NewLizFitness

 Hello Fit Fam,      Welcome to the wonderfully random but maybe interesting thoughts of a stay at home fitness professional mom! That is my self proclaimed title!     In today's blog post I want to dive into a topic that is a little different from my fitness/stay at home mom life and talk about a book I am reading that I have found to be extremely eye opening and a little bit challenging to me. Long story short I have been attempting to do the 75Hard Challenge (thank you Andy) with some success but also a lot of failure! This has led me to start reading which I NEVER do. That is probably why if you are reading my website or my blog posts you have already found a ton of grammatical errors. I accept my faults and live with them. That is beside the point of todays blog post. What I wanted to talk about is saying yes and saying no.       I recently had a big life change about 7 months ago where I had to say yes to an amazing opportunity but...

 Hello Fit Fam, Today I am writing about my stay at home parent journey. I have been a stay at home parent since November of 2021. I honestly never thought this would be my path in life. I always knew I wanted to get married and have kids some day but I assumed I would be a working parent, like both of my parents were. That is not to say I do not put value in a stay at home parent, I just never thought it would be me. I have come to appreciate the hard work and tireless effort it takes to be a stay at home parent. Here are some insights I have gained since becoming one! 1. You can no longer be selfish! Let's be honest, we are all a little selfish when it comes to our time, money and sleep, oh and food (but thats a later point)! I did not realize how selfish I was as a person until I had a child. They take 99% of your time, probably around 50-80% of your money, and just about all of your sleep. I would not trade any of my time, money or sleep for the amazing experience it has been t...