Have you ever looked back on your life and realized that the events in your life have brought you to this point in your life? Or maybe you look back constantly and have trouble moving forward. Maybe you have some resentment with someone or maybe even yourself for actions that affected you.

Either way you view your past we all know that our past is a part of us good or bad. And we have absolutely no power to change what has already happened.

Personally, some of the tougher parts of my life were when

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I’m turning the big 3-0 on the 11th of this month. Turning 30 is kind of a big deal! At first, I was nervous and kind of dreading it, but then I realized how much I’ve grown and progressed in the last 3 decades and I can say I’ve never been happier and felt more fulfilled in my life. The last couple of weeks I’ve been really thinking back on the last 30 years, and in honor of my big day I decided to share 30 things that I’ve learned in the last 30 years:

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There are some women that have babies and a week later they are back to their pre-baby weight. Unfortunately, I wasn’t one of those moms…not with the first, second, or third pregnancy. After each pregnancy, it got harder and harder. When Dustin and I found out we were having twins I just felt like that there was no possible way I would ever get back to looking like the “old” me. The thought of me wearing a bikini again had been long gone and I kissed those days goodbye. I was a mom. This was my purpose and my body had taken the biggest toll from having 4 babies in less than 4 years.

It wasn’t until last year when I slept trained the twins that I caught a glimpse of feeling “normal” again. I was able to sleep in my bed for a full night instead of sleeping in the twin’s room on the floor. With that, I began to work out. I’m pretty sure I worked out for maybe 15 days or so before I stopped. I could make excuses all day about why I stopped (i.e. time, tired, etc.) It was easier to just not do it. To not have to think about what I was eating or when I was going to work out. Because heck I had 4 kids…that was a good excuse to me!CONTINUE READING