hi guys welcome back to my channel today I wanted to create a video talking a
little bit about my fitness transformation I wanted to kind of do a
recap of every month but it was just too much to follow so a little background I
had Maximus in October 2000 2018 he is my third baby boy I had a pretty
good pregnancy I wasn't as active gym wise with Max as I was with the other
two but I was very active because I mean I already had two boys that are big and
just require you to move all the time and also I was working so I was pretty
active I would say after I gave birth to Jake I was so like I have to get back to
pre-baby body and it was like this whole process to just like me motivating
myself but like not in a positive way so I definitely made sure that I didn't
experience the same type of pressure that I put on myself with Benjamin and
then especially with max I was breastfeeding max until he was three
months and then I stopped just because supply and schedule and then my other
kids schedule was just it was a lot for me so I decided for the benefit of my
mental health it was enough and he actually was the longest breastfed of
them all so I'm pretty proud of myself for that with breastfeeding of course
you lose away much faster just because your body burns so much energy with
breastfeeding but you also consume a lot of food I didn't even care to think
about weight loss at all until I stopped breastfeeding I was very active before I
got pregnant with Max I was working out quite a bit probably between like three
to four times a week I had a pretty healthy pregnancy I gained about between
30 to 35 pounds which is actually what I gained with all three of them I wasn't
concerned at all about weight loss I actually haven't weighed myself that I
gave birth no maybe I weighed myself once but I don't look at the numbers
just look at the way my body feels and how my clothes fit me so that's where I
know you know where I need to lose weight or get toned or just if
everything is back to normal so once I stop breastfeeding that's when I kind of
went back to a more balanced diet the way I eat is kind of what works for me
in my schedule so I'll have actually small meals every two to three hours so
if I wake up in the morning I'll have a glass of water or lemon water and then
I'll wait a little bit of brush my teeth and then I'll go and I'll have something
before I drop off the kids so usually now it's like my go-to I have a
grapefruit just a bunch of walnuts and pecans and then mold berries and some
pumpkin seeds and then I have my either matcha latte or coffee then I drop them
off I'll come back and then I usually get hungry again after about an hour and
a half or so then I'll have like a breakfast and maybe eggs and avocado
that will be around like 10 ish and then I'll eat again at around 12:30 1:00 and
then I'll have a snack at around 4 maybe and then I'll have dinner at about 7:30
or so so that's kind of how I eat usually and with snacks or if I feel
hungry during the day I will have a smoothie or a protein shake or something
to kind of fill me up I try to focus to eat a lot of lands a lot of vegetables
and everything that I put on my plate if you watched any of my nutrition videos
you kind of see how I go with food for me I truly believe that the quantities
of how much we eat is so huge these days especially in North America I always
talk about filling up a full plate but just a smaller plate rather than the big
plates that a lot of us have at home I'll always fill it up with half my
plate will be veggies and then I'll have my plant-based protein or protein like
chicken or anything like that and then I'll have
kind of my healthy carbs or like five source of fiber as well I always think
about making sure that I have fiber healthy fat and protein and every meal
that's kind of also my train of thought when I either order at restaurants or
when I cook something at home I'm petite so I actually tend to lose weight which
I mean I guess doesn't sound so bad but it's not great I mean I'm trying to
build kind of muscle and structure and feel stronger I've always kind of
battled this like skinny fat type of body it's very important for me to make
sure that I eat enough because otherwise I just become like really really skinny
and really really weak also during my pregnancy with Max I did eat a lot of
sweets so I'm trying to cut on that just because it's not healthy at all I've
been really impressed with my body just how it didn't bounce back but how it has
the kind of memory still of everything that I did before
regarding the working out I decided to get a trainer I didn't have a trainer
before this pregnancy I actually used to just go to different classes and work
out on my own but this time I decided to get a trainer just because I wanted to
make sure that I'm not gonna get injured I think that what happens a lot with
postpartum women is that our body is still healing it takes about a year or
18 months for our body to heal after such a traumatic experience so I really
wanted to make sure that I'm not injuring myself or causing any damage I
definitely decided at this time I'm not gonna take a chance on this and I'm
gonna make sure that I'm doing everything properly so I did get a
trainer I also do Pilates Pilates has always been such an amazing way for me
to tone my body and feel strong it's a very great way to elongate yourself and
learn how to carry yourself more elegantly that makes sense
you really see a difference with tawny so I'm doing a weight training and I do
Pilates I don't do really any cardio because I
just I don't like it my heart rate is
actually like going even from like small little movements so I'm not a big
believer in like cardio for me for myself for my body type this is all me
talking about my personal experience this is by no means any expertise
whatsoever about the way it should work out I highly recommend people to really
learn more about their own bodies I know there's a lot of fitness gurus out there
and doing a lot of different things but I've learned that what works for me
won't work for someone else I'm still kind of tweaking and learning how my
body should feel and move and when I'm doing something if it's wrong or right
form is extremely important I prefer to go slower with things but to make sure
that my form is perfect a lot of you guys kept damning me ask me about my
goal weight I don't have one I don't care about numbers whatsoever I really
want to get stronger and I want to build a booty that was never there before
which is a really really difficult thing to do just really kind of follow the way
my clothes fit me and that's when I know when things are changing in my body
I don't care to see results for at least 18 months
I'm being serious like again it takes so much time to change things up I mean for
me after childbirth I'm just giving my body the time and freedom to figure
itself out and heal I truly know that consistency is everything and just being
in tune with your body and treat it like a temple that's kind of the rule of
thumb that I follow with food and my workout and I feel like I definitely see
a difference I'm so proud of my body I see things are changing and moving and
I'm just really excited to keep getting stronger and I'm not interested in
getting back in my pre-baby body I want my new body post three children strong
badass body that's what I want so good luck for me so we're gonna do this again
when max gonna turn one year to see the progress
and I'm super excited for you guys to follow me on this journey thank you guys
so much for watching I'll see you guys next time