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“You Don’t Look Like What You’ve Been Through.”

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Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. I’m Nae, and there are a lot of things about me that people may not know about me. First, I

Jealousy Blog Series

JEALOUSY – 3 PART BLOG SERIES

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5 Ways to Burn Calories With a Baby January 18, 2021
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My Sincere Prayer for (Y)our Sons and Daughters December 15, 2020

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If you’re anything like me, a full time momma, e

If you’re anything like me, a full time momma, especially to a newborn, you probably have had a hard time finding ways to drop the extra weight post birth. I ended my pregnancy at around 180, severely disappointed (and slightly disgusted) with myself with how much weight I’ve gained in just 5 years. I started college in 2016 at around 110-115. Weighing in at 180lbs, despite just having had a baby, was still gut wrenching for me. I made it a goal to drop weight post baby and fortunately I’ve been able to do that.
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But if you’re anything like me, it’s hard to squeeze in exercise with a newborn since they tend to take up every minute of your time (free time included). So I wrote a quick/short blog post about 5 ways I’ve been able to burn some extra calories, even being a new mom. The link is in my bio! I’ll be writing soon too about how I dropped nearly 60lbs postpartum as well. No supplements, magic pills, crazy diets, nothing like that. Just determination!
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#postpartumweightloss #postpartumweightlossjourney #losingweight #4monthspostpartum

After 5 years of loving Zumba, I’m finally a ZIN

After 5 years of loving Zumba, I’m finally a ZIN! I’m officially licensed to teach Zumba! I’ll be uploading videos to YouTube to share, and will hopefully be teaching a live (virtual) class soon! #zumba #zumbawithnae

Because I never shared his newborn pictures 💙 M

Because I never shared his newborn pictures 💙 My sweet baby is getting ready to be 4 months old already and I can’t believe it. It took so so long to get here, and now time is speeding up faster than ever. I’ll be sharing updates soon, but being a new mom is EXHAUSTING. My focus is him, all day every day. In the meantime, go check out my latest blog posts on breastfeeding, burning calories after a baby, and other things motherhood. Lots more things in the works that I’ll be sharing here soon!
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Photo creds @jaahzmean @vtf_marq

I wrote something last year that I felt the need t

I wrote something last year that I felt the need to share again. I know that this year has been a horrible year for a lot of people. Lots of loss - not just the losses of jobs and businesses, but if friends, family members, loved ones. Click the link in my bio to find my latest blog posts “Beauty for Ashes” and “Surviving the Holidays When You’ve Lost Someone.” I hope you enjoy reading as much as I’ve enjoyed writing. And I hope you find encouragement from both pieces during this hard time. (Click link in my bio)

“Then Comes the Rainbow.” He’s here! On Octo

“Then Comes the Rainbow.” He’s here! On October 7th, 2020 at 9:45AM, our lives changed forever. Our sweet baby was born. For the complete pregnancy and birth story, click the link in my bio 🌈👶🏾💙
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#pregnantafterloss #pregnancyloss #pregnant #rainbowbaby #pregnancy

In the midst of this pandemic, uncertainty, and ti

In the midst of this pandemic, uncertainty, and time of panic, I’m back to finally share some good news that we’ve been holding for almost #9months now... We are expecting a baby boy 💙 in October!
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After all of the losses we had last year, we decided to wait to share our news when we felt the time was right.
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As many of you know, we’ve taken some time off from running Social League, inc as this year has been full of surprises, but not necessarily in a good way. I decided to take time off to focus on my family and growing this baby. As much as we loved doing giveaways for you all, they were a major stress or mentally, physically, and emotionally for me, which is not good during pregnancy.
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I hope that sometime in the future we can offer them again, but for now as I mentioned before, I need to focus on our growing family.
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Thank you all for your love and support throughout last year. The outpouring support after sharing my story was heartwarming and very much needed.
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#pregnantafterloss #8monthspregnant #pregnancyloss #pregnant #pregnancyannouncement #pregnancy

What are you doing for Christmas this year? 💛

What are you doing for Christmas this year? 💛

At the Hilton at #virginiabeach for my birthday. I

At the Hilton at #virginiabeach for my birthday. I usually just spend my birthday with the fam. But I figured me and hubby deserved a break from “the norm” all things considered so we came to Virginia 🏖 Feeling very confident about things to come in 2020. I’m so excited y’all. Glad too just to be leaving 2019 behind. And yes, I’m still on that old iPhone status 😢😂

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