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Losing Baby Weight 4 Pregnancies & 3 Kids Later – Episode 6

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Five months ago, I opened up on the blog about my fitness journey since my teenage years, specifically about how I got to losing baby weight I gained after 4 pregnancies and 3 kids. It’s a series I am documenting to show what I did over the years to achieve the level of fitness and body shape I’ve always wanted. My hope is to help others.

Episode 1 addressed the Glamour diet that helped me lose some of the weight I wanted rid.

In episode 2, I talked about my success of losing baby weight with the Thyroid Solution Diet.

The 3rd episode discussed the 2nd part of the Thyroid Solution Diet that helped me start losing baby weight.

Clean eating habits and following a strength regimen to get me back on track was introduced in the 4th episode.

Episode 5 was all about what I did to kickstart my body into leaning out and dropping fat to tone up with Miss Vix’s fix week 1. In this episode, it’s all about Miss Vix’s fix week 2.

Losing baby weight after 4 pregnancies and 3 kids - episode 6. This is how I lost 9 pounds in 6 weeks following this program.

Getting Ready

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If you’re looking for protein shakes (as that’s crucial to your nutrition), Kaizen from Bodylogix is the one I use. It claims to be the cleanest protein out there and I believe it. So much so that I give it to my kids and they love the taste. It’s not chalky and totally tasty as a drink or in foods, chocolate or vanilla. It was introduced to me by my fitness model friend Kim whom I’ve talked about on the blog before.

   

Losing Baby Weight To Achieve my Goals

If you’ve read episode 5, you know I was desperate to lean out. So Miss Vix’s workout regimen definitely made this happen for me. I’ve described to you week 1 and I am about to do the same with week 2. I definitely apologize for the delay in posting this. Week 2 will fire you up into losing baby weight just as much as week 1 did.

Below, it lists 6 out of 12 days of exercises. This is day 8 through 13, day 14 is your rest day.

For the cardio portion if you have access to cardio equipment choose a treadmill, rower, spin bike. Otherwise do a run of equal time or interval stationary cardio exercises – jump rope, jog on spot, star jumps, mountain climbers.




Cardio Intervals Sequence

  • Do 45 seconds ON and 15 seconds REST.

OR

  • 30 secs easy and 30 sec HARD.
  • Repeat for 3 mins.

Day 8 – A Total Body Workout For Fat Loss

There are 5 SETS for you to complete the whole workout. Each set has a number of skips to complete followed by 5 exercises. Complete your skipping (just 1 x per set). After your skipping, complete the number of listed reps of each of the 5 exercises in the exact order below.

This will total 300 skips and 750 full body REPS reps in TOTAL to shred fat FAST. Any skipping style is OK but boxer skips are lower impact on your joints (ROCKY style)

You will need:

  • a set of hand weights 3kg/6 pounds per hand is ideal for beginners
  • skipping rope

SET 1

  • 100 skips
  • Jump lunges (50 in total) – alternating left to right holding the hand weights by your sides
    • Beginners tip:
      • do them is sets of 10 to make it easier – or just step to lunge rather then jumping
      • stepping backwards and not going as low is ideal for those with stiff and tight muscles/joints
  • Air box punches (50 in total) holding the hand weights
  • Mountain climbers (25 each side) – keep holding your weights whilst they rest on the floor
    • Beginners tip: do them is sets of 10 make it easier – place your hands on a low step or bench
  • Shoulder press – 50
  • Side step up cross overs – hop over left to right – (25 each side)
    • Beginners tip:
      • Do them is sets of 10 make it easier
      • If you no bench – hop over a rolled towel or do alternating lunge slides

SET 2

  • Skips – 80
  • Jump lunges holding the hand weights – 40
  • Air box holding the hand weights -40
  • Mountain climbers – 40
  • Shoulder press – 40
  • Side step up cross overs – 20 each side

SET 3

  • Skips – 60
  • Jump lunges holding the hand weights – 30
  • Air box holding the hand weights – 30
  • Mountain climbers – 30
  • Shoulder press – 30
  • Side step up cross overs – 15 each side

SET 4

  • Skips – 40
  • Jump lunges holding the hand weights- 20
  • Air box holding the hand weights – 20
  • Mountain climbers – 20
  • Shoulder press – 20
  • Side step up cross overs – 10 each side

