Kenzie Akiko

Hey guys! I haven’t introduced myself on here for a while so I thought it was time.

My name is Kenzie Akiko Tibbitts. The Akiko comes from my Japanese side of the family. I am 26 years old, been married to the love of my life for 6.5 years and have two sweet babes! I have a daughter who is almost 3 and a son who is almost 9 months old. They are my world and give me my purpose on this earth.

Becoming a mom has made me stronger than I ever thought was possible, but also brought me to my knees many times. I think becoming a mom makes you address all your Insecurities head on. Growing up I had an amazing childhood but there was some trauma from my parents separation and divorce that caused my to develop a eating disorder. Now that I am older I can say I had binge eating disorder, but at the time i thought it was just a “diet”. I would limit the amount of food I ate Monday- Friday and I would binge Saturday and Sunday until my stomach physically couldn’t hold anymore food. It got to the point where I hadn’t had a period for almost 2 years and if I didn’t change it, it could have caused issues with me having babies. I remember them saying I needed to gain some weight and the doctors put me on a birth control pill. The thought of gaining weight seemed like the end of the world.

I didn’t have control over what was happening in my personal life. I had control over what I ate and how much, that is why this eating disorder started. It took A LOT of personal growth and healing to stop letting food control my thoughts and life.

I have grown so much and continue to work on being my healthiest self for me and my babies. I NEVER want my daughter to hear one negative word come from me about my body. My body is pretty freaking amazing. It has grown with me, it has brought me two beautiful babies, it has fed those two babies, ran multiple half marathons, and continues to wake up and take care of those babies EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Make it a goal to only speak positive words into the world. I know we all have our bad days but what we say gets absorbed into our children’s brains from such a young age. I can still remember being little and hearing women I looked up to in my famil

I know it’s late but this month I’m trying to focus on things I can improve on! I want you guys to join me so comment some topics that you want to improve on or learn more about and we can work on them together! 🤍

4 months postpartum! 🙌

I haven’t weighed myself in I don’t know how long. I honestly don’t know how much weight I gained with my last baby, I don’t know how much weight I’ve lost since having him, and I don’t plan on weighing myself anytime soon! Why?

I don’t need a number on a scale to tell me if I’m skinny enough, or if I’m back to my “pre-baby” weight. Somehow we have let this number on a scale control how much we eat, how long we workout, what we eat, and how we feel about ourselves inside and out. Stop weighing yourself and start focusing on how you feel mentally and physically. Listen to your body and do what works for you. Forget the scale and start living your life without restrictions. We can be healthy, happy, strong, and fit without weighing ourselves to check our progress. Progress is so much more than a smaller number. Instead of setting boundaries and restrictions look for new ways to live, eat, and workout that make you happy.

YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN A NUMBER ON A SCALE! 🤍🤍

🎉GIVEAWAY🎉 Pay it Forward Friday style!

I’m so excited to team up with to give you a chance to win a Brightbox for both YOU and A FRIEND including a $40 Gift card in each box! really do brighten your day and I love the message and positivity they are spreading!

Simply:
☀️ Follow &
☀️ Tag a friend who could use use a Brightbox (AND some freaking cute workout clothes!)
☀️ Post to your stories for an extra entry!

Do it!! 👇🏾👇🏼👇🏽 Ends tonight at midnight! Winner will be announced here on Monday. Happy weekend!!

Do something that scares you everyday.

Documenting my small victory of running 6 miles in under 50 minutes in 85 degree weather. 🥵

This might be easy to some people but it was something that was definitely out of my comfort zone. Like I felt like I was going to explode and die from heat exhaustion by the end. It is so easy for me to just workout and do my same routine everyday, but that’s when my progress plateaus. It’s so important to push ourselves harder, longer, faster and stronger than what we think we can do. You will be surprised at what your body can accomplish. 🤍

So go do something that scares you this week and let me know how it goes!

There are two relationships we HAVE to be in. They are with ourselves and food. There is no way around it.

I heard this on the yesterday and it really resonated with me. These are the two relationships that I feel like we neglect the most.

