For me, 2015 has become “The Year of Fitness.” I didn’t go into January with that resolution per se, but after a year with Fit4Mom being a Stroller Strides regular I did a session of Body Back early this year. My Fit4Mom franchise offers Stroller Strides, Stroller Barre and Body Back. Read more here. Now I work as a Stroller Strides instructor! Catch all that? It has been really fun. I love my new job coaching some awesome moms with their cute babies

This fall when I wasn’t teaching Stroller Strides I was taking another session of Body Back. That’s a moms-only boot camp style HIIT class focused on changing moms’ health and fitness. I blogged my first Body Back journey here.

Let me say I don’t think I have ever, ever, EVER put a picture of myself in a sports bra and spandex pants on the Internet. The closest I have ever come to that is an old pic from our honeymoon that I put on Instagram one time reminiscing about our trip to Costa Rica. I was on the beach in a bikini. But this? Well, Instagram “models” do it. I can reveal my midriff online. Yeah, but their midriff’s haven’t housed two babies.

The thing I hate the most is seeing the first picture. Ooph! Then I try to show myself a little grace. In the first shot I had just stopped nursing a month or two before and my midsection screams “A Second Baby Was Here!” I also did not put any makeup on and did not photoshop these except to add the graphics, obviously. I just want to show you the results of Fit4Mom for what they are.

Please know, I did all this without supplements, shakes or crazy diets. (Not knocking the shakes. I know there are lots of people who love the shake thing and get really healthy from those. That’s cool.) This was all hard workouts and eating well. Make no mistake, though. I did not deprive myself. I had a cupcake and pizza at my kids’ birthday party. I went out with my husband. Life was good. I just worked on eating well the rest of the time. I lived by the “if you bite it write it” mantra and kept a food journal on My Fitness Pal, did HIIT workouts with Body Back and taught Stroller Strides.

So, there you go. I feel great. I love how many push-ups I can do. I love my stamina. I still hate running for the most part, but I do it anyway. I just feel like this is a time in my life when I can do great things for myself and my family and I want to take advantage of that. I just hope I can inspire someone to do the same. Let me know what you’re up to with workouts post-baby. Consider Fit4Mom. I think it’s amazing. Let me know if you have questions.