It goes without saying that many women appear to hold on to at least a couple of kilos postpartum, and a quarter of women retain about 5 or more kilograms a year after giving birth. After giving birth, the last thing that’s likely on a new mom’s mind is going on a diet. If you are ready to banish your belly pooch and lose that baby fat for good, here are simple ways:
Simple Ways To Get Back Into Good Shape After Child Birth
Get Started While You’re Pregnant
If you are still pregnant, it is normal to gain weight, but that shouldn’t allow you to throw caution to the wind and start eating chocolate cake for breakfast or a family-size bag of chips for an afternoon snack.
You will have cravings, and you should indulge yourself from time to time, but prudence now pays back greatly later on. Just because you’re pregnant doesn’t mean you can be a couch potato.
Walk around the block once or twice a day. This will benefit you and the baby by getting your blood flowing and getting fresh air into your lungs.
You will have cravings, and you should indulge yourself from time to time, but prudence now pays back greatly later on. Just because you’re pregnant doesn’t mean you can be a couch potato.
Walk around the block once or twice a day. This will benefit you and the baby by getting your blood flowing and getting fresh air into your lungs.
Nature Gives Weight-Loss Advantages
Once the baby is born, there’s an immediate loss of 11-13 lbs. Breastfeeding will also help you lose weight, using up to 800 calories a day. And after you’ve allowed your body to recuperate (about 4-6 weeks) so that you can start exercising, a little bit of weight training will go a long way to helping you lose weight.
Guess what? You don’t have to join a gym or buy weights. Your baby is weight enough. Hold the baby to your chest and do lunges. Lunge behind the stroller as you walk. On your back, hold your baby above your chest and do presses toward the ceiling.
Guess what? You don’t have to join a gym or buy weights. Your baby is weight enough. Hold the baby to your chest and do lunges. Lunge behind the stroller as you walk. On your back, hold your baby above your chest and do presses toward the ceiling.
To Lose Weight Get Plenty of Rest
If your baby is sleeping, so should you. A baby’s needs can impose strange sleep cycles on adults and this can upset the metabolism and this makes it hard to lose pregnancy weight. Sleeping when the baby sleeps will allow you to avoid any long-term sleep deficits. That will keep your energy levels high and help keep sugar cravings for energy in check.
If you don’t get enough sleep, you won’t have the energy to keep yourself moving through your waking hours, much less want to work out or get your exercise.
If you don’t get enough sleep, you won’t have the energy to keep yourself moving through your waking hours, much less want to work out or get your exercise.
Consider Natural Weight Loss Remedies
Many ingredients included in weight loss supplements are not approved for women who are pregnant or nursing. Consider some natural weight loss foods that will stem your hunger or affect your metabolism in a healthy way. Not all of these may sit well with you, but give some a try.
Taking lime and honey in the water a couple times a day is a natural weight loss remedy. Green tea has excellent properties that help weight loss. Drink it often during the day. A cabbage dish once a day is good for weight loss – low in calories and high in fiber.
Taking lime and honey in the water a couple times a day is a natural weight loss remedy. Green tea has excellent properties that help weight loss. Drink it often during the day. A cabbage dish once a day is good for weight loss – low in calories and high in fiber.
Join the Company of Other Mothers
Misery loves company may be a clue here. Not only good for moral support and sympathetic conversation, but you can also see what other mothers are doing that works for them. A mom who is on a second or third child can impart a lot of wisdom to a first-timer. Also, it can be helpful to connect with other moms for regular exercise. If you don’t feel like you have the energy or the time to exercise, you can form an early-morning running group with some new moms in the same situation.
Sεx Is Still Good
Every healthy woman knows that sεx is good and a recent pregnancy should not forestall having an emotionally and physically good time. You will want to have healed enough, usually, four to six weeks, so that there is no discomfort; but try to get back to the pleasure of things as soon as possible. You will want to regain good control of your bladder and strengthen your pelvic floor and Kegel exercises will help with that.
Breast Feeding
Breastfeeding - Not Everyone’s magic weight loss pill A magic pill this is not! It can work for some women but this tends to be when women have put minimal extra pregnancy kilos on. For some women, due to post-pregnancy hormones, their bodies will hold on to a couple of kilos regardless of exercise and diet until they have finished breastfeeding. I believe for breastfeeding to assist with weight loss it needs to be done for 6 months or more. Women who have exercised during pregnancy will lose weight quickly anyhow with or without breastfeeding.
Protein
Making sure you eat protein i.e. quality meats, eggs, full-fat dairy, and nuts, at every snack and meal post-birth. It will not only help to produce better quality breast milk but protein repairs muscle tissue promoting optimal recovery.
Hydration
You need to drink a lot of water if you are breastfeeding staying hydrated also helps to clear excess pregnancy fluid left behind, your body can’t rid itself of all that extra pregnancy fluid overnight.
Keep hydrated to reduce fatigue, quench thirst and produce plenty of milk!
Keep hydrated to reduce fatigue, quench thirst and produce plenty of milk!
Limit Sugar
You may hear that you can eat whatever you want whilst you are breastfeeding and that breastfeeding by itself will help you lose weight, this is certainly not the case for everyone! Yes you need extra calories whilst nursing and you should definitely not go hungry but it is no excuse to indulge in sugary foods in particular and overeat!