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Health Matters, YOU MATTER🤗😘♥️😊!!!!!

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      Health Matters, YOU MATTER!!!!! Health is wealth!!!! That’s how the saying goes but for busy moms, it’s a must! I can’t tell you how many times I have heard friends of mine tell that they would like to focus on getting their health and fitness in check but between the kids, after school activities, work, and etc; they just can’t find the time or the will to begin. THE “WHY”:   As a child, I saw my own mother succumb to this thinking at times. See I am the oldest of my mother’s 7 children,  I witnessed my mother dismiss her health on plenty occasions and I did not like it! I’d see her miss meals or skip doctors appointments on account of maintaining the household/mommy duties/wife duties.  Now as a mother of 2 school aged children, I can understand how you can just forget yourself. At age 24 I had my son in November 2009, and as a college student; between studies I had time to workout because I wasn’t working. My snap back from him was pretty easy f...

Introduction to Diary of a Sweaty Mom : Who?! Why Are You Here?!!

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Introduction to Diary of a Sweaty Mom : Who?! Why Are You Here?!!       Allow me to introduce myself, I am THEE sweaty mom that this blog is about, Stacey Nicole!!!  I am a busy mom of 2, fitness enthusiast, and future accountability partner/coach. I love, love, love to be able to maneuver my body in new ways while building my stamina, eating well, and losing weight.  I like being able to play with my kids without losing my breath, or worrying about my knee/back pain. Being a mom, working full-time in the healthcare industry, maintaining the home and my relationship; leaves me without much time for myself but I make it happen. I have no choice! I've learned that if I don't make time for myself, then who the hell will?!         Now, I haven't always been a fitness enthusiast; nah, not at all!  Growing up in St. Louis, MO, I was always the "thick" girl in the group since as long as I can remember. I've always been the "bigger" k...