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Kara Mockler, MS, RD, CSCS

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A mom who exercises to be strong, doesn’t overcomplicate nutrition, & wants the same for you
💪🏼 Triathlete + runner + lifter (injured🙃)

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Yesterday was good for the soul.

I had a window where I was kid free + beautiful weather and I knew I wanted to take advantage. I went to get my road bike down and do a “lower impact” safe option for my feet, but it had a flat tire (needed a new tube). I said F it, I’m gonna try and run.

With some extra metatarsal padding and a prayer, I went 3 miles pain free and felt great! So happy 🙌🏼

Hoping this continues after 14 months of ups and downs 🤞🏼 by @karamockler

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15 days ago

The picture on the left came up in my memories today and I had to create a side by side 😳

I’ve put on some solid muscle over the past year! While the year has NOT been what I wanted or imagined with injured feet that kept me from running, biking, and needing to modify lower body lifting for a while, it has given me the opportunity to fully commit to lifting and lifting a lot and lifting hard! I am grateful for that.

I am my strongest ever in the most balanced way. I have two young kids AND I AM MY STRONGEST AND MOST MUSCULAR EVER. That’s freaking cool.
For 10 years I have written my own lifting programs but I needed to take something off my (mental) plate this past year so I’ve been using @carolinepackarddpt ‘s app @connectpelvicfloorapp - I thoroughly enjoy her workouts/programs and they clearly work if you push yourself!

Having fun lifting still. Andddd hoping the cardio options can fully come back soon 🙃 by @karamockler

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19 days ago

The only picture I took this weekend 🤍

SO FUN getting together with my college roomies and celebrating the last one of us getting married 🥳 Now that we are 5/5 we’re gonna need to find a new excuse to get together every year or so because I love these people!! Always a blast reminiscing on the college shenanigans and continuing to bring up inside jokes from 10+ years ago 😆 (but new adult topics of conversations include kids, jobs, and different credit card perks 💁‍♀️🤣)

Until next time, Gang! @schroeder_ryan @parkermcnitt @kottermitchman @savannahkchapman @emilyylister by @karamockler

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23 days ago

Hi, I’m Reed Mockler, welcome to @jackass

“Why are you on edge all the time?”

Well my second born tries to yeet himself off of elevated surfaces 50 times a day, for starters.

This kid is SO FUNNY. And he is going to be the next Evel Knievel or something and I am stressed 🤣🤣😮‍💨

#boymom #secondborn #momlife #boymomlife #toddlersarecrazy by @karamockler

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a month ago

Happy game day!

We are ready for another year of ‘fighting for the only colors, green and white’ 💚🤍🙌🏼 by @karamockler

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a month ago

Making friends as an adult can be hard, so let’s skip the small talk and get right into it 😆

I’m a 31 year old mom of two boys who enjoys a good latte, rewatching my comfort shows, lifting, running, and biking. Oh you too? Perfect, we’re best friends now 🫡🤣 by @karamockler

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a month ago

August was good to us 🙌🏼

Lots of beach trips (and a long weekend at the beach with extended family, so fun!), an unexpected trip to my parents’ for a few days after a devastating storm but I got to see my college roomie and our kids played, nature walks, popsicles, outside all the time, and RUNNING🥳🥳🥳

My feet are feeling better than they have in over a year and I have completed 4.5 weeks of a running program (3 run/walks per week)… it finally feels like I can say “I AM BACK, BABY!”

Now bring on football, pumpkin patches, soup season, longer runs, and cooler weather 🤩 by @karamockler

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a month ago

Working hard or hardly working? With a 1 year old around, it’s a toss up 😆

This was the first workout I let Reed join since before he could walk haha. I don’t really want to do it again any time soon but I’ll do what I gotta do 🤪

He is one cute and talkative workout buddy tho!! 🥰 by @karamockler

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2 months ago

I love this graph (and this client!).

So many people give up as soon as the scale stops moving and in turn they miss out on all the upcoming progress. Weight loss is not linear and it’s not an “immediate return” type of thing.

Was this client annoyed and frustrated for those 8 days? YES! And they let me know, we called the scale bad names… and kept doing the right things that they could control (nutrition, workouts, steps, bedtime, etc).

This pattern is very common. When we aim for “1lb per week” of weight loss, that’s an AVERAGE. That means some weeks it’s 0.5lbs, some weeks 2lbs, some weeks 0, some weeks 3lbs… etc. Many factors go into the reading on the scale. Control what you can control and keep going 👏🏼 by @karamockler

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2 months ago

Lmaoooo

For legal purposes, this is a joke 😉😂

But forreal I’m much nicer after I exercise 😘 by @karamockler

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2 months ago

I don’t know when I’ll be “back to normal” but I do know that I’m extra grateful for every walk, run, bike, and moments where my feet are pain-free.

Slowly but surely. Progress is progress and rarely is it linear.

#bonemarrowedema (and whatever these secondary aches and pains are) sucks!!! by @karamockler

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2 months ago

Multitask by exercising your muscles AND your brain!

The first set of side planks I was told in detail the ins and outs of how a logging truck’s hydraulic grabber arm works.

Second set we had to determine which one was stronger (tractor or its trailer lol).

Deadbugs are a fun word and exercise but also DISGUSTING!!! 😂

Honestly, Tate asked if he could workout with me today and I said no. I had a small window to get this done, running on 4hrs of sleep and little patience, I just wanted to finish. He still got to be included and everything is fine!! 😉

Here’s to strong moms and logging tractors ????🤘🏼 by @karamockler

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