Weight Management and Fitness During Pregnancy

by Theresa Cheung

Every woman who has a baby worries about her appearance, especially weight gain during pregnancy and weight loss postpartum. This book aims to teach you everything you need to know to ensure maximum health and happiness for yourself and your baby. Focusing on the importance of a positive self-image, this book includes diet and exercise programmes and a wide range of practical advice to keep looking good and feeling your best before, during and after pregnancy. It getting ready - how to shape-up for pregnancy; exercise and pregnancy - what can you do and when?; diet and weight gain during pregnancy - achieving a healthy balance; the first year postpartum - what to expect physically and emotionally; and motherhood and self-image - the importance of regaining control.

208 pages, Paperback

First published June 7, 2001

About the author

Theresa Cheung is an internationally bestselling author and public speaker. She has been writing about spirituality, dreams and the paranormal for the past 35 years, and was listed by Watkins Mind Body and Spirit magazine as one of the 100 most spiritually influential living people in 2023. She has a degree in Theology and English from Kings College, Cambridge University, frequently collaborating with leading scientists and neuroscientists researching consciousness.

Theresa is regularly featured in national newspapers and magazines, and she is a frequent radio, podcast and television guest. She hosts her own popular spiritual podcast called White Shores and her own weekly UK Health Radio show: The Healing Power of Your Dreams.