How DO you become ( and stay ) a motivated mum?

Becoming ( and staying) a healthy motivated mum

How do you become a healthy, positive, motivated mum and stay motivated?

How do you then use this motivation to lead an active lifestyle lose weight in a healthy way after having kids and keep it off for good?

 Look at losing weight in a healthy, long term way.

If your much more focused on being healthy than just shedding some kilo’s you will be so much more likely to actually keep it off!

A healthy motivated mum is one who eats a balanced diet, gets some regular exercise, makes time to relax when she can grab 5 minutes to herself and has a positive self esteem in regards to herself. It’s all about looking after the whole person that s the mum, not just the numbers that move on the scale.

It’s a mum who wants to lose the post baby kilo’s the healthy way, by not skipping meals, starving herself, giving herself a hard time or following fads and quick fixes but by embracing a balanced healthy diet and the benefits of fresh foods.

It’s a mum who wants to get healthy, feel strong and fit in her own body for herself, not to be like somebody else.

It’s a mum who embraces who own body as unique and beautiful, a body that grew life inside it, a body worth caring about and treating with respect.

 Embrace your own path.

Don’t compare yourself with others or try and compete with someone else’s weight loss. We are all different and all our bodies do things differently. We don’t even put the same amount of weight on as pregnant women and some people lose weight a lot easier than others.

It’s easy to look at the glamorous celebrity mums who stayed super skinny throughout their pregnancy, just a small little bump at the front, and then sport a bikini seemingly the week after giving birth and feel down about yourself as a mum when you compare yourself unfairly.

We must remind ourselves that it s very damaging and unrealistic to compare ourselves to others, especially celebrities.

We should instead be celebrating every single step of our own journey and each and every achievement we have on our journey to a healthier version of ourselves.

Each and every weight loss goal you make whether it is a single kilo or 30 is to celebrated because it is you achieving something great indeed.

Embrace your own success’s, embrace your health.

 Make yourself important.

You are important to your family so you should be important to yourself also.

As mums we can put such passion and care into caring for our family and then none for ourselves. We can even feel guilty at the mere thought of spending some time on ourselves but if we don’t look after ourselves, if we don’t make at least a tiny portion of most days just about us we can risk burning out.

We need to appreciate the beautiful and special woman inside us and then take care of her. Make her important because a healthy, energised, active mum who exercises and eats a healthy diet for her health is a vibrant mum able to give her family the very best of herself.

 Make it fun.

As we are all so different so we all have different likes and interests so you can’t expect the same types of exercise to interest everybody long term. Try lots of different things until you find what you really enjoy and you will find yourself wanting to do it often.

Why not try netball, taekwondo, tennis, bush walking, running, swimming, pram walking, a mum’s exercise group.

The same applies to healthy food, try different recipes, source fresh ingredients, look at what you can add to your diet instead of focusing on what you can’t eat.

 Inspire yourself

Nothing motivates like inspiration. Read inspiring books, listen to inspiring music, watch inspiring television and surround yourself with inspirational quotes and inspiring people. We should be looking to down to earth mum role models, sporting mums, fitness experts and trainers and real life weight loss stories to inspire ourselves to be the best version of ourselves that we can be.

Follow your inspiration...


The more healthy choices you make, the more you’ll find you actually want to make.

The more exercise you do, the more you’ll find you can do and the more you’ll actually want to do!



For more inspiraton and motiivation read The Pram Diet book!
Also avalable as an ebook on Amazon!
Follow the links on the right of this blog to buy a copy today from Amazon, Angus & Robertson, even an author signed copy from me through the paypal button ( for a limted time only! Be quick!)
Or ask for a copy at your local book store!

And BIG NEWS!!!Stay in touch HERE on this blog for news on my two upcomng ebooks! So excited!!
In response to the many requests I have received since the pram diet's release I am excited to share that I have 2 coming out soon!
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Rebecca xx

Baby Violet is here

I am delighted to share that I am now the proud mother of two beautiful girls with my little Violet arriving on October 28th.
Now blessed with two little flowers I am more than ever inspired to fill my home and life with great healthy choices,fresh and fun food and the amazing difference an active and positive life can bring.
Seeing myself as the important role model a parent is to my young daughters is such great inspiration to look after myself, adopt a healthy attitude and enjoy each and every day.
Being a parent, I am also motivated to get back into shape after baby number 2 in a healthy and balanced way with respect and kindness towards myself along the way.

Having a baby is such a huge thing and mothers of new babies need to remember this and focus on postives and healthy choices not negative pressures or unrealistic expectations.

Becoming a mother truly is the most special, transforming and amazing experience of my life-It truly is a blessing indeed!

Rebecca xx

Speaker at the Melbourne Healthy Food Show

Freshen Up Your Life For Your Waistline

This was the title of the talk I gave at the Melbourne Healthy Food Show held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre earlier this year.

It was such an exciting and positive event; Brimming with buisness's, speaker's and demonstrations on healthy living and I was really delighted to have been asked to be a part of it.

I was also supported on both days by the amazing owners of the 'Eltham Bookstore' who brought copies of my book to sell on both days. ( You can find a link to their bookstore here on my blogger page too. )

My talk's were based around using the words 'fresh' and 'inspiration' to bring a healthy, energetic vibe to your life.

