I fell in love with my appearance as it was, then I started to workout

Weight loss story from @kaysfitclub

After having a C-section Kay was unhappy with her post-pregnancy pouch and made a change to it by working out and eating right once her baby had hit 7 months.

So I had a baby in Nov 2015. My pre-pregnancy weight was 77kg (169lb) and by full term I was 92kg (202lb). I was a great looking pregnant lady and I got all the compliments on like ’you didn’t gain so much weight’, ‘lucky you’. But deep down I was so worried. I wanted to go back to being slim, I wanted my tummy to remain flat.

Rewind to before I had a baby, I never had a perfectly flat tummy, I always avoided ‘bodycon anything’, I knew how to suck in my tummy if necessary. But I was not ‘big’, my size uk 10 were too fitted, my size uk 12 would fit but I would never admit, I called them ‘big uk 12’. I was always passionate about being ‘reasonably sized’ and at some point in 2014, I lost about 6kg from working out and some dieting but I still didn’t like my body proportions and soon gained the weight back because they were rigorous and unrealistic diets with monotonous workouts.

Fast forward to after had my baby, I had a C section, the shock of my life, the scar, the bulging pouch. I slipped into self pity. I lost confidence in myself. I walked with my face down. I breastfed my daughter exclusively for 7 months; the hunger was REAL and continued with other semi-solid food till she was 12months and a week old.

In Jan, I tried working out and starving (yes starving), because I just hated my body everyday, but I only got worse and slipped into some sort of persistent moodiness. My always cold state got the best of me, I ate all the wrong stuff and the last time I had any courage to check my weight in April 2016, I had hit 88kg (194lbs). At this time, I could fit into UK size 14. I still gained more weight but never checked, I officially have no fitness starting weight

So what did I do? I fell in love with my body as it was. I told myself I would do this and enjoy every step. I picked myself up in June, when my baby was 7 months and started to workout and eat right. I read a lot up on fitness, I opened my mind, I was dedicated. My energy levels became better, my outlook to life improved and I knew I had to keep going.

The hardest parts of it all was TIME and discipline with food (the naija diet can make you cheat with the strongest will). I overcame the TIME problem by having a workout timetable with as much flexibility as possible (morning, afternoon, night, at work, while baby sleeps). I overcame the food issue with meal plans pasted on the wall in my kitchen and room, I also did meal preps.

I currently sit between 66-68kg (145 – 149lbs), and a size 8 top and size 10 bottom (UK Sizes). My goal weight? I don’t have one, as I don’t define myself by numbers, its about how I feel; when your body feels great, you know it.

To women or anyone who wants to start a fitness lifestyle,