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<\/p>\nA mother-of-three is proudly showing off her rock hard abs along with the sagging skin and stretch marks from her pregnancies in celebration of motherhood and her nearly year-long fitness journey.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marissa Fearon, 27, from Ontario, Canada, created the Instagram page\u00a0babiesandpushups_ in October 2015 after she started Australian fitness guru Kayla Itsines\u2019 internationally popular Bikini Body Guides (BBG). Over the course of eight months, she has shared numerous photos of her changing body, even the parts she said she has had to learn to love.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018When I stared BBG last year I was just at a place where I was very unhappy with my body and the way I felt physically,\u2019 she told Daily Mail Online. \u2018I was getting headaches all the time, was tired all the time, and was just generally uncomfortable in my own skin.\u2019<\/p>\n
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Transformation: Marissa Fearon is proudly showing off the loose skin on her abs on Instagram following the birth of her three children. The mom is pictured seven months pregnant with her first child and six years later\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Inspiration: The 27-year-old from Ontario, Canada, said it has been hard to accept the\u00a0loose skin and stretch marks on her stomach, but she is learning to love her postpartum body\u00a0<\/p>\n
Marissa explained that she had been following Kayla\u2019s Instagram page for a long time before she \u2018got up the courage and motivation to just take the leap and start\u2019. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I just fell in love with it,\u2019 she said. \u2018There\u2019s a reason why so many girls out there are doing it.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
When sharing her first \u2018before\u2019 photo last fall, the\u00a0busy mom explained that in the past four years she had given birth to three children and her body was \u2018definitely not what it used to be\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u2018I\u2019m hoping that with the help of these guides, this lifestyle and this community, I can finally regain the confidence and self love that I once had,\u2019 she wrote. \u2018If not just for me, but for the three sweet little ones that call me mama.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018I want to show them that you can do anything you set your mind to,\u2019 Marissa added. \u2018I can\u2019t teach them to be confident and comfortable in their own skin if I\u2019m not.\u2019<\/p>\n
New woman: Marissa weighed almost 200lbs (left) after the birth of her first child Gibson, now seven. She is pictured in January, just three months after she started\u00a0Kayla Itsines\u2019 popular Bikini Body Guides (BBG) (right)<\/p>\n Dedicated: The mother-of-three has spent the past eight months documenting her changing body on her Instagram page<\/p>\n Marissa told Daily Mail Online that she started the Instagram account as a way to keep herself accountable and track her progress, however, she admitted that when she first started, she didn\u2019t feel confident sharing photos or her body or bare stomach. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018But I made a promise to myself that when I started my account I would be 100 per cent honest and vulnerable to hopefully reach out to other moms or women in my same position,\u2019 she explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n While she played lacrosse in high school, Marissa said she never considered herself very fit or athletic before she had kids. When she used to go to the gym, she recalled doing \u2018mainly cardio\u2019 but always feeling \u2018like it was chore\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n Marissa, who is a mom to\u00a0Gibson, seven, Rowan, five, and Casper, three, said that after giving birth to her three kids, the changes to her body, especially the loose skin and stretch marks on her stomach, have been hard to accept.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n She recalled that after gaining more than 80lbs with her first son, she thought her body would just go back to the way it was, but it didn\u2019t. \u00a0<\/p>\n Family love: Marissa is pictured with her children Gibson, seven,\u00a0Rowan, five, and Casper, three,<\/p>\n Making it work: Marissa said she always makes time for a workout\u00a0\u2014 even if it is only 15 minutes long and she has to incorporate her kids\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018I definitely felt pressure to \u201cbounce back\u201d as I think all moms do \u2014 because of celebrities and social media,\u2019 she said. \u2018Women in general put so much pressure on themselves to be like the celebrity women and moms that are out there.\u2019<\/p>\n Marissa noted that the most valuable thing new moms can learn is that everyone\u2019s body reacts differently to giving birth.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n \u2018Confidence has definitely come from working out and living a healthy lifestyle. It\u2019s made me able to embrace [my body] so much more,\u2019 she said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \n And while Marissa admitted in her first post that she had struggled to sticking to workout routines in the past, the mom started to feel stronger within weeks of starting the BBG program.\u00a0<\/p>\n For nearly a year Marissa has been tracking her progress online, sharing candid photos of her changing body, snapshots of herself with her children, and pictures of her meals as she worked to create healthy versions of the foods she loved, including black bean brownies.