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Episode 16: How I Almost Ruined My Body with CoolSculpting

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🏁DO YOU GO TO ALL THE RACES???🏁 This is the #1 question I get asked as the wife of a guy who has sold his soul to NASCAR.
What they don’t understand is that the season is FORTY weekends and the races are all over the country. If I were to go to the track WITH him I’m likely to be there for around 13 hours. (Instead I get there like an hour before. Cuts the time in half.) He is working. He wants to give his attention but has a lot of shit to get done before/during/after a race.
Going to a race for me is sort of like getting to go down on the field for practice before an NFL game— but then having to watch the actual game from the tunnel. We can’t sit on the pit box (at least I can’t anymore because Jeff is on a team that actually wins so those seats are for sponsors). We really just spend the race trying to stay out of the way, watching the TV on the pit box and mildly swooning at the glimpses we get of our guys doing what they love.
I get a better view from my TV at home, without the awkward sunburn 🤷🏻‍♀️ Trust me, it’s not any less supportive.

I’m so grateful for the sport and especially the Joe Gibbs Racing family for the opportunities my husband has and for them always being so inclusive and kind to us wives. I’m so grateful for the other wives in the sport because there’s nothing like having other women who get it. And I’m excited that we are at the start of another season 🏁

But no, I don’t go to all the races and honestly, as much as I love him, I really don’t want to. #nascarwife #racingwife #nascarwifeproblems #rowdynation

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I remember when I couldn’t clean a 105# bar to save my life. I could do 95, but everything over that NOPE. One day I hit it in a little scaled competition I was doing with my hubs but when I tried it again in the gym? 👎🏼 I was frustrated and KNEW I had the strength to do it- but I hadn’t really nailed the technique. I think we do that a lot in life. Somewhere in our hearts we know we are capable of reaching our goals but we don’t really know how. We get frustrated when we suck at something new (as though we were the only ones)! A lot of us give up. But some of us keep failing and keep sucking at it until we are forced to get better.

The other day I was in the gym and there happened to be 105# on my bar. I cleaned it without thinking and tossed it on the rack.
The thing I had once struggled SO hard with, I can now just casually do it with ease. Funny how that works. *Note to insta-coaches: this photo is not a direct translation and I’m aware this is only 85 on the bar 💁🏻‍♀️ .
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No, we don’t NEED a day to remind us to celebrate our love but I’m grateful for every opportunity to do so- “Hallmark” or otherwise.
I love that we were both a little broken when we met because I think it lit a spark inside us, not only to want to be better for each other, but also for ourselves. I can’t even believe how far we’ve come sometimes and I’m so proud of us.
Because of you, I know what it means to truly be meant for someone. You have shown me the kind of love I could only dream existed before you came along and shattered the idea I had about myself that I was unlovable. You are the strongest, kindest, most accepting human I’ve ever met and I pinch myself every day that I get to do life with you. Thank you for being you and for loving me. Happy Valentine’s Day my love💘

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Excitement level: 10 — Apparently this is what it looks like when your job lights you up ✨ .
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So often we see a photo of ourselves where we looked “better” or were more fit and lament about “getting back to it.” Eff that.
Travel, memories, the flu, the holidays & winter blues separate these two pics.
The second pic is a bit softer all over in general. The first pic my legs were more muscular, stomach was tighter. I felt GREAT. And today, well I feel better mentally than I have the last few years at this time so I’m considering that a win.

I don’t care to go “back” to the first picture because I understand there is ebb & flow when it comes to my fitness. I know that when the weather heats up I’ll be back on my jam, feeling good and might even get sort of strong again 😅
Cut yourself a break you guys. You haven’t “lost progress.” You’re living 💖
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IDENTITY + FITNESS
I’m seeing a sort of trend of women who in the eyes of Instagram have been mainly “fitness people.” We built our identity around this one, amazing facet of our life and showed up repeatedly in the space we created. Then, as we started to settle in, we felt like we could ONLY talk about fitness on here. Our other posts would get less likes and we were left feeling unworthy as a whole person. So we kept going until one day we woke up and were like NOPE.

I am a whole person. Fitness has given me some of the most amazing gifts, friendships and opened beautiful doors for me. But I’m more than the state of my physique. I’m more than how much weight I can or cannot lift.
I don’t really post much fitness anymore because I took a hard left with expressing myself. I started to shield that part of me and maybe many of you lost interest because of it. And that’s okay.

I’m hoping this year I can become more open and start sharing the fitness & nutrition stuff again because it’s still a big, important part of my life. It’s just not everything 💖
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Unbothered AF about how other people think women should dress for their age, profession or marital status 💁🏻‍♀️ Or if having muscles makes you look manly 🙄 I fought a damn war against myself for decades. This is what peace looks like 🖤
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Some friendly reminders:
You have the right to express your opinion— but that doesn’t always mean you should.

You have the ability to scroll past, change the channel, unfriend, unfollow, snooze, mute or even block anyone or anything that offends or annoys you.

Modesty empowers some, nudity empowers others. Your opinion of which is better doesn’t make you right.

You waste precious, precious energy and time arguing with people online. And complaining.

That is all 💁🏻‍♀️
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