Q & A | QUESTIONS YOU WANT TO KNOW | 2021

[Music] hi guys and welcome back to my channel if you are new welcome my name is hannah and i'm the mom with muscle and in today's video you guys it's a q and a so if this is something you are interested in watching just keep on watching but if you haven't already be sure to like comment and subscribe make sure to hit that bell button for every time i upload a video if you aren't already following me on instagram i'd love to have you over at mom with muscle without further ado let's get into this video all right you guys so i went to instagram and i went to the youtube community tab here on my channel to see what questions you guys had for me and you guys had some good ones not gonna lie so i'm gonna go through these as quickly as i can i honestly hate when i watch q and a's and they just like ramble on and on and on about the topic so i'm gonna try to get through these as quick as possible to answer some of the questions that you guys might have for me so let's get going so i'm gonna start with the youtube community questions first so the first question is you are known as the mom with muscle are you really a bodybuilder where did you grow up and how did you meet your hubby so starting with the first question am i a bodybuilder yes i'm a bodybuilder prior to writer i was very heavily involved in the fitness competition industry it was something that i strived for i had dreams of becoming a professional athlete of getting my pro card so i did compete nine times two times at a national level and then i also stepped on stage seven months postpartum so i'm going to be putting pictures here for you guys of what that looked like fitness is still a very huge part of my life as you guys know i go to the gym as much and as frequently as i can and it's always going to be part of me i don't know if i will ever step on stage again as it is very um demanding it's very selfish but i absolutely loved it and having writer and having my kind of postpartum it was a really good way for me to kick my butt back into gear and get my body back into shape and i was so proud of myself stepping on stage seven months postpartum it was a very emotional journey for me so yes i am a bodybuilder and no i don't compete anymore but it will always fitness and healthy eating and all that will always be a part of my life where did i grow up san diego california born and raised and i have never left the state i still live here my mom's 10 minutes from me my sister's my next-door neighbor collins family everybody's here so san diego california born and raised where did i meet my hubby i met colin in high school we are high school sweetheart so we were together nine years prior to engagement and we married six years so yeah he's my high school sweetheart we've been together ever since he's loved my life and my best friend the next question what is your daily or weekly routine now i work part-time at restoration hardware when i'm not working at restoration hardware i am a mother to miss rider and soon to be baby girl number two which she does have a name you guys when i finally um have a name for her and i can't wait to share with you um but when i'm not at work when i'm not watching writer i am doing youtube when miss ryder is taking naps that's how i balance this so i do my youtube when writer is taking naps and i hit the gym when my husband comes home from work so we have kind of a built-in routine when he gets home from work he relieves me i'm able to go to the gym for about an hour hour and a half that is my stress release that is the way that i handle stress that is the way that i decompress from the day and he knows that he's really good about allowing me my space when i'm not going to the gym and i'm maybe not feeling it that day which happens quite frequently especially being pregnant i'll hit up homegoods i'll go to target i'll just have like my hour of being out and it's very very helpful especially for a mom or new mommy you need that time so that is kind of my routine that's how i kind of balance it and i'm definitely a creature of habit i love my routine and it works for us so that is how i balance everything best way to lose baby weight especially in the tummy area so this is a very hard question so when i was postpartum i did take some things that were to help me kind of tighten that area like i said i did compete postpartum so i did get a belly band right when i had writer as a way to help tighten that area when you give birth you lose that connection and that's why there's it's having that pelvic floor and doing all those different exercises to help strengthen that tummy because when you are pregnant your abs sit together and when you when you have a baby when you're pregnant those actually separate and that's why you lose that core strength so it's a matter of getting those back together that is the big part but losing the tummy fat really comes down to diet it's about 85 percent your diet over anything you can do as many crunches as you want you can do as many cardio sessions as you want on the treadmill or the elliptical but really comes down to what you're putting in your mouth and that's the hardest takeaway that a lot of people don't understand i think they're like well i ran for you know four miles or i've been on the treadmill for an hour and a half but it's like what you put in your mouth is huge so just making sure your diet is really really on point that is going to make a huge difference especially in those areas that us women tend to hold different weights so that's kind of my biggest takeaway for that question how did you get interested in rh what was your style back in your younger years and how did it evolve it's a great question how did i get interested in rh well let me start with what my design style was prior to restoration hardware now when colin and i moved into our first home it was a starter home and it was full of hand-me-downs but nothing meant i had absolutely no idea of what my design style was because really we were just trying to survive we were young and money was obviously very very tight for us so i was not spending a ton of money on decori and trying to make my home look beautiful was really just kind of getting by every month and as we establish ourselves more and more into our home you guys are gonna it's like it's like fringe worthy when i talk about like my old design style my old house was z gallery i don't know what i was thinking you guys it was like mirror galore like every piece of furniture i had had mirrors on it it was silver it was sparkle it was white it was gray back then i was really excited about it was something i was really into and i took pride in my house and i still do but at a different level now so when we moved into this house i sold everything okay so when i sold everything things didn't fit in this house as i did our old house like the size was off the dimensions were off and i wanted a fresh start which i think is totally natural and a lot of people end up doing so i sold every single thing from z gallery got rid of that style and it was actually my girlfriend that showed me there was an rh outlet right up the street from me i'm like what's rh outlet like i knew what restoration hardware was but i knew restoration hardware as like the old restoration hardware where it was like tchotchkes and like hardware for you know cabinetry and whatnot it was not the restoration hardware as it is known today so i walked into restoration hardware outlet here in san diego and i saw the marble plinth coffee table right when i walked in i was like oh my gosh i love that table and that