Now that I’m a mother; Will I feel Sexy Again?

October 12th, 2012 by TFB

Now that I’m a mother; Will I feel Sexy Again?

A word from Mike: “The author of this post is my sister-in-law, a girl I have lots of fun with, a caring godmother for my children as well as a devoted wife and mother for her own family. Just like a big bro would do it, I thought she might want to try this program I’ve heard of a few times. She was willing to take down the test and I decided to share this true testimonial with you. Can’t wait to read your thoughts about it! Did you ever go through such a challenge? How did you do it?”

During 2011, my whole world changed. Nice classy high heels became flip flops, professional skirts were thrown away for comfy elastic pants and many shirts couldn’t stand those big boobies anymore! As if my whole body wanted to shout out to the world: “Careful, baby on its way!” I went from a healthy 140 pounds to the whale size (195 pounds) as I call it myself!! Being a happy mom didn’t blow away those 55 pounds (note to self: fairy tales don’t exist!). Weeks and months passed by, baby boy grew up and almost a year after, I still had 20 pounds or so to lose.

And because fairy tales really don’t exist, I had a knee injury (that is still not done with). My training plan got destroyed in a day. I had to stop running. Needless to say I was very discouraged by this challenge and did not know how to handle it (read I cried a river!). I wanted my silhouette, my confidence, my femininity back. This is when I discovered the Urban Girl Wellness 14 day Program. I had nothing to lose and gave it a try (until I die, just joking!).

Biggest Challenge: Shakes, shakes, shakes!

It started hard and painful with the 5 days detox (alright, not as hard as birth delivery, but still!). You may not know it, but a detox – also called reset – basically works the same as a drugs detoxification, where you eliminate nasty things from your organism as well as your physical dependence to it. In food regards, it means only necessary nutriments and vitamins to keep your body functional. In my own words: Shakes, shakes, shakes! Called Nutrimeals, you have them in the morning, for lunch and for dinner. Trust me; no matter how tasteful were they, I never dreamt so much about food! I’m not a fast food fan, I eat chips a couple times a YEAR, I drink no sodas and even if I sometimes have a hard time declining a desert or some chocolate cookies, I didn’t consider myself as addicted to it. Still, I’ve experienced some physical reaction to the detox. Headaches, humour changes, aggressiveness, lack of concentration and a desperate urge to eat (pregnancy symptoms back, yippee!) were sneaking into my day. Even with the vanilla, strawberry and chocolate shakes, supplements, bars, water and unlimited raw vegetables, I had trouble dealing with physical side effects. I even cheated twice the first 2 days. Two bites of homemade pasta never made me so happy! Other than that, I can say I did stick to it, but that really was the biggest challenge.

Lifestyle VS Lifetime Diets

The 9 remaining days of the program help you healthily reintroduce food and set your mind into your new lifestyle. You can’t just go back to your old habits if you really want to change (question is, do you really want to change?). That’s why you’ll be proposed to get into action at least 30 minutes a day. I unfortunately could not follow this advice because of my knee injury, but I still found that this side of the program could be amplified (come on, move your booty!). The idea is still there: focus on a new lifestyle rather than going through lifetime diets.