Did Something Change With Your Figure?

I made my husband stand in the corner to take this pic :) I am making some black beans on the stove, and he is making some tacos for lunch.  I just got back from taking a Yoga class with my amazing teacher and feel absolutely amazing.  My baby is 16 months, and I am doing various things to get back to me, lets say even better than before baby body.  So today a woman in the class that goes all the time asks me "Did something change with your figure?"  I was telling her that I am done having kids and am working on getting back in shape, and as I was walking away I was thinking that is quite a nice way to ask:

Are you Fat?
Are you Pregnant?
You look different!

We are all so busy with our lives, we cannot all keep track who had a baby when, how old anyone is, so people are always looking, especially since I am a Yoga teacher, in the Fitness, Nutrition, and Health industry, I am a walking example.

My goal is to be a real, natural, it takes time but I will get there, I have not slept in 5 years, my oldest is turning 5 in a month, and I have two more after him, there are stresses in family life, all of this affects our metabolism, energy, and our favorite one GENES that don't let us fit in our JEANS.

Luckily my body type proportions everything out, so I do not have one area that is larger, but then of course there is the belly, which I do not like to wear bulky clothes, and even before I got pregnant, I always had a firm but little belly, that I love :)  So I hear different things all the time, yesterday someone told me my face got thinner, and after not seeing me in a while told me my belly went down.  Unfortunately for me during the special time of the month and even before it begins my belly decides to get real comfortable and expand. We are all so different, and what I know is that I feel great, enough energy to make it through my day, work, take care of me, take care of my kids, husband, and home.  That is the goal, and day by day I will do things that are a treat, and once my kids go to school, I am ready to have a regular, scheduled workout plan. Really that is what it boils down to, having a plan, what are you eating?  are you exercising or at least being active? Is there balance between work and play?  Are you drinking enough water? Are you getting enough sleep?

Everything works and nothing works, and we all have to figure out at every stage of our life what works for us in the moment.  My weight has not budged, but my body fat is lower, my inches have gone down, and I am turning 41 in October, everything takes more work, and with small children, work, and life, or whatever anyone has going on, its all about priorities.  This year my focus is my health, fitness, and my business, the kids will be happy and learning in school, my husband and I will take turns having fun with the baby, those things go without saying, but my focus is ME.

It's not selfish, It's SELF CARE,
Shabbat Shalom,
Coach Yulia