By Jason P Doherty
For nine months, you had a very good reason to indulge in comfort foods. You were carrying a child. You had intense cravings with a healthy dose of mood swings, so there wasn't much choice but to give your body what it demanded. Unfortunately, the baby has now been born and you are looking in the mirror at a body that doesn't look anything like your own. You need to take off the baby weight as quickly as possible.
The bad news is that it does take some time to transform your body so you recognize it again. The good news is that the following five tips will help you do it.
1. Give yourself time to recovery from the trauma of delivery before you start.
You may be startled by how your body looks right after having the baby, and that is understandably enough to make you eager to lose weight. Yet, you have to remember that your body will take about a month to fully recover from the trauma of having the baby. Your uterus is swollen up after having a baby, but over the first couple of weeks it will go back down to normal size. During the first month you will lose a lot of stored fluids and may see up to ten pounds gone within a month, without even trying much.
If you have gained a lot of weight during the pregnancy, you won't get rid of it all through swelling and fluids. You will need to take action to get your body back, but give your body time to heal first. This way, you don't set yourself back with an injury.
2. If you are breastfeeding, focus on clean eating rather than restricted eating.
Breastfeeding is actually great for your weight loss as it burns extra calories every day. Yet, you have to be careful with restricting calories or consuming diet foods, since you are passing everything into your baby through your milk. You can still focus on losing weight, but the focus must be on eating very clean, natural foods rich with nutrients. These foods are excellent for your baby, but they are also naturally low in calories, which is great for your weight loss progress.
3. Don't fall into the fast food trap.
It is stressful when you are sleep deprived, have a baby to care for, and need to make your own meals. This is where too many new moms slip into the trap of eating convenience foods that are loaded with sugars and fats. Start making foods in bulk on one day a week. Freeze them in single serving portions so you always have something healthy and fast.
4. Exercise with the baby.
It is going to be difficult to find time to exercise if you work around the baby's schedule, so you will have to exercise with the baby instead. Hold them in your arms and walk circles around your house until they fall asleep. Do squats and twists while singing to them. Hold the side of the crib to do leg raises and squats. Do push-ups with the baby under your chest, touching them with your nose or lips as you come down.
Or, just put the baby in a stroller and walk the mall or the neighborhood. As the baby gets older and you are cleared by a doctor, a jogging stroller may be in order as well.
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