02/12/2021
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