Lean Mommy: Bond with Your Baby and Get Fit with the Stroller Strides(R) Program (Paperback)

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Product Description

Lisa Druxman, a certified personal
trainer and fitness professional,
knows one of the challenges new
moms face: How do I get back
into shape after giving birth?
After Lisa gave birth to her first
child, she developed exercises
that she could do with her baby,
using power walks, the stroller,
and exercise tubing. Now she
brings the proven techniques of
Stroller Strides to moms everywhere, with a total f tness
program for pre- and postnatal fitness and nutrition.
In addition to stroller-based workouts, Lisa outlines
front-pack carrier workouts and eating plans to combat
post-baby weight gain, energy loss, and mood swings.
LEAN MOMMY gives moms the ability to have it all:
satisfying workouts, real results, and bonding time
with baby.

About the Author

Lisa Druxman lives in San Diego, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Center Street; 1 edition (June 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931722935
• ISBN-13: 978-1931722933
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #252,192 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good info for any new mom, June 4, 2007

By	armchairinterviews.com (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

How can a new mom not like a book that opens with reality? As the introduction says, after you've had a baby, nothing in your life is recognizable. Certainly not your body. And while you are doing your best to care for a whole other person, you don't need to be obsessing over what you can't do for yourself. Enter Lean Mommy.

Utilizing nearly microscopic lifestyle changes that include your baby and boatloads of encouragement, Lisa Druxman provides the plan that will really work for new mothers. As she says, we new moms don't have time for hours in the gym, but we do want to spend time with our kids. At the ultimate of multi-tasking that we moms are so good at, we can bond with our new babies and get in the best shape of our lives.

What I most enjoyed about this book is the overriding message of "you CAN do this." I found as I read that I was implementing little changes. And, as she says, even 100 calories a day adds up over a year. This book doesn't provide a get-skinny-quick scheme--it provides a way to change your life. And as we get fit we will also be promoting a healthy lifestyle for our children who are with us every step of the way.

If I have a complaint about this book, it is that a couple of the exercises are not pictured and the description wasn't quite clear. Maybe the lack of clarity is because I was obsessing over details that didn't matter, but surely I am not the only one who obsesses over details--this is written for mothers for Heaven's sake!

Armchair Interview says: Overall, this book is a winner.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars If you're just looking for exercises, look somewhere else, January 18, 2008

By	Kat (Sacramento, CA United States) - See all my reviews

I bought this book because I thought it would be full of cool exercises and ideas of how to work out with my baby and his stroller. I was looking for unique information and advice specific to the experience of being a mom trying to loose weight. Some of that is true with this book. Unfortunately it really is full of mostly the same old diet/nutrition information that most people know, with a small part with the actual exercises. I kind of feel like I wasted my money buying the book since the health and diet info is stuff I already have access to. I've page marked the exercises and will incorporate those into my workout, but I can't help feeling that I could have done a Google search and found the same information online.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST GIFT FOR MOMS!, June 5, 2007

By	K. maske "Fit Mom" (CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book is SO wonderful. It really changed the way I look at eatting and exercising. It is VERY helpful for mothers. The author does an amazing job of explaining the material.