Here is some of what I taked about it..

Freshen Up Your Life For Your Waistline
Fresh is a word I have come to fill my life with.

When you think of the word FRESH you may conjure up images of beautiful fruits and vegetables in their optimum state-full of goodness, colour and flavour.
You may picture pristine fresh water streams so cooling and refreshing or mountains where the air is so pure that the simple act of a deep breath fills you with awe.

This is the energy and sensation we need to bring into our lives when we are wanting to truly find ourselves within ourselves. When we are wanting to get healthier, lose that weight and tap into the magnificent energy source that does reside within us all.

Freshening up your life will lead to losing weight if that is your goal but it will also most importantly give you a whole new lease on your life.
This I know. After years battling self image issues and my yo-yoing weight I found myself overweight and depressed after having my daughter until one day upon reaching a breaking point I went for a walk-not a walk with a destination, just a walk. I bundled my baby into her pram taking every possible thing I could think of that we could possibly need and off we went.

30 kilo’s lighter with a whole new sense of self and finally a healthy attitude to food I have never looked back.
And this is the magic part of bringing freshness into your life like I did with my walks in the fresh air..you feel so good for letting just a small amount of freshness into your life that you just want to bring more and more and more...

I started with small walks, just around my neighbourhood.
It began to amaze me how much beauty was around me that I never before took the time to see. The tree’s full of life, the flowers dazzling in surrounding gardens, the local birds chirping away.
I saw my walks as my ‘time out’ and would let myself only think of pleasent thoughts on my walks-leaving all my worries at my front door as I left it.

From this exciting starting point I began to feel so alive from this fresh energy i was bringing into my life that it was a natural progression to want more.

I began to appreciate my body more-it felt so good from the refreshing exercise that I wanted to eat fresh as well.
I did this by inspiring myself and embracing the words 'fresh and 'inspiration'.
I visited a local farmers market and discovered local fruit markets and started filling my home with beautiful fresh ingredients and because I was also on a tight budget I started to grow my own fresh organic ingredients at home as well. Just a few pots of herbs at first to freshen up my cooking before ending up with a virtual market garden of delicious ingredients at my fingertips.

Any day can be the day you start to live your life more, in fact any time of any day when your focus is on making positive changes.
Bring freshness to your life.
Some of the greatest ways to bring freshness to your life are often the simplest.
Inspire yourself.
Read inspiring and uplifting magazines and books-watch inspiring tv and movies, find quotes that really move you.

Surround yourself with inspiration

Embrace fresh air.

Take time to just breathe occasionally. We all know that if you find yourself stressed you should take some deep breaths but how often do we pay attention to our breathing? Sit somewhere calmly sometimes and take some gentle slow breaths-feel your body-let your mind relax it all too often works so hard.

Walk in the glorious fresh air. It doesn’t even have to be a long walk, just getting your body moving and getting outside. Breathe deeply and let your mind be cleared of all the worries, stress and concerns even if only for your walk.
If you neighbourhood doesn’t feel relaxing to you walk in a nice park, along a river, lake or by the ocean.
Freshen up your home. Make a point of sometimes opening up all your windows and letting that glorious fresh air circulate through your house-especially if you regularly use heating or air conditioning.
Freshen up your food..
Becoming healthy doesn’t mean no more delicious food. It means getting in touch with your taste buds again and experiencing real foods and real flavours-it means learning new and exciting recipes.

We are even often surprised that many of the family favourites we already make with just a few adjustments or added ingredients can be so much better for us.
It means eating meals that not only taste great but that give you energy and vitality-foods that make your skin glow and give you a bounce of energy in your step.
You even find that the more healthy foods you eat the more you want to eat and so on..

Find the excitement in a healthy fresh new lifestyle.

Embracing a healthier lifestyle doesn’t need to be boring in fact it should be exciting!
There is a wealth of exciting recipes out there that are healthy AND delicious. Once you start
there are so many wonderful ways to get fit or exercise its all just a matter of getting out there and taking that very first step

To a fresh new you!

Pregnancy number 2!

I can't believe how much my life has changed since becoming a mum.



How my library and bookstore visits have changed!-Seeing me leaving with picture books now instead of novels-How the only clothing shopping I seem to do now is in size 4 and 5 children's wear and and coffee in a cafe with friends is now a boost juice or smoothie with my daughter and you know what..I wouldn't have it any other way!



Becoming a mother has changed me, caused me to grow as a person and opened my eyes to a whole new world of love and living.

I have been a mum for four and half years and now have another bundle of joy coming towards the end of the year, I do feel very blessed indeed.

AND this time....I am determined my life has changed enough and I am now so much more inspired by the new freshness of my life that I will not be putting on 40 kilo's this pregnancy!!! I am almost half way and weightgain is approximately 5 kilo's ( which I admit does feel like alot on my reasonably short frame though! AND I believe most weight is gained in the last half but my whole attitude towards food and life is so different that I feel I am more in control this time ( Even with my pregnancy cravings =D lol!! )

Rebecca xx