we're moving to our new house in about a week i'm starting to feel quite sentimental about this loft
it was such a rush decision to move here back when we signed the papers we literally
signed it while we were sitting at the airport in montreal but it's been one of the best
rush decisions i've ever made i usually like to take my time for big choices it's just brought
so much light and life and joy to me dan it's where we brought sagua into our family and she
got to find all her own little nooks and crannies that she loves to sit in and then it became the
place we brought marla home we really started to get a sense of the challenges of sharing one
giant room so even though we have certainly outgrown our ability to stay in this spot
it's been a special time i want to give a shout out to this video sponsor someone i've worked
with before it is co-pilot it's a day-by-day coaching platform that helps you build fitness
and health habits in case you missed my previous vlog where i shared my co-pilot experience you
basically get matched with a personal trainer you have an onboarding call to talk about all sorts
of specific things like what are your own goals how are you feeling about your own strength and
capabilities at the time what are the existing equipment you have at home and these are really
helpful things for me because previously i would just go on youtube look up some workout video but
i would never have confidence going into it if it was going to be the correct difficulty level
if it was really pinpointing on helping me towards my goals if they would have equipment that i
didn't happen to have at home but with copilot i guess i've been with them for almost half a year
everything is tailored to me the workouts are my skill level my schedule my goals my equipment
it's perfect i am now nine months out from giving birth to marla my co-pilot program has revolved
a lot around feeling strong enough to keep up with my baby feeling like i'm recovering
in a healthy way physically and this week i really feel like i'm reaping
all the rewards from being in this program because somehow
on top of baby postpartum recovery trying to do my youtube work and trying to move to a new house
i still am okay and not collapsing at the end of the day i honestly think i'm like the buffest i've
ever been i wanted as much as possible to avoid feeling like i was just surviving with marla i
want to actually like play with her and enjoy her company i know exhaustion is an inevitable part
of being a new parent but i have been more often than not having a good time instead of just like
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today full body resistance training i need bands
and dumbbells every time you open a workout they list the supplies up here at the top so you can
press assemble to begin
that's time up next is 20 seconds of shoulder stretch left side start oh my gosh
we hit submit there's an opportunity to rate the difficulty level of the workout
most of the time it's just right but the few times where it's too easy or too hard
darian my personal trainer sees that feedback and she just addressed my future workouts accordingly
darian and i have settled on workouts that are maybe on the shorter end of what i aspired to
but the reality is i'm getting them done and i just think it's better that i'm actually
getting things done instead of not reaching some weird lofty goal that i made up for myself if you
love data there's a report at the end that goes through the muscle groups you worked on your bpm
throughout the workout you can nerd out over all those details and since i last mentioned copilot
they've updated one of their newer features which is you can also add habits and today the
other habit that i want to hit is i want to give myself a little self-care i'm gonna do mini facial
it's a little late night demolition we've got marla joining in we're going to tackle
that back bedroom that is currently a kitchen and is going to become my studio
got all this done yesterday good progress still plenty of work to do
i love you
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cheers
i have this thing where something isn't quite like a permanent fixture in my life until it translates
all the way into my dreams and i remember maybe a few months after moving here i dreamed i was
home and the home was this home very similar thing happened recently in my dream i had to go
change marla's diaper and i was like oh it's it's real now this is the home that basically served as
our safe refuge through a global pandemic when we were really uncertain what the threat was
you know going outside going grocery shopping trying to go about our life
coming here was always that moment where um we can take our mask off we can let our guard down
we can relax with one another and ideally that is what home should be for all of us just like a safe
place and it's also where i went through a lot of personal change like i became pregnant saw my
body go through insane changes that i could never have even pictured on myself the day i gave birth
i was induced so i knew that was the day i like woke up did my hair in makeup because i was like
the midwife says we're getting a baby today and then came back and our home
was different again we had a baby with us too it's been a very like vulnerable journey
personally all that to say i'm really glad i'm in a place right now where i'm just a
lot kinder to myself giving myself time and space to work through things rest as needed i'm about
to do my co-pilot workout which has also been great not focusing on weight not focusing on
dramatic before and after transformations one of their values is the best workout is the one that
you'll actually do and built into that is just being realistic setting goals that make sense
which as simple as that sounds is actually something i've really struggled with for a
long time today i've got my full body workout i want to do and i also have splits training
since my coach knows that i kind of wanted to work towards doing the splits but also
i just find stretching to be something that makes me feel really in touch and grounded up
okay let's see how we're doing with the splits you want to show me your splits
okay i'm better on this side oh hey that's pretty close thanks
not gonna miss that
marla where's your tongue hello today's our last day in this apartment today i'm gonna
get my walking habit in finish the last bit of packing dan's gonna try to come
home early from work he said something so deeply profound the other day he was like
not to disrespect marla me bracing for highly controversial next part of
the sentence and he's like but moving would be a lot easier without a baby
off we go
today go for a walk
yes aqua never did i think i would be squeezing in these types of healthy habits
during such an insanely busy period of my life i'm just amazed and happy
i have arrived early with the steam mop it's time to do a little prep
oh my gosh are you kidding me
so
huh
we're here we made it i remember two moves ago in that season i just lost so much muscle strength
due to lack of physical activity i always thought that i was like a pretty strong person that could
live things but during that previous move i just was shocked to find out i was so unhelpful when it
came to just furniture boxes moving things around interestingly enough that move became a turning
point of me trying to take my physical activity and strength more seriously and i'm really happy
to say though i am completely exhausted that i'm so happy with how mobile and involved i was with
this move and i really do think it's thanks to copilot making the little daily routine
of working out feasible so that i get to enjoy the big picture outcome even though i'm so tired
already i feel excited to get to work get this place in order and i'm really looking forward
to sharing it with you guys because so much of me doing my work well is like having good energy just
being in being being being able to get up and go thank you co-pilot today let's do side body
stretch left side
start
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