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I'm back! Or at least I hope so. The wedding in September was a smach, everything turned out amazing and I had the time of my life! So ok, the wedding came and went and a few weeks later I started feeling like shit honestly. Was always tiered, couldn't sleep properly and got more and more sensitive around certrain smells and stuff. And then came the puking. So yeah....turns out we didn't even spend a week as proper man and wife until shit got super real. XD I'm preggers! YAY! ... ... I think.... To be totally honest it scares the living crap out of me. How the hell am I supposed to take care of a baby when I can hardly take care of myself?! Ohwell, time will tell I guess. But to the POINT! I'm still obese. And I know that being obese is a whole other lvl of shitstorm to add to the normal crap of being preggers. So now that I have stopped puking my gutts out every morning I was planning on getting my shit together and getting my groove back on. I have an appointment with the midwife tomorrow and then we'll take all the measurements. Not fun. But it is what it is. But now I need to figure out what kind of stuff I can do when it comes to eating and moving around with a baby on board without messing everything up. I'm happy for all ideas and input!

I like to think I'm pretty media literate. I understand when advertising/popular media is trying to shame me into buying a product or buy into a certain lifestyle. So as a result I have a love/hate relationship with fitspiration. For those of you who don't know, fitspiration is pictures or images of sayings that help motivate people to complete their workouts or eat better. I love it because sometimes it can be really help push me or remind me why I'm becoming more fit in the first place. So when I was reading my regular blogs online today I was so happy to stumble onto this: Thank God someone else feels the same way I'm all for positive fitspiration like this... There's some stuff circulating out there that makes me feel downright nauseous thinking my niece could be developing her body image based off of this. I'm not saying I don't agree with the sentiment on her t-shirt. Being strong and capable should be the extolled and that's one I want my niece to learn. I don't want her to learn that being thin AND strong is the new standard. I want her to know that objectification of a woman's body by just presenting her as parts instead of a whole person is wrong and she doesn't need to have a low enough body fat percentage to show muscle. She should also know that objectifying guys in the same manner is just as toxic and unnecessary. Motivation is necessary and awesome. It helps you get to your goals and can be a fun way of connecting with people. But are the motivational tools you're using healthy? Do they make you feel bad about yourself? Are the images that are portrayed obtainable goals or are they shining examples of the ability of Photoshop, lighting and makeup to create amazing images? Self acceptance and positive self esteem are important in creating lasting lifelong healthy habits. What do you think Rebels? What images do you use to keep you going and what ones made you cringe?