What I love the most about being a health and fitness coach isn’t what you think. The majority of my clients are expecting moms, new moms, or moms with young children. While I love helping them lose weight and get their confidence back, the most gratifying part of helping them is the support I can provide to them along the way, easing their anxieties and letting them know they are not alone.

I started my journey with health and fitness about 12 weeks postpartum with my first child. Like all new moms I was on a high from all the joys of expecting- finding out I was pregnant, hearing the babies heartbeat for the first time, watching him squirm around on the sonogram screen, feeling his tiny little feet kick me as he reminded me of this little gift I was given. Then the day came that I had been waiting for my whole life- I was finally able to hold my baby in my arms. Life was perfect. But then why did I feel so crappy?

Everyone talks about all the highs of being a new mom, but no one talks about the possible lows. Sure they tell you being a new mom isn’t easy, but they are referring to the sleepless nights, the countless diaper changes, and the tiny new precious life solely dependent on you for survival. But that was the easy part! Motherhood came naturally to me. I love my son more than anything. Holding him in my arms, staring at his beautiful face and having him look back at me and smile (or maybe it was gas!) was the best feeling in the world. But again, why did I feel so crappy? I wasn’t having a hard time adjusting to a new baby at home, I was having a hard time adjusting to the new me. I had a new body that I wasn’t used to, breastfeeding was much harder than I thought it would be, and I had no desire to get out of my robe and go back into society. I wish I knew at the time that I wasn’t alone, that it wasn’t just me, and that it was perfectly normal. I also wish I knew how to recognize it at the time and how to pull myself out of it. Thankfully, I had a great support system at home between my now husband, my parents, and my amazing friends. But even with their love and support I was in a funk that only I could bring myself out of. In my next couple of blog posts I will share with you the hurdles I faced as a new mom and how I got myself over them. Stay tuned.