Exclusive: Why Tiffiny Hall won't do a 'post-baby' shoot

The Biggest Loser's Tiffiny Hall is set to welcome her first baby next month, but don’t expect the personal trainer to be following the lead of other TV stars with a sensational post-baby photo shoot for a glossy magazine.

Speaking to Be, the 33-year-old founder of the successful TIFFXO fitness program says she feels no pressure to bounce back to her pre-pregnancy figure, explaining, “I’m more worried about being a first time parent than I am about my six pack”.

“I think gosh, if you’re having a baby to have a bounce-back cover story or to use the baby for publicity, or anything like that, you’ve got to look at yourself,” says Tiff.

“That’s not what it’s about and this is a little blessing and it’s just about Ed and I and I think we’ve got to be realistic there.”

This will be Tiffiny’s first child with comedian husband Ed Kavalee, and she admits she’s already been approached by media outlets, keen to book her in for a shoot as early as “four or six weeks”.

“I think, ‘come on guys… that is not a healthy message for women out there’ and I’ve just said no,” she reveals.

As for other famous faces who’ve done the bounce-back shoots in the past, Tiff says, “good luck to them”, with no hard feelings whatsoever.

“As a trainer, as a professional, I know what it takes to lose a lot of weight fast,” she explains.

“It means restricting calories, it means a lot of time exercising and that’s time away from my baby.

“So when I see a bounce-back photo, I know what’s gone into it and I’m not prepared to sacrifice the sacred time of the newborn bubble with my husband and my firstborn child to be slogging it out,” she continues. “And no one’s waiting for my post-baby body, I don’t care.”

The media personality says she won’t be returning to the gym until at least eight weeks after giving birth, as advised by her obstetrician.

“I know there’ll be two months where I won’t be doing anything but recovering,” she says.

“And then I’ll take his advice and my physio’s advice in terms of slowly getting back into probably pilates first and pelvic floor training, light walking with the baby, fresh air and then building up to a bit of resistance training.”

Tiff also wants to consider the mental health impacts of giving birth.

“All those hormones, post-baby blues, all of that. It’s a lot to take on in a short amount of time,” she says.

“When you’re milks coming in and the hormones are flying, the last thing you should be thinking about is how you look and I think you’ve got to be gentle with your mental health as well.”

And with her own successful fitness business, TIFFXO, the reality star knows she needs to set a great example to her clients.
“I think what kind of message am I sending to my members who are all mothers if as soon as the baby comes out, that’s all I’m worried about?”

[If I’m] driven by getting that body back instead of setting up the little baby in a good routine and making sure they’re feeding well and sleeping well and that Ed’s ok as well because he’s a first time dad and I need to support him.”

Throughout her pregnancy, Tiff has been doing less intensive workouts, but still being involved in her TIFFXO members’ fitness journeys, by guiding through Facebook lives and motivational messages.

Sign-ups for the TIFFXO programs stay open till midnight 9th August, so there’s still time to get involved.

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