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mama me-time | food for the soul

How to be a

yummy

mummy

Set yourself realistic
goals and you will
slowly but surely
reach your target

On December 6 2010 Heidi Klum strutted down the runway for Victoria’s
Secret Fashion Show. She looked amazing.What was even more incredible
though was that she had given birth to her second child, Henry Günther

Ademola Dashtu on September 12.

mother, baby & child April 2011 W hether we like it Don’t stress
or not, in today’s
society there is an It is really important not to
incredible amount of pressure get stressed out about losing
on new mothers to lose their weight but to give yourself small
baby weight and get their pre- achievable goals. You’ve just had
pregnancy figure back as quickly a baby. It took nine months to
as possible. This pressure can get you to the weight and shape
sometimes come from those you are now so allow the same
we love, celebrities we admire amount of time to get back
or even from ourselves. With in shape. If you set yourself
the average woman gaining realistic goals you will slowly but
between 25 to 35 pounds and surely reach your target. “After I
37 to 54 if she is having twins, had my first baby, I gave myself
the mammoth goal of losing a goal of losing two pounds per
weight and looking great whilst month with weight watchers and
trying to take care of a new I focused on what I had to lose
baby can seem overwhelming. that month rather than on my
This month we look at the things overall weight-loss goal and I
new mothers can do to help found that that really helped,”
them look and feel fabulous. said Ruth Meydell, mother of
one.

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