“A gem cannot be polished without friction; nor a person without trials.” -Seneca Seneca was a philosopher from Rome, born 4 years before Jesus. If Seneca is right, I am going to be a sparkling diamond by the time we get through this phase of life. We've been on the trial train since Theo's been born. Hopped off for a snack break here and there but otherwise chuggin right along. We've been slammed left, right, upside down with these trials that just seem to keep coming. Lucia

It dawned on me the other day that I have a 7 month old baby. I don't now how he is already 7 months old, I think I had him only a few months ago. But here he is, 7 months old, and here I am, 7 months postpartum, feeling like 1 month postpartum. In all the ways, energy, brain fog, and of course, weight. So of course my brain starts catastrophizing the situation : You are 7 months postpartum and have barely touched the weight loss, you are going to forever be a frumpy mom who

Lucia's experience with disordered eating Because for 10 years, I truly believed all I needed to be happy was to lose weight. Once I got to my goal weight, life would be wonderful, I would start eating like a normal person and stop obsessing over food. When I saw that magic number on the scale, life would be fantastic. I had an elaborate fantasy of life at goal weight. It was the place to be. The thing with disordered eating, is you are very afraid of food, but also obsessed

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