Losing weight after pregnancy 1/2
After delivery, the whole body is transformed: the basin has been extended to facilitate the passage of the baby, the uterus has reduced the volume, which explains why his belly is swollen for several weeks, the body has stored reserves for breastfeeding and tissues weaken. It will take 5-6 months for them to recover their tone and about 9 months for the woman finds her figure. On average, women have between 3 and 6 pounds to lose after his return home.
Diet after baby: when to start?
Difficult diet after addressing baby early diet. Your baby does not leave enough time. And then, between races, breastfeeding and baby bottles, care and shorter nights, you need all your strength. If you are breastfeeding, the plan is excluded, as this can expose you to nutritional deficiencies and an additional fatigue. Breastfeeding allows you to spend the excess calories and promotes weight loss, which does not mean you have to give in to temptation. Be content to eat normally without excessive focus on calcium (dairy products), iron (fish and grilled meats) and folic acid (leafy vegetables) and drink more than a liter of mineral water daily.
In any case, the rule of thumb is to wait a couple of weeks before starting a diet. Time to recharge your batteries and find your cruise with your baby.
After Pregnancy: Return to a balanced diet
During pregnancy, you're pleasure, reducing any of your wishes. Today is, of course, prohibit such behavior. But her lifestyle has been completely turned upside down by the arrival of the baby: you eat standing by a sudden irregular and improvised. This is obviously the door open to all diversions of food. This is not the time to feel guilty, rather than attempt to regulate appetite and maintain weight loss course.
- Avoid cravings: snacking is very tempting when you stay at home. A little tired, depressed and jumps in closets. Snacks, cakes, cookies and other chocolate bars are high in sugar and fat. Try to avoid filling your fridge with fruit. If little hungry, eat by drinking water, you will feel full longer lasting. You can plan a morning snack and an afternoon snack combining for example, a yogurt and fruit, or a slice of bread with two squares of black chocolate.
- Make real meals: This is the best way to eat and lose weight without excess. Needless to spend many hours. Organize your freezer accordingly: frozen vegetables, fish fillets, white meat slimming and ready to cook meals. Opt for fat-free cooking: steamed, grilled in foil and recourez starchy foods and vegetables, fiber and carbohydrates and bring caleront for several hours.
- Set reasonable goals: If you have 6-8 pounds to lose, do not want to commit removed before resuming your work. Lose weight at your own pace. A loss of 500 g per week is a reasonable goal and sustainable over time. Remember that your metabolism is to recover from all the confusion experienced during pregnancy, this is not the time to dumb participation in a too strict diet.
Sport optimizes weight loss
Diet combined with physical activity is increasingly rapid, proportionate to go smoothly, because your body is weak and tired by birth. After two months, you can begin rehabilitation of the pelvic floor as a step towards the resumption of physical activity. But you can start from the first months of gymnastic movements of the arms, legs, buttocks and abs to tone the body and boost circulation. Walking remains the flagship of the post-partum activity. Organize walks with your baby and you are forced to walk briskly for at least half an hour a day. This allows you to remove physical, benefits of course, but also psychological: to reconnect with your social life, take a break from the house. Once you become more fit, you can go swimming, jogging, or activities, type of aerobics that pump iron and rely on fat reserves. Always prefer the length and regularity with intensity. They will be rewarded for their efforts.
If those last few kilos are hard to miss, do not be discouraged: Most women return to their original weight and fitness in less than a year. In case of difficulty, please call a dietitian or nutritionist for advice and a personalized program is developed.