Photo: Anna Victoria/InstagramFitness influencer Anna Victoriais opening upabout her infertility strugglewith a very different kind of before and after photo.The trainer, 30, shared two photos on Tuesday, taken one year apart, to show the weight she’s gained as she tries to get pregnant.“What has transpired between these photos is multiple doctors’ appointments, bloodwork, hormone injections and medication, and the realization that conceiving naturally is not as my 18-year-old self once thought,”she wrote on Instagram.Victoria explained that she and her husband, Luca Ferretti, have been trying to get pregnant for 15 months, and for the last six months she’s undergone fertility treatments. The entire process left Victoria questioning her body, an uncomfortable feeling for someone who launched her careerthrough her weight loss journey.“In these past 6 months, so many thoughts have gone through my head. ‘Is it my workouts? Am I working out too much?’ ‘Is it what I’m eating? Am I eating too little or the wrong macros?’ ‘Am I too stressed? Should I take a step back from everything?’ ‘Is there something medically wrong with me?’…. I could go on and on,” she said.Victoria said that the weight gain was somewhat intentional.“While the answer to those questions is a big ‘nope,’ I did scale back on my workouts. I did start increasing my calories,” she said. “Because WHY. NOT. What IF that’s what did it? The few extra pounds on my body would be worth it, and then some! Or maybe it’s not the extra pounds itself, but it’s the act of going easy on myself, giving myself a break…”But Victoria admitted that it’s been tough tomentally accept the extra pounds.“I’m not going to lie and say it’s been easy to ‘just gain a few pounds’ when I know how many people are watching,” she said. “Even though I know you girls are THE most supportive and understanding community of women out there, there are still a lot of people who are not. This hasn’t affected what choices I make, but it’s definitely resulted in a good amount of anxiety thinking about it.”RELATED VIDEO: Instagram Stars Share the Truth About the Photos You See on Social MediaVictoria vowed to continue sharing her “fertility journey” with her followers, “just like I did when I first started my fitness journey,” she said.Victoria first opened up about her infertility struggle in a YouTube video in February, where she tearfully talked about her “really hard 2018.”“I never thought in a million years I would be here,” she said. “I am one of seven children. My mom had all of us naturally, and she was clearly fertile Myrtle, and so my whole life I’ve always dreamt of having kids. And when that day came I always just thought like, ‘Oh, my mom popped us out no problem. it should be about the same for me,’ so I never thought that I would be struggling with conceiving.”Victoria said she was constantly checking for signs of pregnancy, like tender breasts and light spotting, to the point that she “drove myself nuts.” She said that the last year has been stressful, but she wanted to share her experience with her followers in case anyone else was also struggling.“I hope that this is just the beginning of us being able to bring more awareness to it so that women don’t feel like they’re broken, or like something is wrong with them,” she said. “And hopefully we can give them some hope that their day is coming.”
Photo: Anna Victoria/Instagram
Fitness influencer Anna Victoriais opening upabout her infertility strugglewith a very different kind of before and after photo.The trainer, 30, shared two photos on Tuesday, taken one year apart, to show the weight she’s gained as she tries to get pregnant.“What has transpired between these photos is multiple doctors’ appointments, bloodwork, hormone injections and medication, and the realization that conceiving naturally is not as my 18-year-old self once thought,”she wrote on Instagram.Victoria explained that she and her husband, Luca Ferretti, have been trying to get pregnant for 15 months, and for the last six months she’s undergone fertility treatments. The entire process left Victoria questioning her body, an uncomfortable feeling for someone who launched her careerthrough her weight loss journey.“In these past 6 months, so many thoughts have gone through my head. ‘Is it my workouts? Am I working out too much?’ ‘Is it what I’m eating? Am I eating too little or the wrong macros?’ ‘Am I too stressed? Should I take a step back from everything?’ ‘Is there something medically wrong with me?’…. I could go on and on,” she said.Victoria said that the weight gain was somewhat intentional.“While the answer to those questions is a big ‘nope,’ I did scale back on my workouts. I did start increasing my calories,” she said. “Because WHY. NOT. What IF that’s what did it? The few extra pounds on my body would be worth it, and then some! Or maybe it’s not the extra pounds itself, but it’s the act of going easy on myself, giving myself a break…”But Victoria admitted that it’s been tough tomentally accept the extra pounds.