Q&A with Wonder Mama Heather Bear from Phat Camp!!

[Bearclaw]

Thanks for the nice welcome, I look forward to helping anyone I can.
Heather
www.Heather-Bear.com

[lady:)]

Hi, heather I am just getting started I have a 2 year old little girl and a 2 month old little girl born on the 4th of july!! I call her my little firecracker ! I am having difficulty coming up with easy and quick meals to have throughout the day, I am struggling to get rid of this belly fat (so depressing!) could you give me an example of what one of your meal days would look like? also do you know of where I can get some ideas for workout routines for a figure competitor I am looking to start training to get into figure competitions?? ( I have a long way to go) thanks for all your help and I'm glad your with us!

[kickingcat]

Hi Heather and other newbies.
I,m new here too.
I love this magazine its so much better than the British ones. In those the models are all tall and busty which I will never be and the ones in fitness Rx and toned and fit and provide real inspiration.

I have 8 kids and am keen to discuss fitness with other mums. As I said I have been a runner most of my life but also took up Kickboxing 3 years ago which I now do competitively. This has made me a lot more toned.

One important bit of advice for the lady with the two month old which was never really explained to me my midwives is not to do sit up /crunches untill your stomach muscles are close together again if they moved when pregnant or you will make them worse! I was ok with most of my pregnancies but after the 8 I did the crunches too soon and people asked if I was pregnant again!

I never really put on a lot of weight while pregnant as I kept up with my running. I wore specially designed maternity support shorts which meant I could run up to 8 months. I started selling this maternity wear but unfortunately they are no longer made . I am however looking into making some in small quantities here. Am I allowed to say that.

Good luck with losing the baby weight. I found the running pushchair a Godsend and the babies loved it too. My youngest is now in school so it not used but I'm loath to sell it. I better let someone else get a word in lol