​For YEARS Shaun Corkery tried to get me to improve my physical health (which, I didn't realize, would also improve my mental health). After we were married, he tried....he really did.....to get me motivated to join him at the gym. I spent more time reading and napping than I care to admit. 

It wasn't until many years later, when he took a job away from home, that I turned to exercise as an outlet (after trying the whole drinking thing first......). 

Our kids were YOUNG....once I started....the benefits I saw were almost immediate. 

I've been on this journey for 3 years now.....crazy how time flies....and my life....our lives, are forever changed. 

Shaun has had some heart issues, which have drastically altered his abilities, but we share a passion for health and fitness that I truly feel has brought us closer together and enabled us the ability to demonstrate the importance of leading a healthy lifestyle to our children 

Thank you for never giving up on me and for your continuous and endless support, as I continue to work on ME, help others to make the same changes I finally did, and build my home-based business. I couldn't have done it without you! 

4 ish weeks till we become 5......holy cow......

Its HELLA HARD to admit when you're struggling.....I GET IT, I TRULY DO.....

Many of my clients will hide and stop posting when they feel that they're struggling with fitness and nutrition.......I get it.......I hide when I'm struggling in LIFE.......or my "positive" posts are fewer and farther between because I'm struggling to find the "great" to share........WINK WINK (times have been hella hard lately).

The truth is that its HARD to ask for help.....to admit that you can't do it all......to admit that you're struggling......but WE ALL STRUGGLE.....we all stumble....we all fall!! THIS is what makes us HUMAN and RELATABLE. This is what connects us to each other.......

It's ok to derail....it's ok to fall apart....its ok to cry....to give up.....to let go......but it's NOT OK to let that get in your head and allow it to DEFINE YOU!!!!

YOU are MORE than your struggle. YOU are MORE than your fall.
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Get up....try again....do your best, and KNOW that YOU are ENOUGH!!!! 

OK here goes.......
SOOOOOO last week I posted a video, wearing a sports bra and shorts and I was pleasantly surprised to receive quite a few private messages and a discussion on my team call about my saggy mommy tummy - yep, I said it!

I had women telling me that they felt NORMAL because they saw that they were normal.......that despite their thoughts of me as having a perfect six pack.....I DIDNT.....that I still had bits tucked away just like they did! Tears were shed and emotions exchanged....this is the REAL stuff that makes us RELATE to one another!!!

YES I had a sixpack before getting pregnant........YES I still have crazy core muscles.......YES I had the saggy mom tummy BEFORE I got pregnant with Keelyn, YES I STILL have it cause, I mean, I JUST had a baby 6 weeks ago........

YES, just like everyone else, I tuck that sucker in.

To my friends who haven't had kids who questioned the high waisted workout pants out there wondering "how" that's fashionable.....it's NOT but you know what.....it's realistic.....that's where we put our incredible reminder of the amazing journey our bodies went through to carry and deliver our precious babes.

NO I do not want a cream or wrap to make it go away, I know that it will get smaller as I continue to exercise and eat healthy! NO I'm NOT ashamed of it, nor am I ashamed of my "Mommy marks". YES I embrace it.......just like I embrace my saggy Mommy boobies.......
Have I considered a lift or implants....YEP, am I gonna do it? who knows? I waver back and forth on it all the time.....I truly don't think I will, but so what if I do. This is all about how we FEEL about ourselves........if you wanna get a tummy tuck, DO IT. If you wanna get a breast lift DO IT.....if you feel shame or embarassment about your saggy bits....its NORMAL.......if you wanna fix it, fix it. If you wanna tuck it in, tuck it in, but don't for ONE second think that you're alone in the self-image issues you're having! You're SO NOT.....every single woman out there has SOME part of themselves that they don't like or think about changing......

every single one of us tries to embrace and love ourselves as we are.....some more successful than others.

So here is another video, showing ME.....with my real, saggy mummy tummy!
I'm JUST like YOU! 💖
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sidebar........im super proud of my BIG....she NAILED that workout with me, burpees and all! THIS is another part of my WHY....she's learning what it means to take care of herself with fitness and nutrition 😜

Make them your REASON NOT your EXCUSE!

My 6 week old can't do it YET, but my 3.5 and 5.5 year olds CAN.  I started this journey when Shanna was 2 months old, and Layna 2 years old.....and look at them now! It's all they know!

It wasn't always easy to workout with them awake....but over time, they got used to the fact that mommy took 30 minutes almost every day to do her exercises. Now it's part of OUR life.....they're seeing first hand, the importance of fitness and nutrition from both Mommy and Daddy!
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I had a gazillion reasons NOT to workout today, but after checking in with my challengers, I dug DEEP and made it happen!
Booya WE FRIGGIN DID IT

This week is a brand new start for so many people!!!

Getting started is HARD....often harder than we think. And while we may have goals and plans....the reality is that sometimes we allow our minds to get the best of us and give up too quickly! We have a little bump or many bumps which combine to make us waver in our confidence and self-esteem!

We may struggle through the workouts....feeling like complete failures....not making it through the whole minute, or the whole set....or not being able to keep up.......stopping during the moves, shaking our head, cursing, some even crying as they try to push through.....THESE are all real, true emotions and feelings that many will experience as they get started!!!

This journey is a process.....its effing hard man....especially in the beginning - we are so used to a certain way of being, and this healthy lifestyle stuff is so easy to let go of when outside factors and noise cloud our minds!!!!! Fast food and junk everywhere at the office....temptations everywhere you turn......

what i can tell you is that......

THE GRATIFICATION OF SAYING NO....OF MAKING HEALTHY CHOICES is such a great feeling! Relish in those feelings when you choose the path that aligns with your goals. HELL I wanna hear about it in here......POST about your WINS....what are you doing that's helping you reach your goals NOW.......that you previously didnt really worry about........every decision you make is part of the process and IT MATTERS........every step of your journey is worth celebrating....the ups, the downs, and the in-betweens!!!

​Congratulations team......2016 is off to a great start!