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Archives for January 2021

Friday Faves!

Happy happy Friday!!! It’s been a while since I’ve done a Friday Faves post, so I’m ready to share a few things with y’all!

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First, I totally forgot about Shay from Mix and Match Mama’s Let’s Look linkup on Wednesday. While I posted about my WELLNESS goals this year, she was sharing her coffee bar. I didn’t start drinking coffee until I was 27 and I started with something sweet–a pumpkin spice latte!!! Now I can’t stomach drinking something so sweet.

This photo is from the fall. I use a Nespresso every morning and Dustin uses his Bunn coffee maker!

These days I wake up and drink my light roast Nespresso pod and I use 1-2 TBS of Chobani vanilla creamer. I try to drink only one cup a day, but sometimes I drink one in the morning and one in the afternoon. It’s such a treat!

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I got these IVL leggings for Christmas and I LOVE them! This is the 3rd pair I own and this color is definitely a favorite. I know it’s technically a cold weather color, but you’ll see me wearing these this summer, too haha!

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I have this JCrew sweater in a few different colors. It’s so soft and washes so well! It’s actually been pretty cold here lately so they’ve all been on a rotation. I’m also wearing my favorite lip stain! It really stays on all day. My favorite color is #13 and it can be worn every day–this red that I’m wearing is always fun for a pop of color.

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Need I say anymore?!?! I started watching this on December 27th and was finished by midnight the following night. SO GOOD!! I also read the book and didn’t think it was the best. I much preferred the things they changed in the show.

What Wellness Means to Me

I feel like I started hearing the term “wellness” during quarantine. I’d come across blog posts that talked about maintaining your wellness during that time, and those posts always targeted not just physical health (which is what I always think of when I think of wellness) but also emotional and mental health.

I have really struggled with my weight ever since going through IVF. When I had lost so much weight after college, I had trained myself to have self control and self discipline–which we all know is SO instrumental in losing weight. I eased off during IVF because I was having to restrict myself in so many other ways that I felt like it would be fine to have that cookie dough blizzard, right?!

Well, long story short–I feel like I’ve lost my self control when it comes to food. A cookie tastes so much better than a carrot 🙂

So this year I’ve decided to fully focus on WELLNESS in all aspects. I know that if I ate better all the time then my mental health would be a little better, too…..less stress over regretting what I ate. I also wanted to share with y’all my wellness goals for the year! I’m sure they may change as the year goes on.

2021 Wellness Goals:

  • track my food in my WW app – I’ve gotten terrible at that and can go days with only tracking one thing and consistency is key
  • make better food choices and celebrate those – I need to remember that my whole day isn’t ruined if I ate terrible at one meal (or even two!). Celebrating the good food/meal choices that I make will make it much easier to continue making better choices
  • no coffee in the afternoon – coffee in the afternoon makes it harder for me to go to sleep at night so I tend to stay up later resulting in less sleep
  • exercise 2x a week during school and 4x a week when we are on a break – exercise is a stress reliever for me and I know it’s keeping my heart healthy. It’s hard to workout more than twice a week during the school year unless it’s after 8pm. My goal is 2x a week at minimum
  • play outside with Harrison after school (when it isn’t freezing!) – Luckily for me, this one will be so doable because Harrison loves playing outside!
  • be nicer to myself – I’m sure we all focus on what we don’t like about ourselves, but I want to get better at making sure I think kind thoughts about my body

If you have any wellness goals for this year, what are they? How do you keep yourself accountable?