, fish oil is a huge one.
It not only helps my mood – I feel like I have a more consistent mood – I’m not
a big salmon eater so I’m not getting those omegas in all the time.
Nor am I getting them from flax, or other areas.
So, I really feel like that’s a big one.
Number four is sleep.
Oh, boy.
That’s a big one to tackle.
It’s difficult.
I know when you’re trying to – if you’re nursing – to stay on top of waking – countless
nights that you are woken up.
That does affect your hormone levels.
It affects leptin and ghrelin, which are the two hormones that can increase your appetite
and make you want to snack more throughout the day.
So, I encourage you to keep working on the sleep and give yourself some grace as well
because the days you don’t get much sleep are going to be a lot harder to stick to a
nutrition plan or making sure that you’re not going overabundance on calories on those
days.
I really focused on getting naps.
I know I moved my baby to his room at about seven weeks, or eight weeks.
I moved him to his room, so he was in his crib.
So, I wasn’t hearing all his little noises.
That one really helped me.
Also, having a really good baby monitor.
Like, the video ones.
That really helped as well because it put my mind at ease and I could relax.
Because even once you’ve put baby to bed, sometimes your mind is racing.
Like, “Is he okay?
Does he need me?
Is he crying?”
So, having a good video monitor is really important.
Also, just the support of my husband has been incredible.
Asking him for help and asking him to wake up – he offers.
He’s incredible that way but making sure you have support when you need it.
Asking for help is really, really important.
So, I would say those are probably my top four right there.
Hopefully this helped you guys.
Either if you’re trying to lose some weight and feel a little overwhelmed, or you’re
coming back from a baby as well.
I’m still getting there.
So, thanks for joining me on my journey, you guys.
Leave some comments below, questions below.
ATHLEANXX for Women does have really great nutrition programs that are not meant to starve
you.
It’s not meant to have you be eating just vegetables and chicken all day.
It does encourage balance, healthy portions, and it gives you the flexibility to say “Okay,
I can still go out to eat with my family and still get results.”
So, I encourage you guys to check out the website and check out the nutrition programs
on there.
I’m trainer Amy Jo, and we’ll see you next time.
Bye.