Olivia Adriance

I was definitely a lot more rigid in my habits and routines and everything was like

super systematized.

And I think one of the main takeaways from pregnancy is I'm building a lot more flexibility and less rigidity into my schedule.

It's like, okay, I need to give myself some margin.

I can't run at the same pace that I was running.

And I'm sure you can relate so well to this where you're like in the zone, in work mode for so many years that you start to operate like a machine and pregnancy does not work.

Like such a release of control.

Yes.

And realizing that part of that release is actually very liberating.

Yes.

At first I held tightly to like, no, I want to maintain like the same level of putting out content like I was.

And I want to be working out like I was before eating like I was before and realizing that I could release some of that rigidity and nothing would really change.

yes all that much like work kept going on at a normal pace and i felt really good i felt really strong it's just it's helped me be more flexible in my mindset about everything yeah which is a great learning lesson to bring into the rest of your life as well and i can't wait to talk about like workouts and pregnancy nutrition

I'm so glad that that is what comes through on my page, first of all.

It's been very intentional for me to create a space where food is fun, it's joyful, it's healthy, and it happens to be gluten-free, dairy-free, refined sugar-free.

It's not like, all right, we're starting with the rules and now we're trying to force it to be interesting.

I really want food to just be an enjoyable part of everyday life.

It started because, very similar to your story,

I have very acne prone skin and I battled it from the time that I was 10 years old until like my mid 20s when I was getting deep cystic acne that I just like could not figure out how to fix.

So I really made a lot of diet and lifestyle modifications.