Carrie Underwood Gets Real About the Difficulty of ‘Bouncing Back’ After Baby No. 2
It’s been nearly two months since Carrie Underwood became a mom-of-two after welcoming her second child, son Jacob Bryan Fisher, with husband Mike Fisher — but she is already looking fierce, despite facing some hardship along the way.
In a candid Instagram post from Tuesday, March 19, the “Love Wins” singer opened up about the difficulty of getting back into shape after welcoming baby No. 2 just a few weeks earlier.
“I’m going to be honest, ‘bouncing back’ after having Jacob has been much more difficult than after I had Isaiah and I’ve been pretty hard on myself lately,” the 35-year-old captioned the mirror pic she shared while wearing her CALIA by Carrie athletic apparel and sneakers. Take a look at what Carrie shared!
“I go into the gym and I can’t run as fast or as far. I can’t lift as much weight or do as many reps as I could a year ago,” Carrie — who is also mom to 3-year-old son Isaiah Michael Fisher — admitted, revealing that her fitness regime has been less-than-stellar lately. “I just want to feel like myself again … for my body to feel the way that I know it can.”
Carrie, who has always had one of the most enviable figures in Hollywood, shared that our bodies are meant for more than just showing them off in gorgeous gowns on the red carpet. “As I was working out today, I realized that for the past 11 months, my body has not belonged to me,” she wrote. “It was a perfect home for Jacob. And even now it belongs to him every time he drinks his milk.”
The American Idol winner and her former professional hockey player hubby may have been laying low lately, but Carrie will be bidding farewell to Nashville soon as she gets ready to gear up for life on the road. “Right now, I make a promise to myself to start appreciating what my body CAN do and stop focusing on what it can’t,” the country crooner said, adding that she promises to “stop analyzing every angle and every curve and every pound and every meal.”
“I’m going to keep staying the path because it is a journey and as long as I’m always working towards my goals, one day I’ll reach them,” she gushed. “I’m going to take it day by day, smile at the girl in the mirror, and work out because I love this body and all it has done and will continue to do.”
The “Jesus, Take the Wheel” singer will be heading out for her Cry Pretty 360 tour in May and a source close to the singer exclusively revealed to Closer Weekly that she wants to bring her sons along for the ride. “Carrie’s plan is to take the boys on the road with her without Mike,” the insider dished of their potential plans. “Carrie has always said Mike hates being on the road with her. Which is strange because he’s had such a similar lifestyle traveling from city to city. But tour life is just not for him.”
We can’t wait to see how much fun Carrie has with her boys while on tour!
