If you’ve followed me over from Lazy Girl Fitness then you know that when it comes to exercise, I’ve always been an advocate for working smarter rather than harder. That ethos has never been more relevant than once you become a mum and your available hours shrink from total flexibility down to approximately 47 seconds. When my kids were really little (and honestly, still today) bodyweight workouts are my go-to when I need something that can be completed in one episode of Octonauts (or one sleep cycle). Today I want to share with you one of my favourite bodyweight workouts from the trenches. Please note that this is not prescriptive…
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It was pyjama day at school today and I’m telling you, making this just an annual event is doing a disservice to parents everywhere. I would be all for paying my gold coin donation weekly – one less outfit to wash, one less thing to do in the morning. And after being chained to the house with a sick kid and his brother for the past three days, it was a nice little carrot for getting them out the door (at long looooong last) this morning. I never thought I’d be a stay-at-home mumMy parents owned their own business, and working long and hard in an out-of-the-home environment was pretty…
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Seven years ago I’d just discovered I was pregnant with our first child. I steadfastly (and exceptionally naively) believed my life would stay the same after I had a baby. Back then, I was running Lazy Girl Fitness (if you know me from those days, hi! It’s been a minute), a personal training business and fitness and lifestyle blog. I loved every second of it. In fact, I loved it so much that I was sure I’d be straight back into it after giving birth. I had it all mapped out. But then, well, I had an actual, real-life baby and everything I thought I knew was flipped on its…
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Was there ever a more convenient snack than the humble bliss ball, made popular by the Bondi-living, Lululemon-wearing, selfie-posting women of the 2010’s? (oh hi, it’s me). Well let me answer my own rhetorical question; the answer is no. And you know who loves bliss balls even more than 2014-Jess? Mum-Jess. I have made more variations of bliss balls than I care to think about, but for mums, these post-natal bliss balls are the ones I keep coming back to. I make them for friends in the post-partum period, and I have a stash in the freezer for myself and the boys, quite literally at all times. Made with almond…
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There can’t be many times in life that scramble your brain more than those first few weeks after having a baby. Your uterus feels like it’s turning inside out, night might as well be day and your shower is interrupted 17 times by those phantom baby cries. So, if you’re visiting someone who’s experiencing all of this for the first time (plus the hormones! Oh the hormones!) and wanting to bring a gift that will really, truly be useful to them, I’ve got eight gift ideas for first-time mums here for you. Freezer meals and easy snacksAlmost unanimously, my friends tell me that meals are the absolute best gift they…
