Jaci DiGiacomo

02/02/2020

✖️I believe in rainbows, and I can’t wait to meet ours someday (hopefully) soon 🌈❤️⁣
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It can be so hard... the waiting...⁣
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I’m such an impatient person in general, and now I’m facing one of the hardest things to be patient for (in my opinion).⁣
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As soon as we decided we wanted to have a baby, it was ALL I wanted and ALL I thought about.⁣
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I just couldn’t help myself, there was no way of holding back my excitement of EVERY little thing I felt differently, which made me wonder if this was it!? Did it work!? And there was also no way to stop the disappointment and sadness I felt when it didn’t happen.⁣
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That’s just the way I am, and some may say they were able to keep from stressing about it and trying too hard, and to that I say - I envy you, because that is not me.⁣
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Now I’m navigating through pregnancy loss and once again, impatiently waiting.⁣
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Except this time is different.⁣
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I have to wait until my cycle comes back, and it hasn’t yet - and I have no freaking idea when it’s going to.⁣
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So not only am I impatiently wanting to have my rainbow baby, but we can’t even start TRYING yet, and I’d be lying if I didn’t say how much this is driving me crazy 🤦🏻‍♀️⁣
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Practicing patience is one of the most challenging things I’ve ever done. So I wanted to ask those of you who struggle like I do - what have you found that helps you practice patience when it feels impossible to do so?⁣
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I will say, having this shirt by is a beautiful reminder to stop, breathe, and focus on believing that our rainbow WILL come to us, I am SO SURE of that 🌈 I just wish I knew when, but for now I’m holding onto that belief and trying my hardest to be patient and trust in God’s timing ❤️

01/22/2020

This isn’t talked about enough, so I’m going to start talking about it.

“What’s not talked about enough?”
What women go through when they’re trying to conceive (TTC)

“Why is it not talked about enough?”
Oh gosh, for SO many reasons.

But I think this reason is a big one, because I felt it, too...

When we started TTC, everything I thought it would be like was so far from what it actually WAS like.

I used to be the person who would encourage women I knew were trying to, “Just give it time, it will happen when it’s meant to!” “When you stop “trying,” is when it will happen! Try not to stress so much about it!”

And because I’d say those things to others, I thought I’d be able to “be patient and give it time,” and “not stress about it.”

Ohhhhhhh let me tell you how monumentally wrong I was to assume that.

As SOON as you are excited and you want to start trying to have a baby, any patience AGGRESSIVELY flies out the window and stress, impatience, and anxiety throws itself into the drivers seat.

And I think so many women fear talking about how hard it is because they don’t want to hurt someone else’s feelings because what if they’ve been trying for longer? What if they’ve struggled more than I have? What if they get mad at me for complaining when it’s not even close to how hard it’s been for them?

Well, I call BS on that.

Of COURSE my heart goes out to all women who are TTC and who’ve struggled for months or even years, who’ve had infertility issues, who’ve tried IVF (possible more than once), who’ve had a miscarriage (or more than one) 💔😔

I literally can’t imagine going through what I’ve seen and heard so many women go through 😳

But that doesn’t make YOUR stress and anxiety and worries and disappointment any less hard 🖤

I’m sure women who have or are TTC would tell you when they started trying how anxious they were having to wait to take a pregnancy test, and how devastated they were when their period came before they had a chance to.

I’m sure women who have or are TTC would agree how much your mind can play tricks on you and make you believe you’re feeling pregnancy symptoms, only to get your period and get SO ANGRY at your body for tricking and betraying you.

I’m sure women who have or are TTC would agree that these feelings don’t go away, and in fact can become stronger, as each month that you’re trying passes by.

I’m sure women who have or are TTC would agree that it’s almost impossible NOT to try, and even more impossible to find patience in the waiting game.

So if you’re someone who’s TTC and you’re dealing with the stress and anxiety and impatience alone, know that your feelings are VALID 🖤 and I beg you to reach out to a friend and TALK to them about what you’re going through so you don’t have to go through it alone. And know that you can always talk to me, too 🖤

11/03/2019

10/21/2019

✖️Sully is the best front seat buddy 😍
It’s basically the cutest thing seeing how excited he is when he gets to come along with the gang! 🤗🥳
And obv this pic deserves it’s own post because of how cute he is 🙃🐾

10/17/2019

✖️𝐖𝐎𝑴𝑨𝑵 𝑈𝑃 👊🏼⚡️
This shirt felt WAY more appropriate for a fight club workout 😜✊🏼
In case you somehow haven’t figured this out about me yet 😆 I am v e r y particular about:
✖️Matching my workout clothes not just by color/style, but also with whatever workout styles I’m doing 😂💁🏻‍♀️✖️
And I have zero shame admitting that 🙃
I was literally wearing a completely different outfit until I realized I was doing 👊🏼fight club👊🏼 today, and I mean my outfit did NOT fit with that type of kick-ass workout!!
So you better believe I went straight back to my closet and changed 🤣
Ok be honest >>> do you do this, too!? Or WOULD you if you had enough workout clothes? ((Yup, that’s another thing about me - I can’t get enough 😆👌🏼🤷🏻‍♀️)) @ Raleigh, North Carolina

