Rest, nutrition, walking and gentle moves are all part of your self-care routine. You don’t need anything sophisticated to start feeling better and have more energy.
A child’s physical and mental wellbeing depends on the mother’s health.
Investing time in ourselves and taking care of ourselves is investing in our family and healthy happy life. There is no better motivation than that.
Read MorePostnatal recovery and weight loss looks different for each woman, and we should never compare ourselves to others. Six months after giving birth I was desperate to lose my baby weight. I hoped that by this point I will be back to my pre pregnancy clothes. I had this idea about how my postnatal recovery should look like and the reality didn’t really match it. I kept on trying to get back to training and I failed every single time. Eventually, when Freya was 12 months old I just crashed. Every little thing was making me extremely stressed. I didn’t know what was going on with me but it wasn’t such an unusual thing. Many mums go through extreme fatigue in the first year of giving birth (I don’t mean depression, I mean total exhaustion which also affects mood but isn’t the same as depression).
Read MoreHigh protein diets have been recommended as the best way to get lean and keep our cravings at bay for a while now. Protein is an important macronutrient. Overeating protein is as bad as overeating fats or carbs. Too much of anything is just too much. Yet the amount every person needs is very individual. There is more to healthy nutrition, especially for women. How much you should eat depends on your body type, genetics, lifestyle and may change with age. Postnatal nutrition is also slightly different.
Read MoreDo you struggle to stick to your exercise routine and feel guilty or lazy? Don't. It means that your current training plan isn't for you. Most research that inspire all latest training trends is based on man. But the female body doesn’t work the same way. the good news is that when you start training like a woman you wont only stick to your workouts but you will also get the results you want.
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