Postnatal Depression Weight Loss - Jo's Success Story
A single mum whose postnatal depression made her pile on the pounds and left her barely unable to get out of bed has turned her life around - and become a champion bodybuilder. She is Jo Barrett, was "living under a black cloud" after the birth of her third son, Theo, so went to her GP who prescribed her antidepressants. But it wasn't until the 39-year-old started pounding the pavements and power-walking her three boys in a triple buggy that her mood and outlook on life dramatically changed - and the weight fell off. Now a personal trainer and body builder, Jo, from Taunton, Somerset, said: "I’d had the standard baby blues before, but this was like a black cloud getting progressively worse. “My alarm would go off and I’d just think, ‘I don’t want to do this. I don’t want to get out of bed. I owed it to my children to get better and fitness has really helped with that. It’s always been in the back of my mind that I could slip back into that place of feelin