{"id":392,"date":"2015-01-09T22:56:02","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T03:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glittermommy.com\/?p=392"},"modified":"2015-01-10T23:57:23","modified_gmt":"2015-01-11T04:57:23","slug":"fitness-friday-introduction-16-months-post-partum-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glittermommy.com\/?p=392","title":{"rendered":"Fitness Friday – Introduction & my 16 months post-partum body"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello my gorgeous friends, I will be introducing a series on my blog called Fitness Friday. This is a 12 weeks series that documents my body transformation (in a positive way hopefully) through different workout programs that I follow.<\/p>\n

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Let me give you some background of my current fitness level before starting this series. I have joined the Stroller Fit classes with The Fit Life with Tabitha<\/a>\u00a0in Burlington since June of 2014. In the summer time, I go on average about 3 to 4 times a week depending on weather and now in the winter we have 2 classes a week indoor. If you go to her website<\/a>\u00a0and check out the workout videos, we will know that it is not your typical stroller fit class, there’s no “stroll” involved. We actually do cardio in many forms with our stroller and more importantly, we do strength training to target our post pregnancy problem areas. I am proud to say with the help of the Stroller Fit classes, I have lost majority of the weight scale wise but I haven’t been back to my pre-twins pregnancy weight yet. Despite of that I fit back into my own clothes 100% but the scale wouldn’t show because I have been building muscle (because muscle is heavier than fat and muscle is much more compact).<\/p>\n

My goal for this series is to re-shape my post twins pregnancy body to the way I want it. I want to feel super confident when I put on my favourite bikini. Trust me, I am secure about how I look now (otherwise I wouldn’t be showing you my before picture). If I have to look like this forever, I am okay with it too because this body produced 3 beautiful children, the stretch marks and cellulite are just battle scars for me to show I have this wonderful experience of carrying babies. I love my body and I just want to improve on it. More importantly, I want to be healthy and fit for my husband and kids. I think setting a realistic goal and formulating a plan to achieve it is important for my kids to learn. In addition, I would like to try different kinds of exercise classes that is offered in Burlington and be able to give you my “first impression” on them. \u00a0Lastly,\u00a0I want to show other mommies out there that it doesn’t take long to workout on a daily basis. Stroller Fit takes 1 hour and the best part about it is I can workout with my babies (I remember how protective I was when I first gave birth to my daughter and twin boys). I honestly wouldn’t trust anyone to take care of my kids and Stroller Fit allows me to do an intense workout with my kids (the best of both worlds).<\/p>\n

In the following 12 weeks, I will be updating you guys on my progress and I will take weekly picture of myself so we can compare. Hopefully I can show you all some progress so you can see the difference (like toned abs, stronger arms, toned legs, etc).<\/p>\n

What do I do in the 12 weeks?<\/b><\/p>\n

I will be working out from Monday to Friday (or 5 days a week depending on classes availability) and resting on the weekend (or 2 days). I have Stroller Fit on Tuesdays and Thursdays, so on Mondays and Wednesdays, I will be following Kayla Itsines’ Bikini Body Guide<\/a>. \u00a0Finally, on Friday if there’s exercise classes that interest me, I will do that as my workout. If not, I will keep following Kayla’s BBG program. \u00a0I found Kayla’s workout through instagram<\/a>, people that follow her program has really great results, that’s why it perked my interest to try it. Also, her program is super convenient because it’s an ebook, you can download it and workout anywhere even if you only have your phone with you. \u00a0If you are interested, you can go to her website to download her free 7 day trail<\/a> to test it out for yourself.<\/p>\n

Jan 5 to Jan 9, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Workout Routine<\/em><\/p>\n

I started the aforementioned workout programs on Monday (Jan 5, 2015) and as of Friday (Jan 9, 2015), I have been working out for 5 days straight (very proud of myself).<\/p>\n