She Thought She Could So She Did

Rachel, BS in dietetics, MSN. Diabetes educator. Just moved from Oregon to Michigan (UP). Trying my hardest

[rachelwillbe]

This summer✨

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I can't stress enough how much weight training is good for women and totally overlooked for really dumb reasons like wanting to be slimmer rather than focusing on health

Like I don't think there's anything wrong with having body goals but doing only cardio really doesn't capture a full picture of good health and it's such a pushed thing in our culture to have women eating salads and running into oblivion and not even getting results they hope for

I was at the gym almost a full year doing just cardio and seeing no progress at all with how I felt it looked and it wasn't till after a lot of pushing from my husband that I started training muscle instead and after a year of focusing on that I can say that I really feel and look different and am finally seeing the change and progress and it's so kind blowing to realize 90% of the women who go to my current gym never ever leave the upstairs cardio section

The reason so many women develop health problems in middle age is because they never got enough nutrients or protein and then their muscles can't protect their organs or bodies in general cause they never had any

It's such a clusterfuck and I wish I could put every woman I meet onto weight training with me because it's truly amazing

[rachelwillbe]

The second I started weight training as an adult, I was constantly thinking “why isn’t everyone doing this??” I’m trying not to harass the people around me about lifting heavy though😂

[rachelwillbe]

I’ve lost 35 lbs since August ‘24 through the amazing effects of Adderall (new ADHD diagnosis) and overall huge lifestyle changes. The appetite suppression from Adderall has largely worn off but between work, the gym, and general life in the artic, I’ve been maintaining. Oh and I essentially cut out alcohol. Not sure if this is a long-term weight for me but it’s been interesting to see my relationship with my body not change one bit as the numbers on the scale went down (which I always thought would be a given)

I’ve been journaling and cooking healthy meals and doing all the self care for the brain. It actually helps, wild

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I’ve been having a super emotionally healing past few months with my only responsibilities being working at the Co-op and settling us into Michigan

It feels almost irresponsible to still not have my Michigan nursing license and be looking for jobs but I don’t have that in me right now so we’re chillin

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January is long in the UP but the animal friends help keep the seasonal depression at bay

And snowshoeing with new human friends in a blizzard

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Basil straight up fractured my tibia while we were in the middle of moving to Upper Peninsula Michigan. But we made it!

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Oh man are we going through life. We move to Michigan UP in about two weeks, Basil destroyed my knee, I missed my last week of work due to COVID, and we have the most incredible friends giving us a million send-offs

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We have an obscene amount going on right now but here is Oregon: sunny and 85 in the valley, 60 and cloudy on the coast

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Spring🌷

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Just out here livin our life❤️

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My in-laws came to visit us in Oregon so I used that as an excuse to plan a little vacation over the weekend (Crater Lake, Gold Beach, Newport Beach, Agness)

[rachelwillbe]

Feeling thankful for my job, friends, Marcus, food, and health❤️

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Anaïs Nin, from nearer the moon: the previously unpublished unexpurgated diary, 1937-1939

[rachelwillbe]

I lost my stepdad, my father figure, to cancer last week. I got to go home and be with him and my mom for the last few days of his life in that body and it sucks that he’s gone💔