Healthy With Kelsey

02/21/2026

Trading late nights and hangovers for morning snuggles.

No rushing off to the gym for an early morning workout.

I’m just exactly where I want to be, next to the ones I love, in the home we’ve built and it feels so good 🥰

02/20/2026

Why focus on what I’ve “lost” when I’ve gained SO much more 🥹

Post partum body grief is raw and real. Post c-section you quite literally have a deep wound and a lot of swelling that makes you feel unrecognizable in the mirror.

Add in the changing hormones, lack of sleep and it’s easy to go down that slippery slope of disappointment or sense of failure.

People are quick to compliment women who bounce back immediately and look like they never gave birth.

That’s not gonna be me and I’m okay with that. My body looks like I carried a baby and I feel a lot of pride in that.

While I’m only a few lbs from my pregnancy weight (I normally don’t weigh myself but for the sake of being pregnant I did) my body feels very different and foreign.

But we’re warming up to each other and I’m settling into this new vessel with a lot of gratitude.

We are so hard on ourselves as it is, I’m not going to walk around under a cloud of shame.

I’m going to lean into the softness of my belly, the new lines that have formed across my skin and care for a wound that left me with the deepest love I’ve ever felt.

I hope you can find pride and joy in your body today. Whether you have had children or not. Your body is your home. Take care of her 🥰

01/01/2026

Dang my hair really grew 😮‍💨

12/15/2025

Our little baby boo is arriving soon and nesting mode is officially activated 🤍 🤰🏽

We’re so grateful to be gifted the Mesa V3 Car Seat from and after easily installing it myself, I can honestly say I understand the first time mom hype!

From the SmartSecure® base with visual green indicators (huge confidence boost for us newbies), to the removable, machine-washable fabric and upgraded canopy for life on the go, every detail feels thoughtful, safe, and stylish.

If you’re building your baby gear list and want peace of mind from day one comment “BABY” for the link!

12/08/2025

4 types of squats I did this week 💪🏾

1. Kettlebell Sumo Squats
2. Kettlebell Pulse Squats
3. Kettlebell Front Squats
4. Barbell Front Squats

The key to comfortably being able to keep squatting at 32 weeks pregnant has been TWO things:

1. Doing a REALLY good warmup for my hips like foam rolling, frog stretches that really open up the hips without overdoing the range of motion. Be careful not to overstretch as pregnancy hormones relax your ligaments and joints!

2. Opening up my squat stance by stepping a little wider and turning my toes out slightly to make room for my belly as I squat.

Everyone I talk to, health professionals and books I’m reading keeps talking about how important it is to keep doing squats to prepare for labour.

While you can absolutely do variations without any weight at all, I’ve felt comfortable keeping a little resistance but I’ll definitely scale back as needed in these final weeks!

The most important thing is to just stay active, listen to your body and prepare that body for the biggest workout of your life! 💪🏾

11/10/2025

The final stretch 🥹

I’ve never felt more positive, accepting and grateful for my body than I have during these last 12 weeks.

It’s changed so so much in such a short period of time and as someone with a history of distorted thoughts about my body I thought that I would struggle more.

But I feel so at peace.

I feel like I’ve also developed a deeper sense of understanding and compassion I could not have reached without going through this experience.

Almost like I’ve developed of layer of internal and external softness I didn’t have before.

Everyone scares you with the “just you wait” and post partum fear of being less desirable, stretch marks and loose skin but I don’t have any desire to try to have a baby without looking like I’ve had one.

Like why are we chasing a previous version of ourselves and for WHO?

I’m leaning into the changes. Not every moment feels joyful but it I certainly don’t feel resentful or disappointed about my body.

I think that’s a beautiful part of having a baby later in life. You’ve done the work, you know who you are and that your value is not attached to your physical body.

Pregnancy is just the part that says “you know all these things, but this is where you’ll affirm it be true” 🥰

11/01/2025

Goodbyes are always hard 🥲

Our first home will always have a special place in our hearts as the birth place of where I started Healthy With Kelsey.

I started this community with the hopes of connecting with other people struggling with body image and exercise especially through the dark and isolating days of 2020.

It’s become our haven with so many meals, patio hangouts, and snuggles with our dog!

But as our family is growing it felt like the right time to find a home with more space, a yard and a safer neighborhood so our days in this condo has come to an end.

Our 15 month search for the right home has also come to an end as we’ve found our perfect home and will be moving in at the beginning of the new year!

In the meantime…. back home to the parents for a winter filled with lots of family time as we wait for our possession date.

Isn’t it funny how EVERYTHING seems to happen all at once 🥲

Hopefully we will be settled in before baby arrives but for now, our first hurdle is complete!

I can’t wait for 2026 🥰

10/23/2025

This is all I got and also due in Feb 🫠

I guess I should start soon?

*cue anxiety* 😳

10/23/2025

Everyone warns you about post partum depression but nothing mentions the prenatal depression that creeps into your life before the baby even arrives.

Staying active throughout the first and second trimester has been my saving grace when the darkness sets in.

The anxieties of motherhood, how my life is going to change, sacrifices I know I’ll have to make and having a overwhelming responsibility to care for a vulnerable human consumes so much of my brain these days.

I know it’s normal to feel overwhelmed and unprepared but the uncertainty does wear you down.

With only 3.5 months to go I thought I would be starting to enter a nesting phase where I’d have things for the baby, decorate a nursery and keep stress low before the baby comes but it’s actually been the complete opposite.

But I’m leaning on therapy, calming rituals, exercise and doing small things each day within my control to get through the next weeks ahead of massive change.

Every day is a lesson in letting go of my tight grip to control everything and allowing things to happen as they are knowing it will all work out in the end and if they don’t, that I have the capacity to handle it 🫶🏾

If you’re feeling overwhelmed today, go for a walk, light a candle or just breathe. You are exactly where you’re meant to be ❤️

01/07/2022