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Getting back into shape Part II – My post-baby body: Success and a setback

If you have read Part I of my journey ( if not, click here), you may know that I have struggled a lot to loose my baby weight and return to my former sportive lifestyle. At the beginning of this year I still had some stamina to regain and 4 kg to drop, and I was determined to keep going. Getting back into shape post-baby Working out when you are a new mum is hard, so I decided to stick to short and sweaty workouts, HIIT and strength instead of…

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Under Pressure – Breastfeeding

When you are having a baby, there are a million things you worry about. You start reading books on what to eat during pregnancy so your offspring will be all set for winning the Nobel prize. You spend hours researching the right kind of mattress for your baby´s crib. You read debates on whether or not to carry your baby, while expert mothers of four fight battles against each other in the depths of the internet regarding self-soothing. But there is one thing you can read wherever and whenever the…

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When Daddy becomes a pack donkey – Deuter Kid Comfort III

Traveling with a child gives you a whole new perspective. You don’t look for a Michelin Star in a restaurant, but for an available high chair. You spend way more time sitting in the sand box than at the bar of some fancy club. You get overly excited about ducks on the camping ground, funny noises included (“Look darling, over there, quack quack quack quack”) And you get a whole new perspective on distance. What used to be an easy days hike seems to stretch out forever when you have…

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A nightmare come true

Have you ever had the nightmare of loosing all your teeth? Probably. If you look it up in a “Dream Dictionary”, you are told it means you will receive a lot of money soon. Have you ever had the nightmare of loosing all your hair? Like running through it with your fingers and pulling out strand after strand? No need to look it up in a dictionary this time, I can tell you exactly what that means. No, I didn´t decide to cut a fringe… It means you had a…

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Getting back into shape – Post Baby Body

My daughter is now ten months old (actually eleven when this post goes online) and I still have baby weight to loose. This is a shocking confession in times of “What is your excuse?” pictures found everywhere and Heidi Klum walking the runway for Victorias Secret eight weeks after giving birth. Weights and weight But I have come a long way since the Little Bean was born and even if I am not where I want to be quite yet, I have learned a lot about my body and working…

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