aerated drinks maidabased foods savoury snacks cookies that have invisible fat junk food and deepfried foodfoods for good skin and hair almonds olive oil with tomatoes flaxseed oil and paneer green leafy veggies green tea and yogurt do a lot of good toodealing with hormonal changes the key is to be so involved with your babies that youre left with no time to feel lowinculcating good eating habits in children engage your children in the kitchen start by teaching them to sort different dals apply different spreads on breads and crackers roll dough and eat the right amount of cooked food in the right waylarge servings stashing food in their mouths and encouraging them to watch tv leads to mindless eatingmy comfort food icecream marzipan and chocolatesworkout tracks i love the pump it up series and other music mixesmy fitness icon ernestine shepherd the worlds fittest 80yearold body builder who started body building in her late 50s let fitted clothes motivate you to burn fat ishi khosla 52 clinical nutritionist mother of karanvier 27 and dev 25the toughest thing about being a mother going through labour pain and having sleepless nights for a couple of months after the baby is born it leaves the mother exhaustedonce your kids grow up its a task to decide on a healthy menu on a daily basis you want to feed them good food that also tastes great another stress factor is maintaining worklife balance this worries most working womenmantra to staying fit post motherhood there is no mantra its just an ingrained belief that being a m o t h e r shouldnt be an excuse to gain extra weight if you have gained a few kilos try and wear fitted clothes instead of loose ones its a great motivator to lose excess flabmy fitness regimen cardio exercises light weights stretching toning yoga eating mind fully and staying positivefive musthave foods post childbirth nuts seeds digestive fluids like saunfajwain ka paani green vegetables jaggery and honeyfoods to avoid trans fats gassy legumes and pulses like beans too much sugar sweets and caffeinefoods for good skin and hair fresh sal foods to retain good skin and ha ads vegetable juices good fats like nuts seeds and fatty fish ironrich foods are important for good hair growth good fluid intake and adequate sleep are essentialdealing with hormonal changes your husband plays the most crucial role here a supportive partner can make a lot of difference also talk and share expe riences with close friends who are mothers reading books on motherhood is also a great way to accept certain facts that may seem intimidat ing keep some time exclusively for yourselfinculcating good eating habits in children apart from getting them to help you in the kitchen take them to the vegetable mart when you buy groceries this way theyll learn to make smart healthy food choicesand remember never ever say a straight no inculcate the right habits through positive messages kids tend to become