I used intermittent fasting to lose the last 5-10 lbs of my baby weight six months postpartum. After both pregnancies, I was unable to lose the weight using breastfeeding and had to use exercise and diet to get back to feeling good about myself again. I get a lot of questions, YES I REALLY DO, about nursing and intermittent fasting…. Read More
February is For Failure
I am a failure this month in at least two things in my life. The first is sleep training. I wrote 3 posts about the method we were doing proactively when Connor was 4 months old and consequently how it was going. Is Connor sleeping through the night now at 7 months? No. The other failure in my life is… Read More
My Experience Intermittent Fasting and Breastfeeding
One of the most popular questions I’ve been getting on Instagram is about Intermittent Fasting and nursing aka breastfeeding. People want to know first, if I’m doing IF, second, if I’m still nursing and lastly, if I’ve noticed a drop in my supply. Short answer is no, I have not noticed a drop in my milk since starting a 16:8… Read More
10 Things I Did Not Expect To Happen With Baby #2
I had a lot of anxiety before giving birth to Connor. I expected a rough recovery, painful nursing sessions and the baby blues. I however did not expect these 10 things to happen… #1. A long labor. Every one told me the second child comes FAST. People warned me about staying on Cape Cod until the day before my due… Read More
How I Finally Weaned My 18 month old
I didn’t plan to breastfeed past 12 months. I had no idea how hard it would be to stop either. I think I can finally say that I have successfully weaned my 18 month old son. This picture was taken on his half birthday just a week ago! He’s getting so big. I was a little preemptive in April after… Read More
How I Got Back To My Pre Baby Weight
Six days ago, my baby boy turned 9 months. This once was a fitness blog and while I still make time regularly to exercise, my first priority is him. I set an unrealistic goal to get back to my pre-baby body. Then I pushed it back, and pushed it back some more. These deadline extensions were all well documented on YouTube… Read More