Author: melodiealexander

My 12 week journey post baby has been overall a great reflection, a few bumps, lots of happy moments, frustrations, and more.

In 12 weeks I’ve used my journal, my supplements, my goals I want to achieve, my husband(trainer 🤪) all as motivation to keep me on track.

I’ve realized no journey is perfect, I am very far from perfect but I’m doing my best to be what I want to be! I bought myself a coffee cup as soon as I saw it because it hits a lot of feels in my life. “Don’t let anyone ever dull your sparkle!” And I’ve lived by that quote after making changes in life for the better!

Body and mind go hand in hand. I don’t deprive myself, trust me. Do I choose not to eat after 6, 7 or 8pm daily? Yes. Do I choose to wake up early three days a week to get in a workout before my kids wake up. Yes. Does it make me a better mom? Yes. So, I’m winning. Do I take 2-3 rest days a week either doing no workout or 20 minutes of yoga? Yes. That in itself has made me so much more appreciative of what your body is capable of doing! I have been told I’m crazy for running a marathon 5 months post baby, but I’m training for it, I will be ready and I listen to my body. I ran 10 miles last week very effortlessly and woke up with no soreness!

Another reflection, at the end of the day, it’s our choice, whether we want to lose weight, gain muscle, fit in those favorite pants, sleep better. You can get guidance from people, but at the end of the day, you are in control of your success. No one makes you eat the extra food, or miss your workout, or stay on your phone or watch tv too late in the evening. Make the right choices to ensure you have success!

Two days away from my 30th birthday and I’m feeling fabulous! I’m at pre baby weight, but besides that, I feel absolutely amazing in my skin! Confidence doesn’t always come from the number on the scale, it takes work and time to get to where you want and the way I look at it, is I still have a long journey left and I’m excited to see what else my body is capable of! I’m just happy with my 12 week post partum results!

Down 36 pounds

Inches: down 10 inches total

February 4, 2019 to May 4, 2019

Bring it on, 30!

Happy and healthy!

As always, keep shooting for your goals! If you need any guidance, don’t hesitate to reach out!

My daily text on Tuesday said, “errands, meal prep, Netflix. Life=lots of moving parts, Melodie—but you can keep it from toppling. Today, try a Jenga day.

Tuesday was a series of Jenga moments.

Kenzie demanded the same socks she wore Monday so that turned into me making a mental note that I need to go to Target and get her the same pack of socks because for some reason most of the socks she likes are MIA! But they didn’t have the same ones so I got something similar and guess what? “I don’t like them!” 🤦🏼‍♀️

We got to leave a little later because Mallorie had kindergarten screening but when we showed up, they said, “that’s next week..” Oops! Mallorie looked at me and said, “mom are you ok?”

“Yes, Mallie, I’m ok, just can’t believe I got the date wrong!”

She cutely says, “you have to admit though mom, it is kind of funny!” And she made me smile, because yes, it is funny and it’s better than being a week late!

I’ve been feeling really great lately with my nutrition, running and I stepped up my workouts last week on Wednesdays and Fridays, doing two workouts, one cardio HIIT workout and then weights at the Y. Travis has tried to get me in for a training session one of the days and that’s worked out so that’s been nice too! Last week my legs were sore for like three days. Love those types of workouts!

The rest of the week has been good! We had a couple nice days and we got to enjoy some outside time.

I’ve been intermittent fasting between 12-18 hours. My milk supply is even more plentiful and I’m pumping about 10 extra ounces a day! I’m basically eating all my calories between 10:30-11am to 6 or 7pm!

Tucker is doing well! And the girls are both doing well. We have our weekly routine and shake up the weekends! Overall, being a family of 5 plus two beagles and a turtle has been very busy and it keeps us on our toes!

Yesterday, neither Makenzie or Tucker would fall asleep so I loaded them up in the car and within 5 minutes both of them were out, just what I needed after all the crying and whining 😂 so I enjoyed myself a can of unicorn slam while aimlessly driving around!