was kind of what started my obsession with restoration hardware you can even ask shelly my manager i was in there every single month buying stuff for this house and it took us a long time to get to this point of being able to afford nice pieces it was never that way it was i saved money uh you know we we've definitely have started from the bottom and have worked our way up and now i can appreciate really good pieces of furniture that i invest in that these are life pieces these are pieces that are going to be with me for a very long time so that is how i got into restoration hardware will you consider doing youtube full-time i actually got this from quite a few of you asking me if i was going to be doing youtube full-time and to answer that question absolutely you guys that is what i'm striving to do and that is what i'm striving for manifesting youtube full-time it just from an analytics standpoint needs to make sense before i make that leap so yes that is something i absolutely want to do that is something that i'm trying to pursue every single day for you guys and uh more subscriptions more likes more comments all that stuff helps my channel spread the word if you guys have someone that might be interested in my channel send them my way it all helps my channel and it gets me closer to being able to do this whole time as well as bring you guys more content on a weekly basis am i going to do a nursery reveal i got this question a lot too absolutely you guys i am in the process of doing the nursery colin and i have painted we have hung wallpaper her chandelier is at my front door right now i've been trying to document this but yes i'm going to be doing a reveal on how it is that i styled baby girl number two's room and i'm super excited to show you guys so yes i do have little projects here and there that i'm working on like i said that dining room is another big project that i've worked on i actually just ordered a rug so things are happening and as things are progressing i'm definitely going to be sharing that with you because you guys are my family um i'm wondering why i'm not her neighbor in florida this is from tamtam girl send me out and we will go shopping because she says we'd go on some epic shopping adventures yeah we would absolutely so send me out damn time i will definitely come out and see you all right i'm going to be going over to instagram now to read the questions you guys have for me there does your sister help with styling your home or do you have your own ideas this is another great question so my sister is a really incredible and talented designer here in san diego she does specialize in like renovations of kitchens that's kind of like her bread and butter that's where she kind of got her footing she does a lot of like kitchen flips and she has a beautiful style but no when it comes to my own home i have a very different style for my sister i can appreciate the things that she has i can appreciate her style and the decor that she owns in her shop but no for me i have my own design style even all the like the fireplace project the shiplock things that we have done in our home has been 100 my own idea and thoughts we are two very different people but we also are very creative in different ways so to answer your question no i have my own style and my sister has not helped me it is something that i have been doing on my own so that is one question how did you get started on youtube so i got started you guys like i said you guys can go down and watch the cringe worthy first video that i ever posted but i kind of explained why it is that i wanted to create a channel if you are thinking about starting a youtube channel just do it you guys there's never going to be a right time the perfect day if you've been contemplating doing it just do it and that is exactly what i did and what stemmed me wanting to start a youtube channel was to show my life was to do more of like a lifestyle videos it's obviously it evolved into more of the home and home decor and styling videos but it really started with wanting to showcase my life after having a baby because one of the one things that we colin and i always got after we had our baby girl was people were so impressed how him and i just kept having fun like we'd go out to the desert we went to vegas we did all these things and we didn't let having a toddler or a baby stop us from having fun or fulfilling our dreams or continuing on our with our life i didn't lose who i was as a person because i was a mother i kept going and that was kind of where that whole thing stemmed from and i haven't looked back yet and i love youtube it's honestly been such a fun fun avenue for me yeah so i started this i originally started this channel because i wanted to show moms that you guys can still do everything you want to do even though your mom you don't have to lose who you are as a person you can still have fun you can still start a business if you want to start a business you can freaking start a youtube channel if you want to start a youtube channel like there should be no restrictions even after becoming a mother so that was kind of the big reason and my big takeaway as to why i started a youtube channel how did i this is from brenda how did i get started at restoration hardware so i got started at restoration hardware obviously i was a frequent flyer there i shopped there a ton but i ended up working at restoration hardware after i got laid off from my job at lululemon i worked for lululemon for four years i was their lead merchandiser for the location here in san diego and after covid and the restrictions that they had put on all the employees it was just not something that i was able to fulfill so after i was laid off from lululemon which i was very sad about but i was also really excited to start a new journey i had already had a love for restoration hardware and then the push of getting laid off from lululemon really pushed me into wanting to get a job and shelly offered me a job i essentially got hired on the spot and the rest is history so that is how i got started at restoration how did you successfully transition your style from one to another this is a great question to answer this to be 100 transparent you're 100 blunt like i already said i sold everything i started from the beginning i started fresh i got rid of everything and started completely over and i think that is the best way to transition there are some glam things that i think i could incorporate in this style but to be honest i just i don't like that style anymore so i wanted to just get rid of it entirely so when i did sell everything i sold everything on facebook marketplace and offer up super super helpful when it comes to selling furniture and i also went to my instagram to sell items as well for every item that sold i would put all that money into a jar and then that jar accumulated over time as i would sell my furniture and then purchase new stuff for the new home so and that's how i handled it i'm sure there's other ways you guys can go about it but just ripping that band-aid off and starting completely fresh to be honest all right you guys i didn't want this video to be like 20 minutes long so i'm gonna end the video here but you guys had such great questions so yeah that is it as always be sure to like and comment and subscribe to this channel it helps my channel a ton and i'm very very appreciative of everybody that has joined the mom with muscle family and i love you guys see you guys in my next video peace [Music] you

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Length: 15min 0sec (900 seconds)

Published: Wed Mar 10 2021