New Delhi, March 3 -- Anindita Ray, 39, a communications professional from Kolkata and mother of a toddler who has lost 12 kilos in two years, but her story is so much more than losing weight. She once weighed 70 kilos, always exhausted, constantly feeling emotional and would silently struggle with her body image postnatally through postpartum depression.

After having the baby, Anindita said she struggled in ways she had not expected. Though she still handled campaigns, deadlines and meetings effectively, internally she felt anxious, irritable and disconnected. The pressure to "bounce back" physically made her emotional pain worse. Motherhood had made her life beautiful, but it was also changing her body, hormones, sleep cycle and mental...