As mums we often forget that waking up several times at night increases our cortisol levels leading to a cascade of different issues including fatigue, anxiety and sleep issues. It makes it very challenging to get back to exercising when we struggle just to stay on our feet and keep up with the little one.

When I look in the mirror, as many new mums, I cannot recognise my body. It has changed so much and it isn’t easy to get used to it, no matter what. That is often another reason to push ourselves harder. We want our old body to be back as fast as possible.

For so many years we were told that the only way to lose weight is to eat less and exercise more. But hold on… the truth is that it actually never works.

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