I’m approaching my 12 week mark of my postpartum journey! I’m excited to share more results with you.

Need some encouragement, let me guide you! Message me on social media or send me an email melodiemariealexander@gmail.com

Have a fabulous Friday!

Never have I been okay with not working out every day when I was able to. Of course after I had the kids, I didn’t workout until I was cleared. But my focus was always you need to burn this amount of calories or else. Now, I plan my weeks. I focus on what I can control but don’t stress out like I used to and I have noticed big differences in my mental state for the better. My goal is four days a week now, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday and Saturday is my bonus day depending on what we’re doing that weekend. I used to stress so much and realized I over worked my body. Rest days are just as important as workout days. Things I can control; proper nutrition and that’s my focus on my off days.

Parenting has probably been my biggest challenge mentally and I know it’s always going to be. I try so hard to get the girls set the night before to get Mallorie to school but we still manage to take an hour to get out of the house. 😂 Makenzie honestly does not care if I say anything a million and one times, she changes her mind on dresses at least 3 times, socks are a daily struggle and her shoe options are too. Sometimes she even lays in the bed snuggled up and says, “ I can’t go, I’m too tired” yes, she’s cute but “we go to go!” And I know in time this will pass!

I don’t struggle with Mallorie on getting ready, she’s really great. She is just so sweet when she can tell I’m bothered by something.

I’ve been purging, throwing stuff out, giving stuff away and just organizing. Spring cleaning in full force here, I wouldn’t mind having a nice spring but let’s be honest, there’s snow in the forecast! 🤣

Goals wise, I’m plugging along with my fitness goals. I lost 6 pounds in March and 4 inches. I shared my month pictures below! Goals for April include about 8 pounds, more inches, of course! I have a “look goal” for my 30th Birthday, which is May 9! Stay tuned! 😉

Still doing two packs of ketones daily, I’m totally amazed at how those are shaping my mid section. I’m also doing the happy coffee daily and that has made a difference too, along with mostly clean eating, with the moderation approach.

Also, if you didn’t see my video, a dog jumped on my back when I was on the final hill of my run, I was about to share some motivational words, I think! 😂 I’m lucky it was a chocolate lab and not a wild animal! Click here for the video!

I’m eager to continue helping people reach goals. Accountability is a wonderful thing! We all start somewhere, right?

Happy Wednesday, friends!

It’s a new month and what better way to kick off hopefully warmer weather than joining the thousands of people and reset your metabolism by doing the Keto Reboot!

The Keto Reboot is a 60 hour system that clears out the mess, removes your bloat, resets that fat burning metabolism & leaves you feeling fabulous. Last month, one of my participants lost 6.5 inches off his waist, 2 inches off his hips and 7 pounds, another participant lost 3 inches off his waist, 2 inches off his hips and 8.5 pounds, and another lost 3 pounds!

More benefits include:
*Controls Cravings
*Protects Lean Muscle Mass
*Maximize Energy
*Stay Accountable

The results are amazing, I’ve posted some result photos below for you to take a look at! And it’s not just about the results, it’s about the detoxing of your body, and the mental benefits are amazing as well.

THE REBOOT IS ON SALE NOW but sells out quick so if you’re ready to do it in this next round, LET ME KNOW or click the here to order! As always, any questions, send me an email at melodiemariealexander@gmail.com or message me on Facebook or Instagram.

THE REBOOT IS ON SALE NOW but sells out quick so if you’re ready to do it in this next round, LET ME KNOW or click the here to order! As always, any questions, send me an email at melodiemariealexander@gmail.com or message me on Facebook or Instagram.

It’s important for us to do the things that make your mental and physical health align. I’m speaking from my own experiences and I’m not by any means saying this is true for everyone.

It’s crucial for me to take time for myself but also making sure I’m doing the proper thing when I do take that time. I’m guilty of doing all the things, that sometimes don’t give me that “time for yourself feel” and clear mindset I need.