SET 5

  • Skips – 20
  • Jump lunges holding the hand weights – 10
  • Air box holding the hand weights – 10
  • Mountain climbers – 10
  • Shoulder press – 10
  • Side step up cross overs – 5 each side




Day 9 – How the “5 Round Challenge workout” works

There are 5 rounds for you to complete the whole workout. Each rounds has 5 exercises:

  • At the start of your round start your timer.
  • Do 20 reps of each exercise in order for TIME.
  • Record your time once you have complete the 5 exercises 20 x each.
  • Write down your time and have a short rest.
  • Recover and when you are ready do another round and record your time and try to beat your time.
  • Complete 5 rounds in TOTAL – and record your best time overall.

It’s a total of 15 mins cardio intervals and 252 reps to get onto losing baby weight.

5 Exercises

  • Knee highs – jog up and down on the spot with your knees high to your waist for 20 jogs in TOTAL
  • Pushups – 20 on your knees or toes
  • Alternating lunge bicep curls – 20 lunges in total
  • Sideways plank Jumps – alternating left to right for 20 jumps in total keeping your hands on the floor
    • Beginners tip: place your hands on a low step or bench to make it easier
  • Sumo squat uprow – Do 20 of them

Thats 1 round. Do 5 of them.

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Day 10 – How “The ABS of Steel Workout” works

There are 5 sets for you to complete the whole workout. Each set has 1 x 3 min cardio interval and 4 exercises. Complete your 3 min cardio complete (just 1 x per set). After your cardio complete the number of reps listed for exercise.

This complete workout will total 15mins cardio intervals and 120 reps.

SET 1

1. Alternating renegade rows – 10 reps in total

  • Beginners tip: you can do these on your knees
  • Advanced tip: add a pushup in between each row

2. Plank to shoulder press

  • Holding your weight, place your weights on the floor and step feet back to plank slight pause.
  • Step feet forward to stand.
  • Press weights up to shoulder press
    • Beginner tip:
      • Use a bench or low step – the higher the bench/step the easier it is.
  • Place weights on low step/bench to the side.
  • Place your hands on low step/bench and step feet back to plank pause holding your abs in tight.
  • Step feet forward to stance – grab your weights and press up.
  • As you progress you will soon be strong enough to go to the floor

3. Single arm dumbbell squat raise – do 10 each side

  • Place one hand on your hip or behind you and lower to squat as you stand engage your abs tight.
  • Raise weight to shoulder height – standing tall

4. Power planks

  • On toes – heels pushed backwards – hips lifted – abs in tight elbows DIRECTLY under your shoulders
    walk up to palms then back to elbows without dropping to knees

    • Beginners tip: you can do these on your knees
    • Advanced tip: add a pushup in between
  • From your elbows – walk up to hands – arms straight.
  • Take your hands wide.
  • Do a pushup.
  • Finsh back at elbows.
    • Beginner tip: You can do these on your knees.

Thats 1 rep

SET 2

8 reps of EACH exercises

SET 3

6 reps of EACH exercises ­

SET 4

4 reps of EACH exercises

SET 5

2 reps of EACH exercises




Day 10 – How “The 300 Glamazons Workout” works

The aim of this workout is to time yourself. You have 5 exercises and you do 10 reps of each. This is 1 round. You have 6 rounds to complete the 300 Glamazons workout back to back. Record your time and that becomes your personal best.

Tips

  • Get 6 items you can use as counters, otherwise you may lose count of how many rounds you have done.
  • Use anything pencils, spoons, coins, etc.
  • Every time you complete a round put it to the side and then you will not have to worry about counting your rounds

Round 1 to 6

  • Squat press – Do 10 of them – use hand weights – ideally 3kg­/5-­6 pound per hand or more
  • Pushups – Do 10 – knees or toes
  • Full situps – Do 10
  • Alternating lunges holding your weights – 10 in total not each leg
  • Burpees – Do 10
    • Place hands on the floor from your standing stance.
    • Step or jump your jump legs backwards to plank.
    • Then jump feet back to your hands.
    • Stand and jump in the air.
      • Beginners tip – If you are a beginner and find burpees tough:
        • Do not go all the way to the floor.
        • Have a bench or chair or low step in front of you.
        • From standing place your hands on the chair.
        • Jump or STEP your feet back to plank with your hands still on the chair/bench/step – then jump or STEP forward to back to standing.
        • Optional jump at the end.

