Anxious for your former shape after delivering your baby? For a lasting solution and to ensure you feel confident all along, follow the below tips.
Take time before dieting.
You need to allow sometime for your body to regain strength owing to the stresses of labor and delivery. You should wait until after the sixth week post-pregnancy checkup before embarking on any activity aimed at either controlling your calorie intake or losing weight. For breastfeeding moms, experts are of the view that any weight loss attempt should not be earlier that the 9th week after giving birth.
Dieting as soon as you give birth may work against your well being by holding back your recovery and this might not auger well for you and your baby because all energy should be directed towards this course. Additionally, dieting mothers can experience low milk supply. A little patience may in fact surprise you as it allows your body to adjust naturally with great results being witnessed by mothers who are breastfeeding.
Be reasonable concerning your weight loss campaign.
Bear in mind that it is not always a must that you should regain your previous weight or shape. For majority of women, pregnancy comes with a host of lasting changes such as wider hips, softer belly and larger waistline among others. Bearing this in mind, the need to re-examine your goals may not utterly be overruled.
Go for exercises
No one should hoodwink you into thinking that there is a shortcut to losing weight. A combination of healthy diets plus regular workouts present the most appropriate way in which post-pregnant moms can lose weight. It is essential that any weight loss program should have in it sessions of workouts to ensure as much weight is lost as opposed to shedding muscles.
As soon as you get ready to lose weight, begin by reducing the quantity of food you take and exercising more. It does not matter the kind of exercises involved even if you decide to walk around your home with your baby. You may decide to place your baby in a stroller to make it easier for you to walk.
Advisably, you need to find out if your baby is ready to accompany you as part of his or her exercises. This can be done by visiting a postpartum fitness center where more details can be obtained concerning the type of exercises that your body can withstand as well as those that are suitable for your new-born.