by Emma | Mar 1, 2015 |
Did you begin the year full of good intentions that have fallen by the wayside? Now’s the time to stop making excuses and start ACHIEVING YOUR GOALS. I admit this isn’t going to be easy, I don’t have a magic wand and there are no quick fixes so stay away from the false promises of the new diet craze of instant results and everlasting weight loss. As a mum, I believe more than anyone that we have the most sincere excuses as to why we can’t exercise or lose weight. Money, time, childcare, sleep deprivation name just a few. I think it’s a shame that some mums never regain their fitness levels after having a child. It’s a shame that some mums spend a lifetime on the scales obsessing about their weight, which in turn often causes them to yoyo diet. A person very close to me weighs herself daily, she feels fantastic if the scales show she has lost a few pounds and rewards herself with a sweet treat! If she is heavier than the previous morning she binges on junk as she feels that she will never achieve her desired goal. This unhealthy obsessing can pass on negative body issues to our little ones. I want to help mums get FITTER FOR LIFE. We live in a world of fast food, fast fixes and ever increasing obesity. We owe it to our bodies and our little ones to be the best version of us. Right, I hope your reading this nodding your head with enthusiasm and muttering “yes I can do this”! You can overcome the...
by Emma | Mar 1, 2015 |
I can remember staring at the magazine in Tesco through blurred eyes caused by months and months of sleepless nights. “How I lost the baby weight in 7 weeks” was the headline. I then remember casting my eyes over the magazines near by all with similar headlines. “How I lost 30 lbs in 2 weeks”………”Bikini body after baby”…… We live in a world obsessed with how we look. Bombarded with pictures of celebrities and their beautiful perfect bodies. The fact is they aren’t all that perfect without graphics to touch them up. The fact is they have spent hours in make up, they can afford daily personal trainers, stylists and cooks as well as a nanny (or two) to help with childcare. However even though I have named but a few of the reasons why this particular celebrity caught my eye, it doesn’t change the fact that this and the other front cover stories, made me feel unhappy about the way I looked. At the time I was a full time mum to a small baby that fed all day and all night on my enormous uncomfortable breasts! My baby refused to take a bottle whether it was filled with breast milk or formula. Due to this I couldn’t ask anyone to help with the night shift and without any family around I was well and truly on duty 7 days a week 24 hours per day. I no longer had time for myself, the 5am walk to the seafront with baby in pram praying that he would sleep became a frequent morning task. I would often...
