If you're a planner like me you probably don't like to get started on something new until you you have all your ducks in a row; but let's face it: all our ducks are never in a row. If we keep waiting until there are no more birthday parties in sight to entice us into shoving our faces with cake, then we will never start eating healthier. If we keep waiting until we get the garage cleaned out so we have a workout space, then we will never exercise. So, just forget about all those excuses and pick something you can start doing TODAY. You don't have to start 10…

The numbers. It's always about the numbers. How much money you make. How many followers you have. How many pounds are on the scale... It's so easy to get discouraged by those little numbers on the scale. Day in and day out I check. (Why do I do this to myself? As if I'm going to drop 5 pounds overnight.) It's so easy to compare, and I don't just mean compare yourself to others. Comparing your current self to your "used-to-be" self can be just as bad or worse.

Ya’ll, three C-sections is no joke.  It sure did a number on my 6-pack. (Ok, well I didn’t really have a 6-pack before kids either, but you get the point.)  I bounced back from a 50lb weight gain with my oldest (E) pretty quickly.  With my second (A), I gained a little less, but I also hung on to a few more afterwards.  Still, I felt pretty confident that the weight (50 lbs again) would come off easily the third time around with little effort.  Who was I kidding?!?! Those little fat cells are clinging on for dear life. It’s been about 9 months, and I’m trying to find ways…