Molly Carmel was on the podcast and she said think of a women you absolutely love. Would you be ok with her talking to herself the way you talk about yourself? Would you want her looking at her diet and body like you do? Do you want her to restrict herself from eating the thing she loves like you do? WOW! I immediately thought of my daughter and how heart broken I would be if I ever saw her speak a negative word about how beautiful she is. We need to treat ourselves kindly. We need to nurture our relationships with ourselves and food like we do any other relationship.

Me and me have our ups and downs, but that’s ok! 😂 I am WORKING on it. Me and food have definitely had a toxic relationship in the past but we are thriving and better than ever right now. That’s because it took some work and I continue to work on it everyday. Remember to take time to work on these relationships because like I said before they are the only two we are forced to be in! Just thought I would share! Love you all 🤍

GIVEAWAY! You guys i can’t believe that I hit 3k followers. 😭 That may seem like a small number but it really means the world to me that you are following along and supporting me!

To celebrate I am teaming up with my favorite to giveaway one lucky winner their choice of a pair of their AMAZING Jetsetters!

To enter:
1. Like this photo
2. Follow and
3. Tag your friends! (Each comment counts as one entry)

BONUS: repost this image to your story and tag both accounts!

Giveaway ends 9/16!

Spending Labor Day with my favorite people! What are you guys doing today? How have you liked the challenge so far?

I’m so excited to finally be starting another CHALLENGE!

The September Strong Challenge is going to run through the whole month of September. Swipe to see what the daily rules will be. This challenge is going to touch on all areas not just fitness. It’s going to challenge us to exercise, drink more water, journal, read, and eat a more balanced diet! I’m so excited for this next month and for all of you to join me. Tag your buddies below and let’s motivate others to get in on this fun challenge we have running for the next month. Not to mention one lucky winner will receive a $100 Nike or Lulu gift card 🎉

26 years old today and we celebrated with my first mountain bike ride in over a year! Happy birthday to me 🎉🎉 @ Park City, Utah

Checking back in at 3 months postpartum!

I wanted to get on here and talk about something that has been on my mind lately. I follow a girl who posted about her postpartum journey and how she felt like everyone always talked to her about how she looked physically after having her baby. People would always make comments like “you look amazing”, “you snapped back fast”, etc. No one ever thought to ask how she felt mentally after having a baby. This totally hit home with me.

It’s easy to stay surface level and focus on how we look physically and measure our postpartum journey by a number on a scale or how we look In pictures. Guess what none of that matters if you aren’t taking care of yourself mentally! I can honestly say that i am doing SOOO MUCH better mentally with my postpartum journey with baby number 2 compared to how I was with my first. I “snapped” back to my pre baby weight so fast after having my first baby not because I was working out hard. It was because I physically couldn’t eat because of all the stress and anxiety I was having with the new role of becoming a mom. Mentally I wasn’t taking care of myself and I felt like more people focused on what I looked like physically rather than how I was doing mentally.

After talking to so many girls I have realized how normal it is to have postpartum anxiety and it’s something we need to talk about more! It’s so normal to not feel like yourself mentally after having a baby. It’s something you need to work on just like how you work on your body physically after having a baby.

I’m here to say that I have mentally worked on myself to enjoy my postpartum journey this time around. I have my ups and downs with insecurities and anxiety but that’s NORMAL! Women are the most amazing things on earth. We are so strong physically and mentally! If you just had a baby or are about to have a baby I want you to know it’s ok to admit you need help, or that you aren’t doing ok. It feels good to talk about this stuff and I’m always here if you ever need to!

Sorry this caption is super long but it’s something I felt so strongly about! You all are amazing! ❤️

7 weeks postpartum.

I was walking on the treadmill the other morning and I kept comparing my postpartum body this time to last time. In my mind I was like ok by two months postpartum I should look this way and be able to fit in these certain pants etc. Then it hit me. I don’t want to set any dates on when I should “have my body back.” I am going to take it day by day and I’m going to love my body through it all. I want my daughter to see her mom love her body in all stages, and I don’t ever want her to hear me say a negative thing about the body that grew my two sweet babies. I don’t weigh myself or set dates for certain accomplishments. I am taking these pictures so I can document this journey whether it takes weeks, months or years I’m going to try and love every second of it! 🤍🤍