Photo: Hannah Polites/Instagram
Hannah Polites’body is still recoveringafter she gave birth to her second child four weeks ago, and she couldn’t be prouder — “loose skin, soft tone” and all.
The Australian fitness influencer, 28,said in an Instagram poston Wednesday that she’s getting ready to exercise again, but she’s still happy to celebrate what her body accomplished whenshe naturally gave birthto son Arlo William on June 5.
Polites, who is also a doula, said that she’s not stressing outover the changes to her body.
“I love and appreciate my bod regardless of the extra loose skin, soft tone and uneven boobs (my kids couldn’t care less either although Evaliah [her older daughter] loves to grab at my tummy all day),” she said.
“Just an update to keep it real — I’m currently still 7kg [about 15 lbs.] up from my pre-pregnancy wait and I’ve lost A LOT of muscle tone and still can’t fit into the majority of my clothes. I’m looking forward to exercising because it makes me FEEL energetic and strong.”
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“Although a little confronting for me, I want to be as real as possible with you all and share my postpartum body journey exactly how it is,” she said of the photo from 24 hours postpartum. “I was tired, pale and a little sore but so proud of what I’d just achieved the day before.”
Polites also said that she’s waiting at least six weeksbefore she exercises again.
Though now, four weeks later, Polites said she’s looking forward to rebuilding her muscle. She shared a few pictures on her Instagram Story on Wednesday to show how she improved her glutes.
Hannah Polites.Hannah Polites/Instagram
“Interesting how different stages of your life you will have completely different goals,” she wrote. “Five years from left to right and a 7 kg increase — change from cardio to strength training.”
“If I’ve done it once then I can do it again, right?” she continued in another post. “Excited to start training again in a few weeks.”
source: people.com
