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Step 1
Relax your previous views about what “works” for your body, and keep your mind open to new forms of exercise. Although Elizabeth previously abided by a strict (and admittedly obsessive) running regimen before her second child, she realized that changing her routine and challenging her body can reap new results.
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Step 2
Start your post-baby slim down by finding a gym or health center in which you feel truly connected. Elizabeth signed up with La Palestra health center in New York City, and instantly found the fitness advice and motivation she needed.
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Step 3
Focus on health instead of weight, in order to keep both your mind and muscles active after baby. Instead of constantly pounding out long runs each day, Elizabeth began a consistent regimen that integrated cardio, strength training, core work and emotional and nutritional counseling.
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Step 4
Add diversity to workouts by alternating between strength training moves, core work and cardio each day. Try assigning a different body part to strength train per day, and rotate between different levels of cardio throughout the week (like sprints one day and 2 mile runs the next).
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Step 5
Fuel your fitness routine with healthy balanced meals (like Elizabeth who ate about 2,000 calories per day while breastfeeding). Although Elizabeth has celiac disease (which means she must avoid all foods with gluten or wheat), her meals consisted mainly of egg white and spinach omelet’s, tuna and salads or turkey and vegetable tortillas.
