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