Pollyanna Hale - The Fit Mum Formula: The complete diet and lifestyle plan created exclusively for mums

Formula

The Complete Diet & Lifestyle Plan created exclusively for Mums

by Pollyanna Hale

www.thefitmumformula.com

First Published in Great Britain in 2017

Copyright 2017 Pollyanna Hale

ISBN: 978-0-9929731-6-2 (pbk)

978-0-9929731-7-9 (ebk)

All rights reserved. No parts of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the copyright holder.

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This book would not exist without business coach Anthony Deximer. Not because hes my coach, or because he had a hand in its creation (in three months from start to finish), but it was in a simple Skype call with him that he managed to persuade me I did in fact have the time, if I chose to. Not any easy persuasion, as a Mum of two young girls, as well as running The Fit Mum Formula, its not like Im not pushing the boundaries of my time already. But what can I say? An hour a day before the girls get up for school and here you are reading it.

My website developers Liam Thompson and Matt Murphy and tech/Facebook advert extraordinaire Aimee Holland. Thanks for putting up with my endless bimbo support tickets.

Alison Shakspeare, the most loyal editor and expert on all things books and writing.

James, Bella and Aurora, you didnt really see this book being written as for the most part you were all still asleep in bed. Thank you for the silence, and for putting up with a tired and grumpy wife/Mum occasionally, and for all the pictures, cards and cuddles. I love them even when you dont put the pens away.

My up and coming fitpro sister Mel, the only person in my family I can talk shop with when we choose to, while everyone discusses politics/how to cook a turkey/best scene in Paw Patrol.

My cafetiere, you might need a new plunger and leak ground coffee into my cup, but our morning meetings have been integral to the completion of this book, and accompanying marketing that I battled to get set up, as all the support tickets (see above) show.

And to everyone who got the free chapter, pre-ordered or bought the final book, I wrote it for you, it means a lot that you value it and saw the value in it for yourself. I wont give up on you if you wont.

You are most likely reading this book because you are looking to do one or more of the following things:

• have more energy
• burn fat
• tone up

Im a busy Mum just like you. Im also just like every other woman in that I really do want to take pride in myself, look after my body, feel good about the way I look and have loads of energy. But with two small children (at the time of writing Aurora is seven, so now in School, Bella is four and still at home with me, except for three mornings at Nursery), plus a home to run and husband to cook for and clean up after; that leaves very little time and energy left for us Mums to have me time.

Child-free time for the gym or classes? Nope.

Strict meal plans than mean making separate meals for everyone? No thank you.

An hour a day to exercise? If only!

I used to be at a full-time Performing Arts school, and dancing 57 hours a day kept me extremely fit. But by the time I switched to do a Health and Beauty Therapy Management qualification I was fed up of pushing my body to extremes, so stopped exercising altogether and instead kept my weight low on a diet of processed food, low calorie junk food snacks, like fat-free cookies and diet ice cream, while staying on my feet all day as a beauty therapist.

And thats where it spiralled downwards

I love food, especially food that makes you feel good. But I wasnt always like this, not by a long way. In fact, I nearly died.

It took me 10 years to come out and open up to the world, many of whom never knew anything about it. People I saw every day didnt even know.

But its important for me to be honest with you, and to be true to myself. Im hoping it will help other people just knowing theyre not alone.

Why am I so passionate about health? Because I nearly died. I was extremely ill with anorexia for a few years. I was a dangerously low weight, my organs were failing, and I was in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years, once even sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

Against all odds I recovered, and now nourish and strengthen my body to be the best it can be. The words strong not skinny are my mantra for the way I eat and exercise.

I now coach other women to get the body and the body confidence they want with online coaching. Most women come to me wanting to lose weight not gain it. But it doesnt matter as its all the same really caring for your body and treating it well so that it becomes the body you deserve.

I hope you wont judge me. I hope instead you will see that Im not perfect but I have learnt a LOT, and I hope I can pass this wisdom on to you.

You only have one body, look after it.

What doesnt kill you makes you stronger, literally.

My coming out video can be viewed here, though I warn you, if youve had mental health problems yourself it could be triggering:

https://www.facebook.com/thefitmumformula/videos/1141103185941354/

Then I made a video to try and inspire others to break away from their limiting thoughts and behaviours and show them that loving and caring for your body is possible.