My goal was to compete within a year of Leon's birth. I did it. I also won my second show for fitness and placed second in bikini. Here are some pictures from the show. I admit that I am happy to get back in shape but I was not 100% pleased. I am at peace with it now. But on the days of the show I really noticed how my body has changed post pregnancy. My stomach and buttocks seem like they belong to someone else. My stomach (you really can't tell in these pics because these are from the second show and I practiced posing so that these things weren't visible) sticks out still. I guess that is related to the diastisis and I also seem to have extra skin. But I told myself whenever I start thinking negative thoughts related to my body to repeat my new mantra, "I love my body and I am beautiful." Sounds like an after school special, but it has really helped.
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