Revive Fitness & Wellbeing

PMDD
It hit me today more so then usual how lonely this condition is. I’m sat with friends who joked about how many days I blame things on my period. I said I had PMDD and everyone laughed “what even is that” “I swear you’ve made that up”. Don’t get me wrong it’s all in banter and I get it and I laugh BUT for me it’s no joke!
My period is like clock work, I use and I start my period pretty much the exact day it says every month. However 7-10 days before Mother Nature hits the PMDD symptoms hit.

Today I have cried roughly 4 times….
1. When I had an argument with my eldest
2. When the teacher asked me if everything was ok
3. Telling my partner about argument
4. When i went home for a break
5. During a discussion with my partner.

Most months I have low self worth and question my ability as a mother, partner, friend and person in general. Before I found the right medication for me EVERY month I would have suicidal thoughts.

During both the lead up and during my period my Anxiety increases tenfold and with it the feeling of being completely out of control of all of my day to day activities. I have low mood, don’t want to talk to anyone (which is really hard in my job lol!) would rather be by myself all day every day. Unable to mentally cope with any of my kids tantrums or any discord in the house. Mess makes me cry. Crying makes me cry 😩😩😩😩 And god the fatigue is ridiculous, I frequently fall asleep in my car between clients🙈🙈🙈 but when I want to go bed insomnia hits. I struggle with my weight…I swear I have intense cravings one minute and loss of appetite the next 🤯.

This post isn’t for sympathy but today made me realise once again how little people understand about women’s health problems. I can laugh at myself, but on a serious note this s**t is HARDI have one really good week which I look forward to every month.

Remember not all illnesses are visible!!

Sometimes a massage looks like this!😌😌😌

My lovely client today had actually got her baby to sleep before I arrived but as we all know these cuties don’t always play ball 😉. So we brought her down and made it work.

Mum gave her a feed whilst in a side lying position whilst I massaged her legs and one half of her back. We then switched sides and when the little one was ready we popped her in her swing and I finished the rest of the massage.

Mum got her massage and baby got her food and cuddles💕💕💕💕💕🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾🫶🏾

If you are interested in a postnatal massage or any other massage I offer just drop me a message 😌☺️

It’s my birthday today🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

It's my birthday today and I would like to share my birthday love and offer 15% off any massage booked in the next 24 hours!!

What massages do I offer.......
Swedish massage
Sports massage
Pregnancy massage
Postnatal massage
Scar massage

Drop me a message if you would like to book!!

*50% deposit required

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Revive Fitness is very excited to present 2 sessions of wellness solely for women by women!

It’s time to give your self permission to stop and lie down!

Let’s reset and have a little “me time”.

Join me next Sunday at either 9.30am or 5.30pm!!

There will be stretching, self massage, Pilates and a healing sound bath by

To find out more info click the link https://www.revivefitnesswellbeing.com/womens-wellness-afternoon

This is what balancing motherhood and looking after yourself looks like!!

This client has one day off in the week and on that day she has her son at home with her but she has decided to commit to PT sessions on this day every week as she knows it’s important for her health.

She rocking it!!!

Baby Body Bootcamp…my fav class as I get to snuggle babies 😊😊😊😊❤️❤️❤️

Every Monday and Wednesday at 10.15 at Downshill Park!!

Pelvic floor and Diastasis recovery friendly, no jumping or running will be found here!!

And if you haven’t got a baby but want to keep fit with focus on strength and low impact cardio you are also welcome.

Head to my website or DM me for more info.

I have availability today from midday for massage!!

What can I do?

💕Swedish
💕Sports
💕Pregnancy
💕Postnatal
💕Scar therapy

Message me for more info

Mission complete!!!

For the first time in a couple of weeks I’ve felt well enough to do a 30 minute workout whilst the kids were in the bath…and yes I’ve done my own workout 😉😉. Sometimes it’s simpler when I’ve got a time constraint to just follow something. That way I don’t have to think 😂. Sometimes it’s a workout from my own portal and sometimes (if I don’t wanna look at my own face) I log on to workout. Their workouts are the same concept as how I train clients so it works well for me.

The little box that brings hope back!! Back on the road to my “normal”!
Vertigo symptoms better today so let’s hope I can get a workout done tonight!

Tuesday 6 women joined me to start a 6 week pelvic floor and core strengthening course. They have trusted me with their road to recovery and healing💕💕

Even though this is a group class each week I will set them individual homework to help them reach their goals. Because we know not every woman and pelvic floor is the same.

Each woman’s story and ending will be different.

I’m so excited to see what they achieve!

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This is how I felt yesterday🙈🙈🙈

So not everyday can be a winning day but that’s ok! I woke up with horrendous vertigo symptoms so with the help of my partner got the kids sorted but failed to be as organised as previous day and had no breakfast, no shake, no lunch and not even any water 🙈🙈🙈HUGE FAIL!!!

HOWEVER…on my break I went to a friends and she had got us jacket potatoes from the shop (without even knowing my fail) and I had jacket and tuna for lunch. With a chat and a cry with a bff to offload the low mood thoughts. 💕💕💕💕💕

It doesn’t just take a village to bring up kids, sometimes you need that village to help look after yourself 😊😊😊😊

Had a super long day but when I got home my partner took over and I managed to get to bed by 8.30pm.😴😴😴😴

NOW THAT IS WINNING!🙌🏽🙌🏽

Although I’m really struggling with not being able to exercise during this time where I’m battling with my low mood and also because I set my self a goal for mid May. I know that right now I am just about managing not to throw up over my clients whilst massaging their tummy (she knows who I mean lol) so I am managing those negative thoughts about myself and accepting it!