Emily Skye: Fitness Instagrammer explains why she’s in no rush to get fit after giving birth
‘I love my body SO much for growing this precious little person.’
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Your support makes all the difference.A fitness star has written about why she’s no longer concerned with boosting her fitness after giving birth to her daughter.
Emily Skye is a famous Australian fitness personality, who recently gave birth to her first child - a little girl called Mia.
She recently shared her opinions on health and fitness, which may give some inspiration to people who feel under pressure to regain their pre-baby bodies post-partum.
When Skye first became pregnant, she said that one of her main goals was committing to a strict training regime when the nine months were over.
However, as time passed, her priorities changed.
“So many people told me I would ‘bounce right back’ after giving birth like a lot of other fit women do,” she wrote on Instagram.
“Well that’s definitely not the case for me!”
Skye endured a difficult pregnancy due to sickness and back pain and as such couldn’t exercise as much as she initially thought she would.
“My pregnancy was not how I thought it would be, I thought I’d be exercising regularly the whole way through but that did not happen as I was sick a lot of the time and had back pain that made it hard to just walk around the house,” she explained.
Skye knows that there’s a long way to go before she’ll be as fit as she once was.
Nevertheless, now that she has a beautiful baby, she doesn’t mind one bit.
“I can tell I’m going to have a LOT of hard work ahead of me to get fit and strong again which I KNOW I can do but it’s not my priority right now - spending time with my daughter is,” she said.
“I love my body SO much for growing this precious little person.”
Skye’s message of self-acceptance and body positivity has inspired many of her 2.2 million Instagram followers.
One of her followers commented: “Spot on! Don’t rush your body back quicker than is safe, focus on the more important things in life."
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