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The Best Sports Bras for Nursing Moms

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Since Quinn was born, both my real life and internet friends have asked me about my favorite sports bras when I was breastfeeding. Of course, I realize sports bras aren’t the ideal undergarment for nursing a baby, but life happens and sometimes you need to feed your little one right before, during, or after a workout. (Hey, it’s just a tiny bit of sweat, right?) The ones mentioned below are all-around awesome when it comes to support, comfort, and, well, easy access when you need it. I know it’s been a little awhile since I nursed Qman, but these sports bras continue to be some of my favorites (particularly for running), which means they definitely have some longevity when it comes to my exercise wardrobe. I wore a number of them when I was pregnant and still continue to wear them today. With that, here are the best sports bras for nursing moms! Juno Sports Bra  – I know I’ve mentioned this sports bra on CNC a zillion times in the past, but it’s truly one of my long-time favorite

Dear Mark: Gene Editing

Decision Fatigue: The Hidden Hurdle

  Creating Change Through The Brain Most people step into a gym for the first time in an attempt to change something about themselves they don’t particularly like. Whether you are beginning a fitness routine for weight loss, pain loss, or simply to appease a friend, the goal is to change something significant about yourself – and change soaks up a lot of RAM in the brain. Change also means you will have to change something about yourself on the inside before the outside can change. Unfortunately people spend so much time researching WHAT to eat and HOW to exercise and not enough time researching HOW TO THINK. A person can easily become unhealthy eating fatty and salty snacks. But the snacks aren’t the culprit. How we think about that salty snack is what gets us into trouble. Addressing the snack itself is putting a band aid on a hemorrhage. Asking someone to eat almonds instead of chips could temporarily work, but if that person is working an intense schedule full of anxiety, appet

Spooky & Silly Weekend

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Hope y’all had a great weekend!! We had a wonderful time with Karen last week. She was here visiting, and packed in all the fun, and practical jokes she could. She and Mazen took their annual visit to the Halloween store (yes it’s already open!) Karen also scared me with fake poop, a rubber snake under the sink, and this scary lady who was hiding in my closet!!!! (Remember the Booger Man she actually took on a beach trip ?!) We took KK to the airport on Friday afternoon, and Mazen sure was sad. We entertained ourselves by playing spiderman with Mazen’s new deconstructed soccer goal!! Friday night I went out to dinner to Commonwealth before going to the Sturgill Simpson concert! Jalapeno hushpuppies – The Commonwealth Salad – And the chicken with coconut broth, swiss chard, and plantains. The concert was great!! I don’t know too many Sturgill songs, but I loved his voice and style. Saturday morning I had eggs, toast, blueberries, and coffee. Mazen and I went to the

High Low High 14

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Hello, hello and a very happy Monday to you! How was your weekend? Do anything fun? Feeling good about the week ahead? Once again, our weekend was jam-packed. It was all fun stuff, so I’m totally not complaining, but it seems like it was just Friday. Holy cow, it was a whirlwind weekend for sure. Anyway, I love a good High Low High post as a way to recap the weekend, so here we go with edition #14! HIGH : Visiting friends and celebrating their little guy’s first birthday with an adorable under the sea party theme. Isn’t this cake amazing!? LOW : Qman throwing up on the drive home. There was a buttload of stop and go traffic and he was in the backseat reading a book, so the combination of the two gave him motion sickness. Poor kid. HIGH : Unpacking our fall decorations! Yayyyyyy! LOW : Realizing that we need more fall decorations! Haha! Things definitely look a bit bare around the house, so I will be hitting up Homegoods later this week. HIGH : Having friends over on Satu