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Mum drops three dress sizes taking to the streets with her double buggy

After three children one mum has found a novel way to keep fit and spend time with the family

A mum of three has found an unusual way to beat the baby weight - by running an impressive eight miles a day with her double buggy and two youngest children in tow.
 
Marcela Gracova, 30, from Brampton, Cambridgeshire, wanted a way to get rid of her baby weight whilst also spending quality time with her children.


A keen runner, the solution was simple - she would take her buggy and two children with her on her gruelling eight mile runs.
 
Marcella crept up to a size 14 after giving birth to her three children, Ivanna, eight, Isabelle, five and Peter, two. But when Peter was just 11 days old Marcela decided it was time to lose the baby weight and started running again.

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Marcela said: "I couldn't wait to get out of the house, I was the heaviest I've ever been and I wanted to finally shift the weight.
 
"I started running when Isabella was eight months old but had to stop whilst I was pregnant again. I was craving oranges and watermelons to begin with but by the end of the pregnancy I was eating loads of junk and takeaways.

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"I've always been an outdoors person, I don't like being stuck inside for very long and I was itching to get my running shoes back on.
 
"I began by running on my own, but my partner Peter, 35, works shifts and it became increasingly difficult as I couldn't leave the children alone.
 
"I didn't want to give up something I had become so passionate about so I decided to take the double buggy with Isabelle and Peter in it."
 
Marcela can now run over a staggering eight miles a day with her children in tow, she's now a slinky size eight and weighs just nine stone.
 
She said: "I tried dieting after I had Ivanna my first baby, but I stopped eating as much as I should and I became extremely tired. Now I eat healthily but simply exercise as well. I'm a competitive person and it makes me feel good being thinner and fitter.
 
"Running with the buggy is harder than it looks, Peter has tried before and struggled, it takes balance and co-ordination."


Marcela has become known as Super Mummy to both her children and some of the locals. She runs into town to get her food shopping, to go to the children's play group and sometimes just to get some fresh air.
 
She said: "Running excites me, I get such a buzz every time I put my running shoes on - I couldn't imagine my life without it. You won't believe how much my little double buggy can carry.
 
"The kids love when we go for a run, when they see me putting my running shoes on their little faces light up. I hate driving, for both mine and my children's health it makes sense to run to wherever we need to go within reason.
 
"I'm now known around town and it's so funny when people stop me in shops and ask me if I'm the lady who runs everywhere with my buggy and kids."