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Overview
Internationally recognized supermodel and UNICEF spokesperson Vendela shares her postpartum recovery plan with new mothers
How does a supermodel and new mother deal with getting back in shape, sleepless nights, and eating right with her children? In Model Mommy, worldwide sensation Vendela helps you get your groove back by revealing her own difficulties and experiences with emotional highs and lows, her relationship with her husband, exercising, and caring for her daughters.
Providing you with necessary emotional support, Model Mommy features a realistic eating plan that stresses the need to avoid feeling deprived, accessible exercises that can be done from home, and dozens of delicious, healthy recipes with tips on how to adapt them for finicky toddlers. Plus, Model Mommy includes full-color photographs from Vendela's personal photo album as well as step-by-step shots of her working out with her trainer. Interweaving her personal experiences and family anecdotes with practical advice, Model Mommy will help you feel like yourself again.
- Topics include:
- Adjusting to motherhood
- Keeping your marriage alive
- Starting to feel sexy again
- Getting back to a healthy weight
- Exercises you can do at home with baby
- Eating sensibly without feeling deprived
- Fun, healthy recipes for the whole family
Synopsis
Internationally recognized supermodel and UNICEF spokesperson Vendela shares her postpartum recovery plan with new mothers
How does a supermodel and new mother deal with getting back in shape, sleepless nights, and eating right with her children? In Model Mommy, worldwide sensation Vendela helps you get your groove back by revealing her own difficulties and experiences with emotional highs and lows, her relationship with her husband, exercising, and caring for her daughters.
Providing you with necessary emotional support, Model Mommy features a realistic eating plan that stresses the need to avoid feeling deprived, accessible exercises that can be done from home, and dozens of delicious, healthy recipes with tips on how to adapt them for finicky toddlers. Plus, Model Mommy includes full-color photographs from Vendela's personal photo album as well as step-by-step shots of her working out with her trainer. Interweaving her personal experiences and family anecdotes with practical advice, Model Mommy will help you feel like yourself again.
- Topics include:
- Adjusting to motherhood
- Keeping your marriage alive
- Starting to feel sexy again
- Getting back to a healthy weight
- Exercises you can do at home with baby
- Eating sensibly without feeling deprived
- Fun, healthy recipes for the whole family
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
The Barnes & Noble ReviewReaders know Vendela from her work as a Sports Illustrated cover girl and as the face of Elizabeth Arden, but in this down-to-earth book she explains how she made the transition from supermodel to working mother of two. With warmth and candor, Vendela writes of the struggle of sleepless nights, the difficulty of breastfeeding her second child (a situation she had not encountered with her first), and the emotional postpartum roller coaster -- a far cry from the jet-set life most of us would imagine. She shares the lessons she's learned about keeping her relationship with her husband vibrant and finding some alone time for herself. She even admits to leaving the room every once in a while to simply let off some steam with "a quick scream in the hallway." Sounds like a regular mom, huh?
Well, she is a regular mom, and readers will find themselves relating to her immediately. But since it's her job to look gorgeous, Vendela is also the perfect person to tell readers how to get back into shape after giving birth and how to eat for good health and a better figure. In the fitness section, Vendela and her personal trainer recommend simple exercises that target the entire body, acknowledging that moms certainly don't have time to devote to specific areas. There is also advice on how to integrate exercise into the busy life of a new mom. The goal here is not looking perfect or even fitting into your prepregnancy clothes, though; the emphasis is on doing what makes you feel good about yourself and simply taking it one day at a time.
Most of us wouldn't dream of taking nutritional advice from a model -- especially when cooking for the whole family! However, Vendela's take on food is refreshingly sensible. She advocates treating yourself on occasion but cutting back in simple ways that will leave you trimmer and healthier. The recipes included are delicious and can be easily adjusted to accommodate finicky kids as well as moms watching their weight. As in the exercise portion of the book, the author urges readers to go easy on themselves!
Addressing both the emotional and physical needs of new mothers with intelligence, Vendela's passion for motherhood shines through. Model Mommy will help readers maintain their sanity and confidence while reclaiming their figures. (Karen Burns)