Having a baby is a great experience for a mom. It is common to retain additional pounds after the baby arrives and many women urge to regain their pre-pregnancy shape as soon as possible.
Dont too hurry to cut down your calories even you are not breast feeding. Your body require a lot of energy to take care of your new born baby especially at night. The new mom have to wake up frequently for night feeding and all the other demands of a new infant. Besides that, new mom completely exhausted after giving birth and being responsible for a new baby can also be very tiring and stressful. Don’t be too rush. It normally takes up to 6 months after pregnancy for your body to regain to pre-pregnancy body shape.
It is important that you make sure that you concentrate on eating healthy food enriched with enough calories and nutrients to give you the energy and nutrition to take care your new born baby especially if you breast feedings. Breastfeeding burns about 500 calories per day, so the longer you breastfeed, the more calories you burn.
Exercising too soon and too energetically after giving birth can be damaging to health. You can start a light exercise when you feel ready. Especially as a new mom, you wont have much time to exercise, but you can take a 10 minute walk with the baby every day and slowly increase your time to 20 minutes per day or by running up and down the stairs a few times.
Don’t too rush! If you are a new mom, and you can’t wait to get back into shape, take Strip That Fat’s advice and “Go Easy!” When you feel your strength is returning after 2-3 months; your period has returned to normal, then you can start following a healthy weight loss diet and begin doing more energetic exercises, such as running or some gym workout.
How long it takes to return to pre-pregnancy weight? It is depends on how much weight you gained during your pregnancy. Every woman is different, however Strip That Fat provides you a flexible guide, and our main goal is to be a healthy, happy mom!
