Overweight people face a lot of stigma. Image via Unsplash
Post-partum life isn’t easy – and losing the weight that came with your pregnancy is especially hard. One new mother goes on a journey to lose 5kg in one month…naturally!
Overweight people face a lot of stigma. Image via Unsplash
One year and four months ago, the 25-year-old me welcomed my first child into the world – a healthy and big baby boy. Along with a cocktail of emotions, sleepless nights and heartwarming moments first came drastic weight loss and then dreaded weight gain.
In the back of my mind, I put off caring too much about my post-partum body but have finally decided that at 75.6 kg and a bulging belly enough is enough.
The realisation for me to lose weight came after my favourite pair of jeans absolutely refused to close around my waist. At first, I shrugged it off but then scared myself with the thought of where I would be in the next few years if I didn’t start making an effort to lose weight and follow a healthier lifestyle.
After having a child, it’s always easy for a new mom to blame the weight gain on the fact that she has a little one who is demanding all of her time. Couple that with a full-time working-from-home job and you have a sure recipe for disaster — ask me, I know.
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And so I decided that I was going to embark on a weight loss journey and my first step was to buy a scale – something I have never owned in my entire life and now that I have one, I know why that was probably for the best (I’ll explain why later.)
Anyway, I stepped on and nearly fell off after seeing that I weigh a whopping 75.6kg! That’s heavier than I’ve ever been — even during my pregnancy.
I have since swapped all my usual calorie-dense foods with healthy and nutritious foods in an effort to give myself a “mommy makeover”.
I have also looked up some workout videos and equipped myself with all, well most of the things I need to know about weight loss and will be sharing how this goes over the next few weeks with a 5kg weight loss goal in mind!