One of them for me is, cleaning. I don’t dislike cleaning, I actually do enjoy cleaning but I’ve quickly realized with three kids and especially in the newborn breastfeeding stage(not complaining because breastfeeding comes so natural and easy to me and I love every second) it has to be done so often with the way we like it clean so we decided to have someone come in and do cleaning once a week until it’s completely caught up deeply cleaned and then maintain it at every other week, and of course I’ll fill in the cracks! Like I said, I don’t mind doing it but for how long it takes I have so much more I can focus on: the kids, adventures, my stay at home work gigs, workouts, cooking, baking, laundry, the list goes on.

Also something we have noticed lately is that when just one of us is around, Mallorie and Makenzie act great but when we’re both around and talking, they’re much more wild. And no we’re not just sitting on our phones, we’re engaging in conversation together and with them but they’re just whining and demanding attention, most of the time for nothing, anyone else have kiddos that do this? It’s not always. But Wednesday night, they were doing it so I brought Tucker upstairs and it was like they instantly stopped and were hanging out, playing and talking to Travis normal. Who knows 😂 This too shall pass. And actually coming back to this today and updating from last night we had a family dinner(steaks on the grill with asparagus, yummy!!) and the girls were well behaved and very obedient all evening, maybe it’s the routine?

Also, Sunday’s have been a great day for me to run and get in my mindset for our week ahead. I ran six miles at a 9:40 pace last Sunday pretty effortlessly so that’s exciting. Right now, my focus is mileage, consistent workouts and then the faster runs will come.

I hope you all are having a great end to March. April is approaching already!!! I can’t even believe it. The fourth month of the year is here just like that! Looking forward to crushing more goals. How about you?

Choices. Life is full of them. Everyday you make choices. Tuesday, for some reason I was in a funk. I can’t explain it, I just was. I had a normal day but I was just not feeling 100%. Things seem to be going completely wrong with everything. I just couldn’t focus completely on things I wanted to do so I just took a step back and chilled on the couch and focused on the moment. I was so exhausted. I chose to not stress after I got over the fact that I just couldn’t deal!

So, I fell asleep shortly after Tucker went down which was just around 9:45 and the next thing I knew I woke up at 4 and he was still sleeping so I went back to sleep. I got pretty much a full 8 hours of sleep(which was amazing!)Yesterday morning went pretty well, Makenzie is a challenge most mornings and I just embrace that now. It’s her, she’s going to work through her drama and I’ll guide her along the way.

Yesterday, was workout day. I had my eyelashes filled in morning after I dropped the girls off at preschool/daycare and Tucker spent some time with his “Gam” (Travis’ mom)

When I got back he was sleeping so I put workout shoes on and already had workout clothes on from this morning and got my workout done, showered and ready to go for the day and he was such a good boy and slept the whole time. As I was doing my workout there were things that I assumed in my head that I couldn’t do; certain moves including a one handed burpee, so then I was like just try it! And what do you know?? I DID IT! In that moment, I reminded myself and thought of this for others, we’re so guilty of saying we CAN’T and we haven’t even tried it. Today, I challenge you to try something you haven’t! Whether it’s a workout move, a new food or taking time to do something for yourself.

My mantra for the rest of March, you do not know unless you try!!

For the past 10 days I did 2 Keto packets a day and I’m here to share my results. I lost 3 1/4 inches and 4 pounds. I ate my normal, mostly clean diet and I’ve posted picture results below. What have you got to lose?

A lot of people get conflicted when thinking about trying ketones because they think they have to be on the Keto diet. That is not the case, I am not strict Keto, I love myself a good beer and pizza every once in a while. Balance is key. (So excited for the release of O’beron (beer) on March 25, anyone else love O’beron?!)

Also, I’m still able to feed Tucker, and pump an extra 5-6oz per day!

Anyways, interested in trying a 10 day experience? Message me!!

Last week I had my postpartum checkup and I was looking forward to getting cleared back to normal activity. I reflected back on my pregnancy and how fortunate I was to be able to work out the whole way through, of course modified as time went on and I even ran my first marathon with baby #3 on board who happened to be our first boy!

