Celebrity Bumps

When you are pregnant you always look to celebs who are also pregnant at the same time. With my first pregnancy I was pregnant at the same time as Angelina Joile and Katie Holms. To me these two seemed like mythical pregnancy unicorns, sticks with bumps, glowing skin and gorgeous hair. Me I was a mess, I gained 29 kilos had BAD skin that only glowed since I was throwing up EVERYTHING I ate ( so goodness knows why I gained so much weight) and drooping greasy hair.

I recently saw pictures of a VERY large pregnant Jessica Simpson and I thought thank goodness their are celebs  that look normal pregnant. I remember Kate Hudson got massive with Ryder but then melted back to a size 2 within 3 months the joys of having a night nanny, trainer and chef!!!!


Jessica Simpson has signed a contract with Weight Watchers so I look forward to seeing her slow healthy progress and will use her as an inspiration. She also just gave birth to a 9lb 13 baby girl called Maxwell!!! My first daughter Angel was the same size!

enjoys the pics

XX J

Zen

They say stress causes weight gain. Yet when you have children it is very hard not to stress, there are the financial burdens, the wondering about their well being, there is also the worries about your own inadequacies or possible inadequacies as a parent. Yet amongst all this angst you need to remain calm.

If anything this quest to make my outer beauty match my inner beauty is the importance in taking time out for myself f. I am proud of the fact that when the kids go to bed and the basic jobs are done I do NOTHING!!!!. I relax read a book, watch whatever appeals on the box, chat with friends.  When my trainer was originally trying to get me to use this time to exercise I was like well alright. But no I disagree with the trying to make exercise "me" time. I do not enjoy trying to Zumba when the kids go to bed in fact it made me resent my precious free time. I much prefer to spend my exercise time in the morning outside with the kids and my night time being a proud vegetable sloth.

So it is important to make things work for you find some chill time and locate your inner zen.

XX J