Exercising is super important for our energy and health when it is be adjusted to your current lifestyle, recovery and energy.
To get great benefits from exercising you don’t have to run for miles, plank for hours or do thousands of squats. No particular workout is better than the other. We need all different types of movement and routines. You don’t have to stick to the one you like the least just because some experts say it is the best one.
Read MoreI have something really cool for you today. I have prepared a 7-day full body workout for you to help you start exercising after having a baby. Our workouts don’t have to be long nor extremely challenging. They can be short and sweet. I know very well how difficult it is to find any time for yourself when there is so much to do every day. But having few moments just for you is self-care. When you feel good, everything is easier and better.
Read MoreBefore having a baby I trained a lot. As a fitness trainer I taught a few classes a week. I was into hiking, cycling up mountains, bouldering, snowboarding and training even more at home. Today it feels like a lot but before, it was quite normal to me. I loved it. I didn’t have many issues with motivation. As long as I had a good night’s sleep it was great.
Today it is way different. Not only because it is three years later and I simply got older, but mainly because I don’t get enough sleep.
Read MoreIt isn’t always easy to find time to exercise. From the moment I wake up I am on “mummy” duty. During breakfast I think about lunch. During lunch I plan dinner. I make sure Freya sleeps enough, eats enough, drinks enough, reads enough, has time to do puzzles, go outside at least twice a day, shopping, washing, cleaning…
Yet exercising makes me feel good in my body. Helps me perform all these tasks safely and keeps me pain free. As soon as I stop, I notice discomfort in different parts of my body, in my back, glutes, neck and shoulders. It also helps me have more energy to stay patient and laugh when days get hard.
Therefore, I prepared this 30 day exercise challenge for tired mums. We exercise only 5-min a day (in sync with our menstrual cycle). Read more to check all benefits and “rules”.
Read MoreAfter my pregnancy I was so impatient to get back to exercising. I was fed up with my mummy tummy and the lowest fitness level I had ever had. I didn’t feel good in my body. All I wanted to do was feel “normal” again. When I started training again I went all in. I went too hard. I overdid it, got fatigued and needed to take another break to recover. In this post I am sharing my story with you and explaining what is the better way to get back to exercising after having a baby (at the age of 40).
Read MoreIt turns out that neither drinking caffeine beverages (not just coffee) nor intermittent fasting are safe for female hormones during reproductive years, especially for those who already suffer with hormonal imbalances.
Caffeine disrupts female hormones, including insulin, cortisol, estrogen and progesterone and can lead to many health issues.
Read MoreSummer is a great time to indulge in seasonal fruits and veggies. They are the best now. Salads, soups, smoothies taste exceptional. Raw or cooked, they are just yummy.
I love cooking and normally I can create something tasty with any ingredients I can find in our fridge. I hardly ever follow recipes and most of the time my food is delicious (except from a few incidents when it was barely edible 😊). But there are days when I don’t feel inspired and no matter how hard I try I cannot come up with anything tasty to eat. For those days I have a few, tasty and easy lunch recipes, for both hot and not so hot summer days.
Read MoreSweet, homemade treats , made of wholesome ingredients are not only sweet and delicious but also packed with the abundance of nutrients. In this post I’m sharing with you Freya’s and mine three favourite treat recipes. They are easy to make and very healthy. Perfect for the whole family.
Read MoreAs women, we are wonderful. Our body is unique, amazing, resilient, adaptive, strong, extremely intelligent and can create a new life. But instead of celebrating our singular qualities we want to be ordinary. We want to look like someone else. It is an issue that affects many women as well as men.
How come so many women still don’t like their bodies? Why did it take me so many years to realise that and start working towards change? I blame Barbie 😊
I don’t want to feel like that anymore. I love the human body and I want to start loving my own body. Will you join me?
Read MoreRest, 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 MoreI have been asking this question for a while now. Freya is 21 months old and I am still carrying some baby weight especially around my waist. It looks like it takes a while if you’re trying to stay healthy and energised at the same time.
Restorative nutrition and rest are the main elements for a new mum to focus on for as long as possible, especially for as long as you’re breastfeeding.
Hormones are the key to everything.
Read MoreFor as long as we’re breastfeeding our estrogen levels stay low. The longer we breastfeed the less juicy, less youthful and more tired we feel. On top of that, for as long as our estrogen is low, we won’t only have less energy to exercise, but we will also get less results from our training (estrogen is female testosterone) and we may struggle to lose weight.
If we are not sleeping through the night and breastfeeding, we have to focus on taking care of our body. Hormones control it all. Balancing our hormones, avoiding any unnecessary stressors and keeping our cortisol levels as low as possible is extremely important. Stressed body holds on to its fat, especially in the midsection.
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