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The Duchess of Cambridge, 33, looked svelte at the Beaufort Polo Club
Kate was kept busy chasing energetic George, who turns two next month
NCT say it's common for women to 'lose weight naturally' after giving birth
Mum-of-two says breastfeeding and pushing buggies helped her slim

By Jo Tweedy For Mailonline

Published: 07:11 EST, 15 June 2015 | Updated: 09:35 EST, 15 June 2015

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For most new mums, the weeks after giving birth are about anything but fashion.

However, Kate Middleton proved again this weekend, showing her already slimmed-down figure off in blue jeans and a nautical-style navy top, that she's no ordinary mum.

Pictured at her first public outing - at Trooping the Colour and then watching William play polo - since the birth of Princess Charlotte on May 2nd, the Duchess of Cambridge looked enviably slim.

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Back in those jeans! Kate chases young Prince George, who will turn two next month, at the Beaufort Polo Club this weekend, showing off her enviable figure just six weeks after the birth of daughter Charlotte

Toddler work-out: Is lifting little George the key to Kate's trim figure? With just 23 months between George and his new sister Charlotte, the royal siblings will certainly keep Kate and William busy

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She was all dressed up for the Trooping the Color parade yesterday but the Duchess of Cambridge showed off a more casual side to her style at the Beaufort Polo Club today. Ever the style maverick, our Kate!

The brunette beauty stuck to one of her favorite colors, royal blue (very fitting), in a striped Breton top from London-based label Me+Em, which she paired with simple skinny jeans and gorgeous Sebago boat shoes. If you feel like you're getting a hint of déjà vu, that's because this top is a navy version of the white design the Duchess wore at the Cirencester Park Polo Club last year.

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Just six weeks have passed since the 33-year-old was photographed on the steps of the Lindo Wing - looking amazing just hours after giving birth - and the baby bump that lingers for most women in the post-natal period is nowhere to be seen.

It seems that Kate might be one of the lucky ones, where the weight simply falls off.

Or perhaps it's the toddler work-out, where the mere task of running around after young George, who led his mum a merry dance on the fields surrounding the Beaufort Polo Club yesterday, is one way to tone up.

The combination of breastfeeding, which burns around 500 calories a day, increased walking to soothe a newborn and often simply not having time to reach for snacks in the way you might once have done can often see new mums shedding the pounds, even if they're not trying to.

Rosemary Dodds, senior policy adviser at the National Childbirth Trust, told FEMAIL that often new mothers can see the scales shift as the body re-balances in the months after birth.

'Women lose weight naturally after giving birth and need a sensible and varied diet to maintain their energy and to stay healthy enough to look after their baby.'

Prince George plays with Kate as Royal family attend polo

Kate is full of energy jumping from side to side, as she plays with a laughing George, who is doing his best to dodge mum's grasp

Natural energy burner: It's been a mere six weeks since Kate gave birth to her second child but the Duchess of Cambridge has sprung back into shape and poured herself back into her skinny jeans

Dodds continues: 'At NCT, we know from women who attend our courses that losing weight after pregnancy is often a concern.

She adds that the post-partum experts are unanimous in one thing; resorting to unrealistic dieting in the weeks after giving birth isn't healthy, for either mum or their new baby.

'Images in the media of celebrities who have slimmed down can make mothers feel under unnecessary pressure to lose weight.

'New mothers don’t need to start drastic diets which are unrealistic and unhealthy.'

Kate looked fresh-faced and glamorous just hours after giving birth to Princess Charlotte on May 2nd this year (left) and right, Kate with her neat bump - and still toned legs - in the third trimester of pregnancy in March

JANE WAKE'S FIVE TOP TIPS FOR EXERCISING AFTER GIVING BIRTH

As soon as you feel able, start doing pelvic floor and gentle tummy exercises. Your midwife will let you know when it’s okay to start these. If there are no complications you can start straight away after the birth

Start with gentle walks before doing any vigorous activity - walking with the pram daily for ten minutes and building up 3 to 5 minutes each week is ideal

As soon as your midwife/GP okays it (usually after your six-week check), start to resume more vigorous activity, such as swimming, cycling and running.

Focus on hollowing abdominal exercises NOT ab crunches. Lie on your back, knees bent, tailbone on the floor and feel the little hollow in your lower back. Take deep breathes and try to connect to your pelvic floor and deep tummy muscles by pulling up inside your and drawing your belly button back to your spine. Keep your spine still (place your fingers under your lower back to check it doesn’t move) repeat 10 to 20 times daily.

