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Hello friends First and foremost, thank you for all the kind words and support regarding my last post and honesty with you all. Coincidently, a couple days after I hit “publish” on that post, Mother Nature granted me my wish and I did get my period back. For a couple of days I felt like I needed to lay eggs – that is truly the only way I could describe my discomfort.

I never thought I’d be so happy to have my womanhood back – bloat, cramps and all. I have been having moments where I feel so bloated that it’s affecting my self confidence, but I have to remind myself that this too shall pass. God put me through this experience for a reason and I have to trust Him. Just wanted to update ya’ll. I’m not sure if it was low body fat or just a hormonal imbalance from the pill that caused it, but I definitely upped my calories, fat intake and reduced my mileage while still lifting 2-3 days a week. My body has really exciting ways of telling me when it’s not happy. Now I just have to figure out how to cure my allergies – anyone else have really awful allergies this year? I feel like my head is going to pop off and float away (kind of wish it would, actually.)

Anyways, I went on my first real run outside in a while with my best friend yesterday morning and it felt amazing, especially after having a night out. It was good to get out of bed early and enjoy the cool morning breeze and sunshine We stopped for coffee afterward, fixed up some eggs and yogurt and lazed around til the afternoon. Since I didn’t get to see my Mom on Mother’s day, we’re planning on celebrating Tuesday evening.

Some scenes from the week/weekend:

Beautiful downtown on a Sunday morning.

Post run and sweaty – ready for some cah-faayy.

My friend Emily (on the left) just came home from a farming internship in Ireland! I grilled her about her trip and it sounded incredible.

Surf and turf for dinner with Joel. We watched the movie “Hurricane” – so good (both the food and movie!)

I know awhile back I did a post about alcohol and my lifting routine, how I assumed or thought that it really wasn’t affecting my progress, but I can definitely speak differently now. Although I still go out occasionally for a drink or two, I find that if I throw back anymore than that, I am just totally out of commission and zombie-fied for the next day. Ever since I’ve dramatically cut back on my late nights out on the weekends and alcohol consumption, I’ve noticed that my workouts have been more fulfilling and my gains have been better. I think I used to feel as if I had to justify living a “healthy” lifestyle and indulging at the same time, but not anymore. Being committed to be truly healthy and being able to lift is more important to me now. Being able to wake up on Sunday morning and have an awesome workout after a night out Saturday was something I would not have been able to accomplish had I had more than one drink. I do realize that this is all a big “DUH,” but I wanted to share with you all anyway, if you had read that post previously, I am completely contradicting myself right now and that’s exactly what I need to do.

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend and a beautiful Mother’s day!

Peace and love!

Meg

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Good morning friends! Happy Saturday! It’s absolutely beautiful today here – just wanted to pop in and say hello and talk to ya’ll before I enjoy the day.

There is something I’d like to briefly discuss and be open and honest with my readers about today. It might be totally TMI, but welcome to my life. I haven’t gotten my period in 2 months and I’m still waiting on it this month. Not that I was BFF with my period, and I definitely don’t mind not spending an absurd amount on pretty colored tampons, but it is something that I would like to have back. There’s been a few other problems as well, but they’ve been worked out through doctor visits and aren’t really an issue anymore. I’ve been on the pill for about 7-8 years now and I know that they can definitely cause hormonal imbalances and issues of the sort, but to be completely honest, I really think I could use some more body fat. Stemming back to several years ago when I had issues with my body and lost a substantial amount of weight to the point where I was extremely thin and unhealthy, I have realized that now I’m fully able to recognize when I’m maybe not fueling myself with enough calories (not on purpose – life’s just really busy.) This is huge for me, because it reassures me how aware I am of my body. I’m putting this situation in God’s hands and letting him guide me – I know what I need to do and I’m going to get back to my sweet spot. I’m holding myself fully accountable for gaining a few pounds of body fat and seeing what happens. This means cutting back on my runs and focusing on solely lifting like I used to. Sure, I’ll run a few times a week and/or bike, but I need to consciously remember to just clock in more food that day, even if it means stuffing my face before I go to sleep (which is usually what I’ve had to resort to.) I don’t want this to interfere with my life anymore than it has to, so here’s to heavy midnight snacks and living otherwise normally Epic farts will ensue I’m sure.

Watch yourself.

I really have loved running lately, but I need to find more of a balance with it before delving into it any deeper. My job has me on my feet all day as well, which also factors in.

Phew, just had to share – can any of you relate?

Just to clarify – I am at a healthy state of mind and a healthy weight, but my body fat percentage could probably use some love. This is a total self-diagnosis for me, but I have been to the doctor and she agrees that it may have something to do with my situation. Also, this eggo is not preggo.

It has been really a blessing to experience life lately and I’m super happy that summer is well on it’s way. I actually finally bought a bike! A few years ago my Dad ran over my bike (accidently) and ever since I hadn’t been riding at all. The first few rides back on a bike were quite the experience.

Moving on! Life lately… on Wednesday, Joel surprised me with a trip to New York City!

He took me to Babycakes – it was awesome. I can recommend the mint icing filled chocolate chip cookie and the spicy cornbread

We walked around the city for the entire day and saw Newsies on Broadway that evening. The night before, Joel was dead set on watching Newsies, when we arrived in Times Square and I saw an advertisement for Newsies on Broadway, I knew why. Sneaky, sneaky. I’m a pretty darn lucky chick I’d say.