Showing posts with label Post Pregnancy Weight Loss. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Post Pregnancy Weight Loss. Show all posts

Monday, July 27, 2009

How To Be Successful In Weight Loss After Pregnancy

Women who gain weight due to pregnancy will be able to have a weight loss after pregnancy. The speed of you losing weight after pregnancy will be dependent on a few things which include your sum of weight gain for the duration of your pregnancy.

For the majority of women, they will be able to lose weight ranging from 10 pounds to 14 pounds during the first 14 days of their deliveries. The weight loss can be credited mainly to the excess fluid loss in the body, the infant's weight, the placenta as well as the amniotic fluid. Depending on the person, some may lose less weight, while some may lose more weight.

You will lose weight because the uterus reduces in size to its typical size and because of the fall of your hormone levels. The majority of women will put on a minimum of 7 pounds of fat throughout pregnancy. The accumulated fat is required for storing energy when they breastfeed their infant. The reduction on this weight will be dependent on a number of reasons which include your genetics, your diet and your exercise as well as your overall health.



You ought to anticipate that it may take time to have a weight loss after pregnancy as it takes you 9 months to put on the weight. Most women have been able to lose weight in only a few months after the delivery.

For a number of women, their body will cling to the last few pounds that they need to lose right until they no longer need to breastfeed. This is because the body needs the extra pounds to make sure that you have sufficient energy to give enough milk to the infant. This may occur differently from one person to another.

To have a weight loss after pregnancy in a reasonable time, you must breastfeed your baby, have a good nutritional plan as well as moderate workout. To get back to your original weight before pregnancy in a minimum of 6 to 12 weeks, simply follow the nutritional plan and a regular workout plan.

You can start with a daily short walk around your neighborhood or go to a park with your strollers. In a few weeks after your delivery, if you feel up to it, go for swimming or cycling. Wait for about 6 weeks before you start any heavy workouts. Remember to have a good nutritional plan together with your workouts as it will help with your weight loss after pregnancy.

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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Post Pregnancy Weight Loss

When women are pregnant they started to gain weight. This will go on for that 9 months period until they deliver their babies. Is it possible for pregnant women to lose weight and regain their figure after having a baby? The answer is a definite yes! By having a baby does not mean that you have to be fat. So how fast can a woman start to lose weight? There are few opinions on this matter. Some say 9 months after the delivery, some say 2 months and so on. Lots of new mothers regain their pre-pregnancy figure within 8-12 months after the delivery. While it is true that it takes time for your body to get back to the pre-pregnancy shape, but don't despair. Get the right diet, get active and let nature do the rest.

However, did you know that you could start to lose weight as fast as possible?

This is truly achievable but not at a drastic rate like 5 kilos a week or even 10 kilos a week. It is a slow process and it’s free of charge. You can do this by breast-feeding your infant. This is a natural way of losing your weight, reduces the chances of you getting breast cancer and helps make the bond between a mother and a baby better. Mothers who practice the habit of exclusive breast-feeding will help them lose the weight accumulated during pregnancy and they will do that faster than mothers who don’t practice exclusive breast-feeding.

If in the event that you are not breast-feeding, you could still lose weight but you shouldn’t rush into it. For the first three months after delivery what you should do is get the right diet and healthy diet. Do not go into heavy exercising or workout. Give your body some time to recover so that you will become healthier. In the mean time you could do some walking around your house, because you just can’t lie down in your bed the whole day.

The right diet and healthy diet are extremely important for you to lose weight after your pregnancy. An unhealthy way of weight loss is not an option because it may cause you problems later on. Do not try starvation diet for any reason at all. This is the worst kind which can have an extremely bad effect for you. You need all the nutrition that you can get after giving birth. Get the diet that will make you healthy and at the same time helps you to burn calories and make you lose weight.

If you wish to do as the celebrity mothers did, losing their way in a short period of time, you shouldn’t. These celebrity mothers have everybody looking after them. They have the ability to hire dieticians, personal trainers, fitness experts, nutritionist and so on. Plus they are banking on their body to make money so they really need to lose weight as fast as possible. Unless you have too much money and don’t mind spending, by all means, do what they do.