The short answer is YES! You can probably get fit like the God of Thunder doing the workouts in the CENTR app but you might be a little hungry. Before I get into all of my thoughts, let’s start with some background. CENTR was founded by Chris Hemsworth in 2019. It was inspired by Chris’…
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Why Cardio is Essential for Moms
I know you’ve probably watched hundreds of instagram reels, Youtube videos, swipe videos, and ad breaks touting how you don’t need cardio, cardio is making you fat, and cardio is ruining your gains. Allow me to present the argument that not only is doing cardiovascular activity important but cardio is ESSENTIAL for Moms. That’s right…
9 Ways for Mom to Get a Better Night’s Sleep
I don’t know about you but everything deteriorates when I don’t sleep well. I know there are some unicorns out there (like my husband and my son apparently) who don’t need a ton of sleep and wake up energized and ready to take on the day. But I truly need 8 hours of sleep (preferably…
Fitness App Comparison: iFit vs Peloton
It’s that time of year again when everyone wants to try to get in shape. There are so many fitness apps out now! I mean you long time readers know because I’ve reviewed a lot of them! This app review is going to be a little different because it involves DIYing a Peloton experience with…
Five Ways You’re Already Close to Keeping Your New Year’s Resolutions
At the close of every year we all start thinking about all the things we wish we did, we could do, or want to do. We resolve to do these things in the New Year. Inevitably we give up on our resolutions. Some of us within days of making them, some of us hold strong…
It’s Your Body: My Experience Using Cytotec to Complete a Miscarriage
*TRIGGER WARNING* The following is a discussion of pregnancy loss and complications. In a perfect world we’d never have to discuss the possibility of miscarriage or the need for medical interventions to complete miscarriages. But we live in a fallen world and positive pregnancy tests don’t always result in bouncing babies. Between 15-25% of pregnancies…
Do You Really Need All Those Supplements? What I Currently Take
Have you ever really looked at the supplement facts on the back of your favorite supplements? I never really used to focus on the dosage of individual nutrients in supplements until I got thyroid dysfunction. Then I started looking at the back of all the things I was taking, and I had questions. Like why…
Fitness Update: How I Lost 10lbs This Summer While Enjoying Myself
Now that I have finished the foundation portion of the WONDR Health program I’m ready to tell you all what I did, what I’ve learned, and how my body feels. But first for those who may have missed it let me catch you up on how I got here. Last summer after losing almost 20lbs…
Fitness App Review: Move Your Bump
Did you know that most babies are conceived in late fall/early winter? That means that this review couldn’t come at a better time as Fall is just around the corner and we’re all looking forward to lower temps and much more snuggling. Before I get into this fitness app review, I wanted to give full…
The Importance of Rest and Other Things my Thyroid Said
I have been struggling with what to talk about this month as you probably noticed from the lack of posts. Originally, I was going to write about mental health during the pandemic but then I realized that I did not want to give this pandemic any more energy, so I scrapped it. Instead I want…