I lost 3.5st without fad diets or Ozempic, here's how I got a toned tum after 2 C-sections without going to the gym

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WEIGH TO GO I lost 3.5st without fad diets or Ozempic, here's how I got a toned tum after 2 C-sections without going to the gym
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A MUM has shared how she finally got a toned stomach after having two C-sections, without using Ozempic or fad diets.
Bethanie Kendra, from the UK, revealed her top weight loss tricks and the one exercise that finally got rid of her lower stomach.
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Bethanie Kendra shared how she lost weight and toned up after two C-sections
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In the clip, she shared before and after images of her stomach which was now toned and slender.
She said the first thing you had to do was lose weight, and she was able to shed 3.5 stone.
"The only way you can lose weight is a calorie deficit. You want to focus on nutrition and diet, nutrition and diet, nutrition and diet," she explained
Bethanie focused on whole foods, high protein, fibre and healthy fats rather than trying to stick to a fad diet.
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Next, the mum-of-two revealed she focused on doing pilates with some light weights.
Pilates focuses on strength training, especially the core, which helps tone the stomach.
"As somebody who has lost and gained a lot of weight three times, twice from having children and I've had two caesareans, I can honestly say Pilates, after the fat loss, is what has really toned up my stomach and build it out with definition and muscle," Bethanie added.
"Almost everything is working your core and it focuses a lot on breathing and I don't think we realise, generally speaking, how important breathing is to activate and engage your core, your deep core properly."
The best part is that Bethanie didn't have to leave the house to get her workout done as she used online pilate workouts on YouTube.
Bethanie added in the comments section that the only other form of workouts she did to lose weight and maintain was to make sure she got 10,000 steps in a day.
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She said: "To lose the weight, yes, I did do cardio and now I do 10k minimum steps a day & 2 heavier cardio days a week."
She added that heavier cardio includes doing the stair master or an incline walk on the treadmill.
The clip posted to her TikTok account @bethaniekendra soon went viral with over 87k views and people were quick to thank her for the weight loss advice.
One person wrote: "I did my first Pilates with Izzy this morning after your recommendation and loved it, I'm looking forward to getting up early and doing day 2. Thank you for inspiring me."
Another commented: "You've inspired me to do at-home Pilates. The fact you do most things from home just proves you don't need the best membership to get these goals like I always thought you did. I hate going to the gym."
"Me too! Lost 13kgs doing Pilates only and just recently joined the gym as I hit a bit of a plateau so needed to ramp it up a bit," penned a third.
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Meanwhile a fourth said: "Needed a proper explanation and you did it brilliantly!"
"Yesss it's amazing to see people losing weight the right way. Each to their own but I'm fed up of seeing everyone doing Mounjaro. Good for you,' claimed a fifth.
Someone else added: "Couldn't agree more about calorie deficit and nutrition. Interesting that you've achieved such amazing results with Pilates!"