Maralee Nichols Says She Loves Her ‘Mother Bod’ at 11-Weeks Postpartum: Pic

Health progress! Eleven weeks after welcoming her child boy with Tristan Thompson, Maralee Nichols is pleased with her physique.

“I didn’t really feel stress to bounce again after beginning, I wished to offer my physique a break,” the health mannequin, 31, completely informed Us Weekly on Wednesday, February 16. “I do know that bouncing again can take time and it’s totally different for everybody.”

She continued: “Being pregnant made me understand how superb girls’s our bodies are, to have the ability to nourish and ship a child. Being pregnant causes many adjustments in your physique and though I don’t assume my physique will ever be precisely the way in which it was pre-pregnancy; I like my mother bod.”

Nichols — who welcomed her son, now 11 weeks, with the 30-year-old Canada native in December 2021 — beforehand shared earlier this month that she already reached her pre-baby weight. Now, she’s breaking down how she obtained there.

“I positively assume that my consuming habits play an enormous issue with me staying in form,” the California resident defined, noting she gained 30 kilos throughout being pregnant. “I began going to a nutritionist about seven years in the past once I used to do health competitions and adjusted my consuming habits. Lots of people assume that the much less you eat the extra weight you’ll lose however I really eat about 5 occasions a day; breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a snack in between every. … I additionally assume staying lively whereas pregnant and maintaining a healthy diet all through helped me bounce again faster together with breast-feeding.”

The brand new mother attributed her wellness progress to consuming clear, meal prepping and ingesting roughly gallon of water per day. She additionally “hardly ever” eats fried meals or drinks alcohol or soda and balances her nutritious meal plan with particular health club routines.

“Throughout my being pregnant, I labored out with both weights or cardio a number of days per week and did prenatal yoga 1-2 days per week,” she informed Us on Wednesday. “I work out once I can and take heed to my physique, it’s all about steadiness. If I’m drained, I relaxation. I am going to the health club once I can however I even have weights and a yoga mat at residence so I can do exercises in my free time or when my son is napping.”

Information broke in December 2021 that Nichols was suing the previous Cleveland Cavaliers athlete for baby help amid her being pregnant.

“Regardless of the challenges that I do know I might have as a single mom and Tristan’s response to my being pregnant, I informed Tristan I might be having the child,” she informed Us in an announcement on the time. “Tristan has not helped me financially with my being pregnant or with our child. I’ve paid one hundred pc for my son’s bills. I didn’t ask Tristan for any cash, nor did I settle for any cash that was provided to me.”

After beforehand denying Nichols’ claims amid the lawsuit, Thompson — who was relationship ex Khloé Kardashian on the time of their alleged encounter — ultimately confirmed his paternity earlier this 12 months.

“Right now, paternity take a look at outcomes reveal that I fathered a toddler with Maralee Nichols. I take full duty for my actions,” Thompson — who additionally shares son Prince, 5, with ex Jordan Craig and daughter True, 3, with Kardashian — wrote by way of Instagram Story final month. “Now that paternity has been established I sit up for amicably elevating our son. I sincerely apologize to everybody I’ve harm or upset all through this ordeal each publicly and privately.”

The skilled basketball participant added an apology message to the 37-year-old Good American cofounder: “Khloé, you don’t deserve this. You don’t deserve the heartache and humiliation I’ve induced you. You don’t deserve the way in which I’ve handled you through the years. My actions definitely haven’t lined up with the way in which I view you. I’ve the utmost respect and love for you. No matter what chances are you’ll assume. Once more, I’m so extremely sorry.”

With reporting by Diana Cooper