A British mother has revealed how she toned up and lost 3.5 stone using just one exercise method – all without touching fat jabs.

Bethanie Kendra, living in York, has been on a postpartum weight-loss journey for several months, having put on weight in her lower stomach after having two babies via C-section.

Sharing how she shed over 3.5 stone, the wellness influencer posted a video to TikTok, where she has 77,000 followers. 

In addition to maintaining a healthy lifestyle by prioritizing wholefoods, the mother of two attributes her transformation to starting Pilates, particularly when it is combined with weights.

“First of all, the most important thing is fat loss. I lost weight, I lost over 50lbs,” she disclosed at the beginning of a video shared on social media.

The social media star shared progress photos of her weight-loss, pointing to a picture of her stomach before she began her journey.

She then transitioned to an image showing her lower body, which appeared tanned and toned in an electric blue gym outfit, after spending several months working on her physique.

“The only way you can lose weight is a calorie deficit. You want to focus on nutrition and diet, nutrition and diet, nutrition and diet,” she emphasized.

Bethanie Kendra, living in York, has embarked on a postpartum weight-loss journey for several months, having gained weight in her lower stomach after undergoing two C-sections. Pictured before her weight-loss.

Bethanie eats a high-protein diet consisting of wholefoods, healthy fats and fibre, and is expert at practising ‘portion control’ to keep her figure trim.

She insisted that she has never counted calories but has instead focused on eating ‘intuitively’. 

She also emphasised the importance of ‘balance, moderation’ and ‘healing your relationship with food’. 

She says she has never used ‘fad diets’ but instead made small lifestyle changes that she knew she could keep.

‘It’s all about a change of lifestyle so that it can be long term thing,’ she told her followers.

Alongside eating a healthy diet, Bethanie also took up a new form of exercise, one which she now believes is responsible for her incredible transformation. 

‘The second thing I’ve done is Pilates, specifically strength Pilates – so with light weights,’ she said.

‘This is honestly all I’ve done. I’ve lost weight and I’ve started some kind of strength training exercise.’

Pilates is a low-impact exercise system designed to improve overall physical strength, posture, and flexibility. 

Alongside a healthy lifestyle – where she prioritises eating wholefoods – the mother-of-two said there was one type of exercise in particular that helped her shift extra pounds. Pictured after her weight-loss

Because Pilates focuses on exercising the core muscles, Bethanie has not only been able to ditch weight gain following her C-section, but has been able to tone her mid-section.

‘As someone who has lost and gained weight three times, twice from having children, I can honestly say Pilates after the fat loss is what has really toned my stomach and filled it out with definition and muscle.

‘When you do Pilates, you are strengthening so many teeny, tiny muscles that get missed out in other forms of exercise, almost everything is working your core,’ she said.

Additionally, Pilates encourages people to focus in on their breathing, a factor which improves core activation, according to Bethanie.

The mother added that she didn’t even need to leave the house, but did most of her Pilates workouts from the comfort of her own living room by following YouTube tutorials.

People were quick to gush over Bethanie’s impressive transformation

When she began doing Pilates, she used 1kg weights to boost the effects of the exercise but has since bumped up to 2.5kg weights.

Viewers were left wowed by Bethanie’s incredible results, with many taking to the comments to compliment her slender physique. 

One wrote: ‘You would never be able to tell you’d had a section! I’m 3 weeks post partum and I’m so scared I’ll never lose the shelf.’ 

‘The arm definition is definitioning… just actual art work at this point girl,’ a second added.

Describing her post-partum glow up, the mother said the first step of her journey was realising she needed to ‘prioritise me’. 

This meant practising ‘self-care’, showering, dressing, applying makeup and meal prepping.

‘You cannot pour from an empty cup. Realising that if you take care of yourself, you are taking care of everyone else too,’ she said.