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After giving birth to her third child, Jacqueline was determined to lose the extra weight she'd gained during pregnancy. By chance she was introduced to Pilates by a neighbour and, less than a year later, she has lost nine kilograms and seen drastic improvements in her body shape. I caught up with Jacqueline at Pilates in the Park studios to find out more.

"It's a daunting task to lose weight after a baby," says Jacq, "but I was determined to do it while we're here in Singapore where I have home help to look after the kids while I am exercising. I could not have done this if we were back in Australia!"