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Pilates 👀👀👀 I’m taking progress pics every week for a full 8 weeks to see what 2-3 days of Pilates a week does for my body. I can feel and personally see the changes after only 4 weeks. Throwing out my scale in this instance because lean muscle gain is the goal 💪🏻

Some benefits from Pilates:
- drives coordination and alignment
- increased flexibility
- low impact exercise (great for women)
- build lean, strong muscle

Day 4 of my 10 day reset and here are my takeaways so far:

- morning walks are my saving grace. Not taking a walk in the morning drastically impacts how I feel
- the sun ☀️ energizes and grounds me. It makes me think about living in a warmer place
- clean eating can be delicious. Having a stocked fridge is really the key here
- the scale doesn’t matter as much as I try and revert back to that number. It’s simply not an appropriate or accurate measurement of my mental or physical health
- I can do hard things. I often struggle with discipline and I’m hard on myself. I’ve been giving myself a lot of compassion this week and it’s made me feel full.

Some highlights: meditating on the lake, reading and journaling, green juice that tastes good, recipes that fuel and investment in others. 🤍

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11/12/2021 was one of the best days of my life, I married my best friend ❤️

My most recent post still reigns true. Glowing on the inside inevitably leads to beauty in the outside. I felt light all around me this day. From the moment I put on my dress and felt like myself to the most important moment of seeing Alex at the end of the aisle. I felt a massive amount of internal peace and calmness knowing I was in the right moment with my right person. (aside of the wedding day anxiety of course ;)) I’ll remember how special this intimate wedding was for the rest of my life ❤️

Because we are in wedding week I’ve been inevitably thinking about how I physically look and it’s been a different internal conversation than I’ve ever had before. When I first got engaged I made “goals” like I want to lose X amount of lbs before the big day. Luckily as I’ve continued on this journey I see the toxicity and vanity of those thoughts and in general true lack of importance.

The main goal of working with a functional medicine doctor is to focus on my inside health rather than my outside health. This, to be frank, was a serious shift in mindset. I made small changes consistently that have changed my entire day, week, life. A beautiful piece of this is when you work on your inner health - your gut, your mind, your heart - it shows on the outside.

So instead of being worried about my body, Ive been more driven by how I feel. because of joy and because of health, which I’m so lucky to say I have both right now.

I went to bed last night feeling stress about the wedding and turned over to Alex and realized that when all of this is done and the wedding has passed he and I is what’s left. It’s a comforting feeling to know that regardless of anything that happens on Friday besides exchanging of vows I will still wake up on Saturday with the love of my life by my side.

So if there are any brides out there or women trying to “fix or change” their body for a vein reason, whether it’s for an event or a wedding, I urge you to try and zoom out and see what the real goal is for you. Is it what comes out of the event, is it overall health and well-being or is it fear of judgment and toxic thinking?

I PROMISE you if you work on glowing from the inside it’ll translate to the outside.

11 days to the wedding has me focused on movement and overall healthy living 😁 I’m looking for that whole food * glow *

Beyond obsessed with this one piece from 😧🤩 It’s on sale now for whoever likes it :) I’m wearing a size M and am hoping it shrinks a little in the dryer!

A VERY happy girl this morning. While packing for my bachelorette I tried on a pair of jeans that for about a year were too small and they fit!!!

The biggest accomplishment is not the size I fit into, it’s the fact that My goal has NOT been to work towards a certain size or scale number. It has been to make small, sustainable changes to work on my overall health, optimal health. No aesthetic goal, just an overall health goal, feel good, and I am so proud of myself for working daily on not getting caught up in the . WAHOO, alright jeans you’re coming to my bachelorette party!!

Had to post twice today because alex and I just got sent the photo on the left and cannot stop laughing… it’s funny because we are in such a better place, both of us but oh man did we just have no idea! The interesting thing is I had bad anxiety at this time in 2019 so my appearance was a direct reflection of what was going on in my head. I even was running this account at that time although I took a brief hiatus.

This is such a fun reminder of how loving our relationship is. We want each other to be the best versions of ourselves, mentally, physically, and emotionally! As today marks one month until our wedding, I’m reminded of how lucky I am to have a partner who supports not only living healthy b it also supporting my goals and even participating in them!

I love our love! The best is yet to come!!

Have you heard of a CSA? No? I hadn’t either until very recently! CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture and is a program focused on bringing business to small local farms and organic fruits and vegetables affordably to their local communities like YOU!

If you want to eat organic and understand the importance of it but simply can’t afford it and / or if you like to support local businesses, a CSA program is perfect for you.

How it works - these small owned farms can be found close to your home by visiting localharvest.org, no matter where you live! On this site you can enter in your zip and find several farms that you can partner with. You can sort through different farms and learn about their business and mission, then choose one that speaks to you! You can sign up for a weekly / biweekly or monthly shipment or pickup of in season fruits and vegetables. You will receive the freshest organic Whole Foods, without pesticides and harmful chemicals injected.

All organic and supporting small business how can you not love this? I’ve recently heard stories where these farmers invite their CSA partners and community to their farms to get to know them on a personal level and learn about the food they are raising for them, how special is that!

Super easy, organic, affordable food, sign up with a farm near you on localharvest.org