{"id":92070,"date":"2025-08-25T17:14:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/92070\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T17:14:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:14:14","slug":"i-lost-3-5-stone-without-turning-to-mounjaro-or-fad-diets-one-exercise-method-transformed-my-body-after-i-had-two-c-sections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/92070\/","title":{"rendered":"I lost 3.5 stone without turning to Mounjaro or fad diets – one exercise method transformed my body after I had two C-sections"},"content":{"rendered":"

A British mother has revealed how she toned up and lost 3.5 stone using just one exercise method – all without touching fat jabs.<\/p>\n

Bethanie Kendra, based in York, has been on a post-partum weight loss journey for several months, having gained weight in her lower stomach after having two babies via C-section.<\/p>\n

Sharing how she shed over 3.5 stone, the wellness influencer posted a video to TikTok<\/a>, where she has 77,000 followers.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Alongside a healthy lifestyle – where she prioritises eating wholefoods – the mother-of-two credits starting Pilates, especially when combined with weights, as the secret behind her transformation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘First of all, the most important thing is fat loss. I lost weight, I lost over 50lbs,’ she revealed in the beginning of a video<\/a> posted to social media.<\/p>\n

The social media star shared progress photos of her weight-loss, pointing to a picture of her stomach before she began her\u00a0journey.<\/p>\n

She then cut to an image of her lower body, which appeared tanned and toned in an electric blue gym set, having spent several months working on her figure.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The only way you can lose weight<\/a>\u00a0is a calorie deficit. You want to focus on nutrition and diet, nutrition and diet, nutrition and diet,’ she explained.<\/p>\n

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Bethanie Kendra, based in York, has been on a post-partum weight-loss journey for several months, having gained weight in her lower stomach after having two babies via C-section. Pictured before her weight-loss<\/p>\n

Bethanie eats a high-protein diet consisting of wholefoods, healthy fats and fibre, and is expert at practising ‘portion control’ to keep her figure trim.<\/p>\n

She insisted that she has never counted calories but has instead focused on eating ‘intuitively’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She also emphasised the importance of ‘balance, moderation’ and ‘healing your relationship with food’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She says she has never used ‘fad diets’ but instead made small lifestyle changes that she knew she could keep.<\/p>\n

‘It’s all about a change of lifestyle so that it can be long term thing,’ she told her followers.<\/p>\n

Alongside eating a healthy diet, Bethanie also took up a new form of exercise, one which she now believes is responsible for her incredible transformation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The second thing I’ve done is Pilates, specifically strength Pilates – so with light weights,’ she said.<\/p>\n

‘This is honestly all I’ve done. I’ve lost weight and I’ve started some kind of strength training exercise.’<\/p>\n

Pilates is a low-impact exercise system designed to improve overall physical strength, posture, and flexibility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Alongside a healthy lifestyle – where she prioritises eating wholefoods – the mother-of-two said there was one type of exercise in particular that helped her shift extra pounds. Pictured after her weight-loss<\/p>\n

Because Pilates focuses on exercising the core muscles, Bethanie has not only been able to ditch weight gain following her C-section, but has been able to tone her mid-section.<\/p>\n

‘As someone who has lost and gained weight three times, twice from having children, I can honestly say Pilates after the fat loss is what has really toned my stomach and filled it out with definition and muscle.<\/p>\n

‘When you do Pilates, you are strengthening so many teeny, tiny muscles that get missed out in other forms of exercise, almost everything is working your core,’ she said.<\/p>\n

Additionally, Pilates encourages people to focus in on their breathing, a factor which improves core activation, according to Bethanie.<\/p>\n

The mother added that she didn’t even need to leave the house, but did most of her Pilates workouts from the comfort of her own living room by following YouTube tutorials.<\/p>\n

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People were quick to gush over Bethanie’s impressive transformation<\/p>\n

When she began doing Pilates, she used 1kg weights to boost the effects of the exercise but has since bumped up to 2.5kg weights.<\/p>\n

Viewers were left wowed by Bethanie’s incredible results, with many taking to the comments to compliment her slender physique.\u00a0<\/p>\n

One wrote: ‘You would never be able to tell you\u2019d had a section! I\u2019m 3 weeks post partum and I\u2019m so scared I\u2019ll never lose the shelf.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The arm definition is definitioning… just actual art work at this point girl,’ a second added.<\/p>\n

Describing her post-partum glow up, the mother said the first step of her journey was realising she needed to ‘prioritise me’.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This meant practising ‘self-care’, showering, dressing, applying makeup and meal prepping.<\/p>\n

‘You cannot pour from an empty cup. Realising that if you take care of yourself, you are taking care of everyone else too,’ she said.<\/p>\n

HOW BETHANIE TYPICALLY EATS DURING A DAY TO ACHIEVE HER WEIGHT LOSS\u00a0<\/p>\n

Breakfast: Peanut butter and jam chia seed pudding with chopped strawberries\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lunch: Two bagel thins smothered in cottage cheese and topped with slices of roast honey ham, salt and pepper<\/p>\n

Snack: Almond butter and dark chocolate cookie\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dinner: Chicken salad flatbread with\u00a0tzatziki<\/p>\n

Pudding: Grilled peaches with yoghurt\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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