A new mum who lost 25kg in a year after giving birth says her healthy lifestyle helped save her from postnatal depression. Priscilla Humado, 31, lost nearly four stone in just over a year and credits fitness for the huge mental and physical transformation she went through after the birth of her second child.
Speaking to Plenish, the fitness influencer, from Surrey, says she now "appreciates" and "loves" her body and is using her YouTube channel, where she has more than 3,800 followers, to inspire other new mums. She said: “I would like to put some kind of realness back onto the platform and say, you know what, I've always been into fitness and I experienced this [pregnancy weight gain] because it's only better for people to see that than to think she looks fantastic, she never had any issues."
The clinical researcher by trade gave birth to her second child in June 2021 and says the pregnancy was anything but easy as she struggled with medical issues and a Covid-19 lockdown.
