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Can Exercise Lower Your Milk Supply?
Lucia Harmeling Lucia Harmeling

Can Exercise Lower Your Milk Supply?

Does Exercise Lower Your Milk Supply?

Worried that exercise might affect your milk supply? This article will cover everything you need to know to add exercise back in without compromising your milk supply.

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How to Lose Weight Postpartum
Lucia Harmeling Lucia Harmeling

How to Lose Weight Postpartum

Rethink Postpartum Weight Loss

If you’ve been told to “eat less and exercise more” to lose the baby weight, you’ve been misled. Postpartum isn’t a time for restriction—it’s a time for rebuilding. I help moms restore their energy, balance their metabolism, and feel amazing in their bodies without extreme dieting or burnout. Find out where to start.

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Do Lactation Cookies Work?
Lucia Harmeling Lucia Harmeling

Do Lactation Cookies Work?

Do lactation cookies really work? If they aren’t helping you increase your milk supply….it’s probably because you’re missing these things.

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My Favorite High-Protein Costco Snacks for Busy Moms
Lucia Harmeling Lucia Harmeling

My Favorite High-Protein Costco Snacks for Busy Moms

Busy moms need quick, high-protein snacks to stay energized and satisfied throughout the day. Costco has some great options that I feel good about! From grab-and-go bites to versatile staples, these snacks make it easy to fuel your body without the added mental load.

Check out the full blog for my top picks!

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Why Moms Need Protein
Lucia Harmeling Lucia Harmeling

Why Moms Need Protein

Protein is essential for busy moms—it helps balance blood sugar, boost metabolism, support thyroid health, and keep energy levels steady! Aka. Think less yelling at your kids and feeling overwhelmed all day. Get all the tips here

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12 Tips for Dealing with Stress Eating
Lucia Harmeling Lucia Harmeling

12 Tips for Dealing with Stress Eating

Have you caught yourself stress eating or emotional eating during this time? Don’t you worry, so have the rest of us.

Stress and emotional eating get demonized quite often, when in fact they are quite common and really normal ways in which most of us manage stress at some point or another.

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We’ve Been Thinking About Exercise All Wrong
Lucia Harmeling Lucia Harmeling

We’ve Been Thinking About Exercise All Wrong

We’ve all seen it. January hits and bam, everyone is at the gym, in yoga studios and pilates classes, and running outdoors. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m all for people wanting to engage in healthy forms of movement, but why do they stop? Why does February roll around and everything stops? I’ll tell you why. It’s actually the simplest reason.

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