\u00a0<\/p>\n Changes: Marissa reported on Instagram that she noticed her \u2018flat mom butt\u2019 perking up and her abs tightening<\/p>\n Support system: Marissa credits Kayla\u2019s fitness program and online community for helping her to feel confident in her own skin\u00a0<\/p>\n Marissa told Daily Mail Online that she tries to eat healthy foods 80 to 90 per cent of the time, but she will still indulge herself as a treat. \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \n Just five weeks into the BBG plan, Marissa reported on Instagram that she noticed her \u2018flat mom butt\u2019 perking up and her abs tightening.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Thank you @kayla_itsines for reminding me how good it feels to feel healthy and comfortable in my own skin,\u2019 she captioned one of her many \u2018before\u2019 and after \u2018pictures\u2019 last December.\u00a0<\/p>\n In another post shared that month, Marissa was prompted by an Instagram user to share something she loved about herself, however, she admitted it took her a long time to think of something.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Us women are so hard on ourselves, and we honestly need to love ourselves way more and criticize way less!\u2019 she explained. \u2018So in all honesty, the thing I love most about myself is my stomach. As self conscious as I am most of the time, it housed all three of my babes for nine months each.<\/p>\n Next steps: The mother-of-three is now eight months into the program, and she is focused on gaining muscle<\/p>\n Nutrition: Marissa said that tries to eat healthy foods 80 to 90 per cent of the time, but she will still indulge herself as a treat<\/p>\n Pumping iron: Marissa said that her son Gibson snapped this photo of her working out last week\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018It was stretched and marked beyond belief and to me, it\u2019s just a canvas of the love I have for all of them (especially now that I\u2019m starting to see abs coming through).\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n The more workouts Marissa completed, the prouder she became of her body and her \u2018stretched\u2019 stomach, which she was learning to love just the way it was. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \n The mother-of-three is now eight months into the program, and she is focused on gaining muscle. However, last week she took to Instagram to share a photo of her wrinkled stomach.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018Realizing that my stomach will never look like some of the girls that inspired me to start BBG has probably been the hardest part of this journey,\u2019 she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Marissa went on to say that even though she has grown more confident, she still struggles with the fact that after having three kids in four years, her stomach will never look the way she sometimes wishes it would.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018I will always have loose skin,\u2019 she said. \u2018It will probably always be a 10 shades lighter because even though I am more comfortable in my own skin than I ever have been, I still get self conscious baring it for the world to see.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Honesty: The mom admitted that she still struggles with the fact that after having three kids in four years, her stomach will never look the way she sometimes wishes it would<\/p>\n Learning to love: \u2018It will always be marked. But it bares the marks of my sweet babies,\u2019 Marissa said of her postpartum stomach<\/p>\n Team work: Marissa is pictured running with her son in March after nearly six months following the BBG program\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018It will always be marked. But it bares the marks of my sweet babies. My sweet babies that grew inside of it. Learning to love and appreciate our bodies for what they are now is the bravest thing a mama can do and every day I feel braver and stronger than ever.<\/p>\n \u2018I am proud of this stomach, even if it is less than perfect\u2019 she added. \u2018Perfect is boring anyways.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n When it comes to her success, Marissa told Daily Mail Online that she makes fitness a priority and finds time to workout \u2013 even if it is just for 15 minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018If you want it bad enough, and you want to change your body and your life, you make the time,\u2019 she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n \n Marissa insisted that working out has given her energy, helped her sleep better, and rid of her of her \u2018crazy mood swings\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018The hardest part is getting started,\u2019 she said. \u2018Once you make your health a priority and once you realize that it\u2019s okay to take time for yourself, the rest will come with time.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u2018It will be hard. You won\u2019t always want to do it. But the benefits that come from making it a habit and letting it become just a normal part of your life, will far outweigh the struggles you will face along the way.\u2019<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A mother-of-three is proudly showing off her rock hard abs along with the sagging skin and stretch marks from her pregnancies in celebration of motherhood and her nearly year-long fitness journey.\u00a0 Marissa Fearon, 27, from Ontario, Canada, created the Instagram page\u00a0babiesandpushups_ in October 2015 after she started Australian fitness guru Kayla Itsines\u2019 internationally popular Bikini […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41160\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthmedicinet.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2016\/06\/22\/15\/358D7F1A00000578-0-image-m-39_1466607392910.jpg\")
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