Repeat 6 times back to back.

Day 11 – How the “Surfer Girl ABS workout” works

You have 5 exercises. Complete 10 reps of each exercise as fast as you can. Record how long it take to complete the 10 reps of each exercise in the exact order. Write down your time. Have a short recovery. Press start on your timer and complete 10 reps of each of the exercises AGAIN and try to beat your time.

Repeat until you have completed 5 ROUNDS in TOTAL with 5 recorded times.

Exercises

You do 10 reps of each in the exact order below:

  • Pushups on toes – 10
    • Beginners tip: place your hands on a low step or bench or chair
  • Squat uprows – 10
  • Alternating renegade rows (10 rows in total – not each arm)
    • Beginners tip: you can do these on your knees
  • Crunch flyes – 10
  • Alternating jump lunges – (10 jumps in total – not each leg)
  • Beginners tip:
    • if jumping is too much – step the lunges
    • stepping BACKWARDS for less impact as it will take your weight into your booty and not knees

Repeat until you have done 5 times in total. Thats 250 reps.

Day 13 – How “The Tight and Toned Workout” Works

There are 4 sets for you to complete the whole workout. Then complete another 12 reps of each exercise. Finish with 8 reps of each exercise. This complete workout will total 12 mins cardio intervals and 288 reps in total to tighten and tone.

SET 1

  • 16 reps of each of the 2 exercises
  • Followed by 12 reps of each of the 2 exercises
  • Finish the set with 8 reps of each of the 2 exercises

1. Alternating dumbbell chest press – 16

  • use a bench or fitball and left , right for a TOTAL of 16 presses (it will be 8 each side alternating in total)

2. Sumo ballet squats – 16

  • Feet wide and toes turned out to engage your inner thighs

SET 2

  • 16 reps of each of the 2 exercises
  • Followed by 12 reps of each of the 2 exercises
  • Finish the set with 8 reps of each of the 2 exercises

1. Alternating shoulder press – 16

  • 16 presses – it will be 8 each side alternating in total

2. Curtsy lunges – 16

  • 16 lunges step lunge back and behind across your body – it will be 8 each side alternating in total

SET 3

  • 16 reps of each of the 2 exercises
  • Followed by 12 reps of each of the 2 exercises
  • Finish the set with 8 reps of each of the 2 exercises

1. Chest flyes – 16

  • you can do these on the floor, bench or a fitball

2. Single leg knee high steps ups (8 each leg)

  • keep one foot on the bench the whole time
  • step up and down 8 x with the same leg
  • change legs
  • optional: raise knee up or just rest toe on bench as you step up

SET 4

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1. Squat – hammer curl – shoulder press combo – 16

2. Bench hops – 16

  • Hop from one side to the other – (6 overs in total – not each side)
  • Beginners tip:
    • place hands on a chair and a rolled up towel on the floor hop both feet over the towel
    • lifting your heels up towards your bottom




Food Plan

To ensure you are losing baby weight, continue to eat clean and watch what you consume. You can check out sample plan in episode 4. For protein, remember, a good option is Kaizen whey protein as mentioned above, chocolate or vanilla are both yummy.
              

The Gist of it

Miss Vix’s really got me to losing baby weight pretty fast. By the time week 2 exercises were done, I was down 6 pounds! Astonishing! I did the program for 6 weeks and in total dropped 9 pounds. It was some serious butt kicking and got me closer to my losing baby weight goal.

Following a nutritious plan comprised of clean foods really helped keep going with losing baby weight. Remember, close to 80% of your weight loss is derived from foods. Exercise is to fuel your metabolism and grow your musclesso you can burn the calories.

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What did you do to start losing baby weight you gained? I’d love to hear your stories.




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Comments

  5. Jessica Marques says

    While breastfeeding I was drinking Mummy magic tea and within two months I shed all my pregnancy weight without losing my breast milk.

    • The Wardrobe Stylist says

      Nice! I’d never heard of that. I guess it’s too late for me to try it now but it is definitely an amazing tip that’S worth including in a post about shedding baby weight. Thanks for sharing 🙂

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