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Do You Peloton? Can Is Who You Are

The peloton hype. At least there deserves to be a hype…

Working out has always been an escape for me. It makes me feel good and inspires me to do more than I thought I ever could. Sure it can be quite difficult actually getting the motivation to workout, but once you are there in the moment doing it. You feel on top of the world. At least that is how I feel.

In 2021, my husband and I decided to take the leap and invest in the Peloton bike. We wanted something that would keep us motivated and help us enjoy working out. Peloton has been all of that and more. At first, it was scary. That bike was intimidating AF and some days, I definitely avoided it. Because I didn’t want to feel pain.

Later on in 2021 after we had our bike for a few months. I made a pact with myself that I would get up every morning before I had to get ready for work. The workouts were 20 to 30 minutes long, so really there were no excuses. Except for getting out of bed every morning. At 4 a.m.. When I made my pact, so did my husband…. but I ended up sticking with it and he just kept sleeping.

I made it to July 2022, when I found out I was pregnant. I was getting really tired and could barely get out of bed in the morning for work. Let alone a workout that nearly killed me every time I did it. I would try to do a work out every now and then, but it eventually go to be too much. So I stopped but couldn’t wait to feel good again.

Everyone knows the rule of waiting 6 weeks to do any activity after birth. But I couldn’t wait. We have the tread and the bike. With the tread, you can do walks and hikes. So I was back on that thing 3 weeks postpartum walking. I had never felt so good. That feeling was incredible. I felt like myself for the first time in months.

Fast forward to now, as much as I don’t want to. I set a new goal for myself at the beginning of 2024 to work out whenever I have the time. It helps even more when my husband works out with me. It adds a little bit of inspiration and makes it feel as though I am not doing it alone.

Now that I am 9 almost 10 months postpartum, with a baby that sleeps through the night with no problems. I really have no excuses. Even if I try to get up at 6 am, she takes naps during the day so I am able to throw on some workout gear and get out there.

With that, I want to encourage you to work out. No matter how long or short it is. At least you did something that day to move your body. Which is the greatest accomplishment some days. If you have a peloton, give me a follow. You can find me at CatlikeReflexes (which is not true in the slightest). If you are on the edge of buying a peloton, I highly recommend it. The instructors are fabulous and the workouts are amazing.

If you want to start your journey of better health and wellness. As well as just feeling good about yourself. Click on my Amazon link here to purchase your bike…. you can do hard things.

 

There Is No Right Time

Finding out if you are pregnant or not can be daunting. Whether you are trying to conceive or if you are just wanting a baby but not sure when the right time will be. So you are just going through life with the “if it happens, it happens” mentality. From personal experience, it seems as though leaving it up to fate is the easiest way to do it….

It was August 17th. I was 3 days late for my period, but I still wanted to give it time. I know… 3 days?!? You’ve got to be pregnant. But after the first day, I thought to myself that maybe it’s just a coincidence. I’ll see if it comes tomorrow. Tomorrow comes and goes. Still nothing. So day 3 with no period arrives and I’m feeling a little nauseous. Didn’t really want to eat anything all day.

The end of my work day comes and I had made the decision that I am going to take a pregnancy test just to see if I’m pregnant. What are the odds its positive, right? I know I am in my late 20s and I have been with my then boyfriend for 6 years. But for some reason buying a pregnancy test still felt wrong. I ran in and out of Target with my pregnancy tests in less than 5 minutes. I was so afraid someone would see me doing something suspicious.

I was driving home and started to feel nauseous from what I had eaten, but again. What are the chances??? I drove home, and was going to wait to take the tests in the morning. But I was already 3 days late. It would show up if I’m pregnant. I’m home alone when I take the tests. After I take them, I flip them over so I can’t see what lies ahead in my future.

3 minutes pass and it’s time. I flip them over and shock washes over me. I am shaking. I am crying. I can’t believe my eyes. I am going to be a mom.

My boyfriend is gone, but it’s late so I don’t have time to go out and prepare something cute to tell him we’re pregnant. So I just set the tests on his night stand and let him find them. When he gets home, I’m in bed scrolling my phone. He walks in the room and immediately looks at his nightstand and says, “what’s that?”. He looks at the tests and he is the most excited I have ever seen him.

He always wanted to be a dad and he always joked if I felt off, he would say, “you’re pregnant”. But this time, it wasn’t a joke. It was actually true. He jumped for joy. Took pictures with the test. Talked to the growing baby in my belly. He couldn’t wait. Then I texted my best friend with a picture of my tests….

The message back still boggles my mind. She was pregnant too. And tested the exact same time I did. I think God planned it that way. So we could go through it together and have each other through the difficult times as well as the joys of pregnancy.

So after that, there were only 2 people in this whole world that knew our very special secret. We couldn’t wait to share it with the rest of the world. You’ll get to read that experience at a different time. I will say this though. Those tik tok videos you see of the women finding out they are pregnant, that feeling is indescribable. Sometimes, I miss it. I can’t wait to experience it again when have our 2nd baby. Call me crazy, but I would do it tomorrow if the opportunity presented itself. Does the scariness of it all ever go away? I’m not sure, but does the lifetime of joy stop? No.

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