“I’m not going to lie and say it’s been easy to ‘just gain a few pounds’ when I know how many people are watching,” she said. “Even though I know you girls are THE most supportive and understanding community of women out there, there are still a lot of people who are not. This hasn’t affected what choices I make, but it’s definitely resulted in a good amount of anxiety thinking about it.”RELATED VIDEO: Instagram Stars Share the Truth About the Photos You See on Social MediaVictoria vowed to continue sharing her “fertility journey” with her followers, “just like I did when I first started my fitness journey,” she said.Victoria first opened up about her infertility struggle in a YouTube video in February, where she tearfully talked about her “really hard 2018.”“I never thought in a million years I would be here,” she said. “I am one of seven children. My mom had all of us naturally, and she was clearly fertile Myrtle, and so my whole life I’ve always dreamt of having kids. And when that day came I always just thought like, ‘Oh, my mom popped us out no problem. it should be about the same for me,’ so I never thought that I would be struggling with conceiving.”Victoria said she was constantly checking for signs of pregnancy, like tender breasts and light spotting, to the point that she “drove myself nuts.” She said that the last year has been stressful, but she wanted to share her experience with her followers in case anyone else was also struggling.“I hope that this is just the beginning of us being able to bring more awareness to it so that women don’t feel like they’re broken, or like something is wrong with them,” she said. “And hopefully we can give them some hope that their day is coming.”
Fitness influencer Anna Victoriais opening upabout her infertility strugglewith a very different kind of before and after photo.
The trainer, 30, shared two photos on Tuesday, taken one year apart, to show the weight she’s gained as she tries to get pregnant.
“What has transpired between these photos is multiple doctors’ appointments, bloodwork, hormone injections and medication, and the realization that conceiving naturally is not as my 18-year-old self once thought,”she wrote on Instagram.
Victoria explained that she and her husband, Luca Ferretti, have been trying to get pregnant for 15 months, and for the last six months she’s undergone fertility treatments. The entire process left Victoria questioning her body, an uncomfortable feeling for someone who launched her careerthrough her weight loss journey.
“In these past 6 months, so many thoughts have gone through my head. ‘Is it my workouts? Am I working out too much?’ ‘Is it what I’m eating? Am I eating too little or the wrong macros?’ ‘Am I too stressed? Should I take a step back from everything?’ ‘Is there something medically wrong with me?’…. I could go on and on,” she said.
Victoria said that the weight gain was somewhat intentional.
“While the answer to those questions is a big ‘nope,’ I did scale back on my workouts. I did start increasing my calories,” she said. “Because WHY. NOT. What IF that’s what did it? The few extra pounds on my body would be worth it, and then some! Or maybe it’s not the extra pounds itself, but it’s the act of going easy on myself, giving myself a break…”
But Victoria admitted that it’s been tough tomentally accept the extra pounds.
“I’m not going to lie and say it’s been easy to ‘just gain a few pounds’ when I know how many people are watching,” she said. “Even though I know you girls are THE most supportive and understanding community of women out there, there are still a lot of people who are not. This hasn’t affected what choices I make, but it’s definitely resulted in a good amount of anxiety thinking about it.”
RELATED VIDEO: Instagram Stars Share the Truth About the Photos You See on Social Media
Victoria vowed to continue sharing her “fertility journey” with her followers, “just like I did when I first started my fitness journey,” she said.
Victoria first opened up about her infertility struggle in a YouTube video in February, where she tearfully talked about her “really hard 2018.”
“I never thought in a million years I would be here,” she said. “I am one of seven children. My mom had all of us naturally, and she was clearly fertile Myrtle, and so my whole life I’ve always dreamt of having kids. And when that day came I always just thought like, ‘Oh, my mom popped us out no problem. it should be about the same for me,’ so I never thought that I would be struggling with conceiving.”
Victoria said she was constantly checking for signs of pregnancy, like tender breasts and light spotting, to the point that she “drove myself nuts.” She said that the last year has been stressful, but she wanted to share her experience with her followers in case anyone else was also struggling.
“I hope that this is just the beginning of us being able to bring more awareness to it so that women don’t feel like they’re broken, or like something is wrong with them,” she said. “And hopefully we can give them some hope that their day is coming.”
source: people.com
