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Getting fit postnatally and considerations when returning to work
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LIFE IS BUSY AND WITH a newborn you can guarantee it'll get busier. Mother of seven-week-old Jones and founder of Award winning business FIT, Karina Elliott knows just how you feel. I think most mothers know there is a need
to be healthy for our babies and our own wellbeing. Exercise during my pregnancy and postnatally has not only meant a healthier body inside and out, but the emotional and mental benefits are helping me be a better mum! If you didn't exercise during pregnancy, don't let that stop you – we all have to start somewhere. Understandably, the last thing you feel like doing when sleep deprivation has kicked in is to exercise. In my experience it is the opposite, the endorphin release following exercise is worth it! I hold firm to the mantras 'happy mum, happy baby' and 'healthy mum, healthy baby!' Plan ahead: once you have medical
clearance to begin light exercise after childbirth, make a start and make exercise a habit. It takes three weeks to form a habit. If we can establish this before we head back into the chaos of work/life balance then we're half way there! Getting started is often not simple!
Everyone is different. There are factors influencing our ability to work out; motivation, time, complications, support. Daily business routines are the same. We all at some stage lack motivation, struggle to find time, there can be complications with staff and so forth, and support from management or peers can be absent.
HOW CAN WE OVERCOME THESE OBSTACLES? Make an appointment with yourself! Fitness as in life mimics business. Put in the
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