If you're breastfeeding, research shows exercise will not affect your milk supply. Not drinking enough or eating healthily will! Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables and healthy whole grain starches such as brown rice. Eat lean protein such as chicken and drink lots of water, more when exercising (2 to 3 litres daily)

Academic studies have found thabreastfeeding can see new mums lose several kilos in weight, although it often thought the biggest impact comes between three and six months after giving birth.

Jane Wake, a leading fitness instructor in pre and post-natal exercising says eating sensibly is often the key to healthy weight loss after giving birth.

'If you are breast feeding, research shows that exercise will not affect your milk supply. Not drinking enough or eating healthy however will!'

She continues: 'Eat plenty of fresh fruit and vegetables and healthy whole grain starches such as brown rice and brown bread. Eat lean protein such as chicken and fish and drink lots of water, more when exercising - 2 to 3 litres daily.

If you've had a straightforward birth then, provided your midwife gives you the green light, you can begin gentle exercises soon after the birth, says Jane.

'Start with gentle walks before doing any vigorous activity - walking with the pram daily for ten minutes and building up... 3 to 5 minutes each week is ideal.'

It's also worth noting that Kate is wearing tailored jeans, accentuating her weight-loss and making the most of her shape.

The regal brunette stuck to one of her favourite colours, royal blue (very fitting), in a striped Breton top from London-based label Me+Em, which she paired with Sebago boat shoes.

HOW, LIKE KATE, ONE MUM-OF-TWO SAW THE WEIGHT FALL OFF: 'LONG WALKS, BREASTFEEDING AND CHASING A TODDLER AROUND WERE THE KEY TO MY WEIGHT LOSS'

Keen walker Liz Todd, 37, mum of Catherine, 4, and Hannah, 2, found the weight fell off quickly after giving birth. Liz, who lives in Brighton and is married to Matt, 38, puts her slim figure down to breastfeeding and not having access to a car. She says:

I've always been an outdoorsy type and love walking. A typical weekend before my husband Matt and I had children might have been spent going for an ten to 15 mile hike.

I've always worked hard to stay fit and used to cycle or walk to work. I'm definitely not a gym-goer though - and jogging is my idea of hell - but I loved netball.

When pregnant with my first baby, Catherine, I cycled to work three miles each way every day until I was six months pregnant, then walked the journey until I was eight months.

Liz Todd, 37, from Brighton, cycled and walked late into her first pregnancy (left) and found the weight fell off, even after the birth of her second child Hannah...thanks to breastfeeding and walking

Finally, I'd catch a bus but still try and walk regularly right up until Catherine arrived.

Living in cities - New York, London and now Brighton - has probably helped with my fitness and we haven't owned a car for 12 years and so I have no choice but to pound the pavement.

After I gave birth to Catherine in March 2011, I breastfed and was lucky that I lost a lot of weight because that uses up so many calories.

Also, she didn’t like to sleep in the cot in the daytime and so I would go for long walks, often two to four hours or more each day, to get her to sleep in the pram. Fortunately, it was a great spring that year so it made the walking easier.

The weather was lovely in spring/summer 2011 so it was nice to walk!

It definitely didn't feel like a concious plan to lose weight - I would never have signed up for a gym; we couldn't afford expensive memberships and I also I find it tedious.

Instead, I relied on supermarket shopping - carrying heavy bags helps! - as a weight-loss plan.

Catch me if you can! Like Kate, Liz has a two-year age gap between her children, Catherine, 4, and Hannah (pictured at 4 months), 2 and found chasing around after her eldest kept her active post-partum

My daughters are - similarly to Kate and Wiliiam - around two years apart and so I used a double pushchair for quite a long time, which is a real natural work-out.

After Hannah was born in March 2013, I would have the children in the pushchair each afternoon to get them both to sleep. Brighton has some big hills so I was used to walking two hours a day.

At its heaviest the double pushchair would be 50kg with both children it it. That’s a lot to push around.

Running around after a toddler and carrying a baby in a sling in the playground is also great exercise. It’s essential to get out of the house; we don’t have a very big place and it’s easier sometimes to go out all day than stay in with two fractious children.

The breastfeeding really did seem key though: I nursed Catherine for 13 months and Hannah for 14 months and found that I could eat what I liked and still lose the baby weight.

I genuinely don't know what I weigh as we don't have scales. I prefer to feel fit rather than reach a targeted weight. I'm sure I weigh a kilo or two more than I did when Matt and I married in 2008 but I know I weigh less than when I was at university, where a terrible student diet saw me at my heaviest.

All hail the busy life! Like Kate, Liz Todd has two children born around two years apart - and agrees that there's not much time for sitting still when you have two young children