Finding the ‘ideal weight’ is a dilemma for most women. Especially after pregnancy and the pressure to ‘snap back’ into pre-baby body weight.

When I became a first-time mom, I remember proudly snapping back into my pre-pregnancy jeans. Little did I know back then the harm I was doing my body by taking it down the path of dieting once too often. After 3 C-sections, with everything that came before, after, and in-between, the days of being at peace with my body were once again gone.

I learned the hard way, that our bodies are genetically programmed to find and maintain a certain weight that is healthy and optimal.

If you are trying to answer the ideal body weight question for yourself, it is important to understand how to work with your body and not against it just to make it look a certain way.

What is cool about our evolving bodies, is that they can adapt and heal from the weight altering process. And it you ask me, fitness and good health have little to do with low weight.