So, I got cleared last Thursday. Last week, Tuesday I sent Travis a list of my goals, not only physically but my professional goals, my goals with the kids, life goals, date night goals, all goals. I like being held accountable as most of us see better results that way anyway. I sent him what I would do for workouts each week and what my focus was. As I reflect back on these past six weeks. I’m the person guilty of thinking I NEED to workout HARD seven days a week. So, what happened in the six weeks where I just walked, or did some squats, or some pushups but nothing incredibly strenuous. I realized, you don’t have to do it everyday. I also realized there’s days where I need to do crafts, projects, productive play with the kids and make that a major priority too. I’m often guilty of thinking my house is going to be tidy ALL THE TIME. I have three kids, life is busy, there’s going to be small things I can’t control and I’ve learned to be ok with that.

So, with all that. Today, was workout hard day, because I love a big sweat on Monday. Although, during my pregnancy and before I would say I have to do it first thing in the morning and that’s that. I wanted to do some organizing, throwing stuff out and I did that this morning to afternoon. Tucker was sleeping when I finished and in my mind, I kept saying, now I’m going to have to wait until after he wakes up again and eats and I pick Mallorie up from school, I kept running scenarios in my head. Then I was like, put your workout clothes on, he’s still sleeping. So, I did, pushed play on the workout and he slept through my workout and I even had a couple minutes to spare! Makenzie did yell at me telling me I wasn’t allowed to workout for the first couple minutes but she got over it eventually and was even doing it with me but mostly playing with her new obsession, Barbie and Barbie house.

So, my words of advice today are: plan, set goals, do your best to get those workouts in, plan your meals, write it all down, hold yourself accountable or message me and I’ll hold you accountable! If it doesn’t happen because you absolutely can’t do it, don’t stress but don’t make excuses. Excuses are so easy to make, I almost talked myself right out of the best day to kick off releasing those endorphins! Happy Monday, friends! 💪🏼👏🏼💁🏼‍♀️

Some days are better than others. Some days I get to clean the whole house, enjoy my coffee warm, and get caught up on my “work.” Of course every day is spent playing with the kiddos, they’re my number one priority.

Other days are complete shit shows, meltdowns, bribery of a treat (to Makenzie) to come down the steps so we can get Mallorie to school on time. Getting her to get pants on, I won’t go on, a lot of you get it. The girl has a heart of gold but her world has been turned around and it’s taking some time to adjust. This too shall pass.

The newborn stage obviously is the most challenging as that is when they need you the most. I’m savoring every moment because as we know life passes by all too fast. Sometimes I have to remind myself of that.

Mallorie, our big girl, 5 years old! I’m proud of her. She takes on a big roll and she is so understanding, she gets it and she helps out. She has her moments, but I think we all did at her age and for the most part she is a great kid. We’ve never had ONE issue with her at school for behavior and that makes us very proud. All kids tend to push their limits when mom and dad are around, of course. On Friday, we took all three kids to a sit down dinner and they all behaved so well!

Me? I’m not in survival mode, I’m positive, I’m blessed, why be stressed? (I rhyme too!) 😂
Travis and I have a system, support system, where we support each other and sometimes we disagree on how we should respond to the behavior issues or he gives in a little too easily but we always resolve our issues and we mostly agree and it works, and as a family, we are beyond happy!

My four week measurements were down by a total of 8 inches, and a total weight loss of 23 pounds from my last weigh in before I had Tucker to yesterday. Looking forward to this months results. Do you have any goals you’re looking to reach? I’m hoping to lose 8-10 pounds this month and more inches, of course.

Travis and four other participants will be participating in the March Keto Reboot again from this Sunday evening to Wednesday morning. Looking forward to guiding my participants.

What I’m looking forward to the most, honestly is getting cleared for normal activity this week! I’m so ready for a real workout and to sweat!

I hope your week is off to a great start!