10/16/2019

✖️Are you a slave to the scale?
Always weighing yourself and desperately wanting to see a different number?
Impatiently waiting for the number to be lower?
Finding your mood affected by what the number shows?
Talking ridiculously mean to yourself when you see a number you don’t like?
So you find yourself binge/emotional eating after seeing a number you don’t like?
Have you ever gone to extremes to make that number drop ASAP, knowing what you were doing was wrong and bad for you?
I could go on and on with examples of how I was when I was a slave to the scale... but the bottom line is this:
✖️When you live your life allowing something else ((in this case, the scale)) to negatively impact your feelings of self worth, your mood, your happiness, your self talk, your actions, etc... 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 😳
WHAT IF >>> your goal was to do something positively for yourself every day?
WHAT IF >>> your goal was to focus on the things you love about yourself?
WHAT IF >>> your goal was to eat healthier and exercise more often because you wanted to FEEL good, strong, powerful, capable, energized, patient, HAPPY!?
WHAT IF >>> your goal was to 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐅, 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒘𝒆𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕, 𝒔𝒊𝒛𝒆, 𝒂𝒈𝒆, 𝒐𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒍𝒔𝒆!?
THAT is the kind of “goal weight” I want to have 👊🏼⚡️
Who’s with me!??!👇🏼🔥✊🏼 @ Raleigh, North Carolina

10/15/2019

✖️”Perfectionism keeps us thinking that 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒑𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔."
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Where are my fellow perfectionists!? 🖤👇🏼
How often have you told yourself, “𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡?” when you’ve considered things like:
✖️Starting an exercise routine, but you’re only able to workout 2-3 times a week, maybe even less, so 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡?
✖️Wanting to eat healthier, but you only have enough time to make one healthy meal per day, so 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡?
✖️Wanting to grow your mindset & read/listen to books, podcasts, etc. but you only have 5 minutes a day to spare, so 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡?
⚡️LISTEN UP, SISTER⚡️
What I heard on a podcast today literally blew my mind so I’m sharing it with you in case you need to hear this, too 👇🏼
When measuring success, “The big difference isn’t between people who’ve 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 vs people who have 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐨𝐭.
The difference is between 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝑵𝑶𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝒗𝒔 𝒑𝒆𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝑺𝑶𝑴𝑬𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑵𝑮!!!"
Your perfectionist brain is going to try & tell you that reading personal growth books for 5 minutes a day is a waste of time because it FEELS like it’s way too short to make a difference, right?
But 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑦:
𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 5 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱. 30 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐞𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬, 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟𝐬, 𝐞𝐭𝐜.
𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌!!!
And the opposite: if you continue to believe this is a waste of time so you DON’T do this... then a year from now you’ll have the same thoughts as you do now.
So... which one sounds WORTH IT!?
Which one sounds like it will start building momentum to change your life!?
Which one 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒂 𝒘𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆!?
I hope this is showing you that 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈!!!!
✨TAG a babe who needs to hear this!✨ @ Raleigh, North Carolina

10/13/2019

✖️I never understood why corn tacos were always recommended in healthy recipes 🤷🏻‍♀️
I mean, yes I get why they’re “better for you,” but they freaking fall apart SO easily, and they really didn’t taste that good to me...
Until I figured out the TRICK 🤩
I did a poll the other day asking if people knew this, and more than half said they DIDN’T!!! So I’m making a whole dang post about it because 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒗𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄!! 😆🌮👌🏼
No, but seriously, you need to know this 👇🏼
Ok, so corn tortillas are soft and literally rip and fall apart so easily 🙄
But you can AVOID this and actually make them 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐝!!!! 🙊🤗🤸🏻‍♂️
⚡️Here’s the secret >>> SAUTÉ them!!!! It’s so simple!!!!⚡️
While you’re cooking your peppers, onions and taco meat, start cooking you’re corn tortillas!! They need a little oil on the pan and sauté at medium heat for 4-5 minutes on each side, and VOILA ✨ they will be strong, foldable, and CRUNCHY 🤯🙌🏼🤤
Swipe to see what I mean!! 🤩
If you already knew this, you’re prob laughing at how excited I am about it 🤣 and if you didn’t already know, 𝐲𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 😉😘
Ok for real, who did and didn’t know this!? I’m so curious!! Tell me whether you knew this trick or not 😃 And make sure you SAVE this post and tag your taco loving babes 😋🌮 @ Raleigh, North Carolina