Mom Life

My NOT perfect birth story. My twin girls were born early at 30 weeks and five days. Yesterday I saw a friend posted on Instagram, the birth of his beautiful baby girl. The pictures were incredible. His wife delivered naturally, he got to help in the delivery of his baby, and immediately after, they put their first child on her chest. Both parents were able to cherish that moment, in what seemed like a magazine article on the picture perfect child birth. I burst out crying. Selfishly, I was NOT crying out of happiness for them, I was crying out of…

YES to me, NO to labeling! I love pizza! I also love broccoli and quinoa just as much. I believe that all foods can fit into my life. I have recently taken it upon myself to stop labeling food as well as labeling myself. I have decided that I am not gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free, or ANYTHING-free. Actually, the only thing that I am free from is restricting and dieting. With this freedom, I no longer associate certain types of food with guilt and shame. Nor do I go from the extremes of restricting to binging on food. I will admit…

Fulfillment in life doesn’t come from losing weight. True happiness is not found in the number on the scale or on your pants. Willpower and strength doesn’t come from how long you can go without carbs – and depleting yourself of your time, energy, and self-worth. I know this from my own experience with body and food issues. We diet because we think it will make us happy, yet when we diet the message we tell our body that it is not good enough and WE are not good enough. My goal in life is to disrupt society. I want…